Vienne Jazz Festival 28th June 2009

The afternoon performances in the Cybele gardens were varied and exciting best of the bunch were the JB Hadrot Trio from Lyon - a terrific sounding piano trio led by Jean-Baptiste Hadrot influenced by EST and Ravel among others the trio's music was always interesting and kept you watching and listening for each turn of phrase and change of direction - a great prospect for the future.



Sunday at Vienne is gospel night and tonights show featured two bands performing together. Gregory Hopkins and the Harlem Jubilee Singers provided the vocals and the music came from the excellent Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra. Playing the sacred music of Duke Ellington mostly composed in the latter stages of his life this was a vibrant as well as solem exposition of this work - it was much enjoyed by performers and crowd alike.







Tonight it is the turn of the big bands and in particular two favourite Italian friends of ours here at Edition Flavio Boltro (trumpet) and Stefano Di Battista (Sax) who are playing with the Laurent Cugny Enormous Band - see pictures and reports demain!!