Djabe

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Djabe
Djabe with Steve Hackett and Gulli Briem (2017)
Djabe with Steve Hackett and Gulli Briem (2017)
General information
Genre (s) Jazz , world music
founding 1996
Website www.djabe.hu

Djabe is a Hungarian jazz and world music group that was founded in 1996.

history

The group emerged, initially as a side project, from the group Novus Jam , in which some of the musicians had been working together since 1994. The repertoire of the first album dates back to 1995, when two members of Novus Jam , Attila Égerházi and András Sipos (1954–2007), decided to change the musical structure. The name Djabe proposed by Sipos is inspired by the Akan word djabe , which means freedom . This freedom is primarily understood as a free mixture of musical styles and arrangements.

The group composes their own works in which the jazz style is mixed with elements of Hungarian and African music. Djabe has performed at various festivals around the world and also works with other musicians, including Steve Hackett and Ben Castle . The group's recordings appear on Gramy Records .

Djabe at the FMM Festival das Musicas do Mundo (2007, here percussionist András Sipos)

Current members

  • Tamás Barabás (electric bass)
  • Attila Égerházi (guitar, drums)
  • Ferenc Kovács (trumpet, violin, vocal)
  • Szilárd Banai (drums)
  • Zoltán Kovács (piano, keyboard)

Prizes and awards (incomplete list)

  • 2001: eMeRTon Prize for the CD Update

Discography

Djabe at the Imatra Big Band Festival in Finland (2007)
  • 1996: Djabe
  • 1997: Visions
  • 1998: Witchi Tai To
  • 1999: Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya
  • 2000: Tour 2000
  • 2001: update
  • 2002: Flying - Live in Concert DVD
  • 2003: Táncolnak a kazlak
  • 2003: Unplugged at the New Orleans
  • 2004: Gödöllô, 2001. június 23.
  • 2005: Slices of Life / Életképek
  • 2006: Táncoltak a kazlak
  • 2007: Message From The Road
  • 2007: Köszönjük Sipi!
  • 2008: Take On
  • 2009: Djabe / Steve Hackett: Sipi emlékkoncert - Sipi benefit concert
  • 2011: Djabe special guest Steve Hackett: In The Footsteps of Attila and Genghis
  • 2011: Djabe 15 - 15th Anniversary Concert
  • 2012: Down & Up
  • 2013: Djabe Special Guest Steve Hackett: Summer Storms & Rocking Rivers
  • 2014: Forward
  • 2014: Djabe with Steve Hackett, Gulli Briem & John Nugent: Live in Blue

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Story of Djabe ( Memento of March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the group's official website. 2011.
  2. ↑ Article about Djabe and Steve Hackett on the website of the jazz club Porgy & Bess , Vienna, 2012.
  3. ↑ Program of the Jazztavasz 2010 festival in Budapest ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Hungary , 2010.
  4. ↑ Article on the website of the Hungarian Embassy in the USA . Washington, August 2007.

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