Gent Jazz Festival

The Gent Jazz Festival is an annual ten days that takes place in Ghent in July International Jazz Festival.

It began in 2001 as Blue Note Festival (from 2006 Blue Note Records Festival) and has become one of the leading jazz festivals in Belgium. Come every year around 35,000 visitors ( 2012). Since 2008, it says Gent Jazz Festival

It was initially spread over two weekends, the first with Jazz ( All that Jazz ), the second also with other genres ( All that Jazz? ).

At the festival in 2002 occurred among other things, Erik Truffaz, Nathalie Loriers, Elvin Jones, Abdullah Ibrahim, Toots Thielemans, Stefano Di Battista, Stacey Kent and Maceo Parker.

In 2008 occurred among other things, Erykah Badu, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller and Diana Krall, 2010 Ornette Coleman and Sonny Rollins in 2011.

2012 occurred Melody Gardot, Brad Mehldau, Damien Rice, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Paco de Lucía on.

2013 came John Zorn, Diana Krall, Bryan Ferry, Bobby Womack, the Avishai Cohen Quartet with Stefano Bollani, Martial Solal and Madeleine Peyroux, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ramsey Lewis, Elvis Costello, Jamie Cullum and José James, Joe Lovano and the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.

You are a member of the International Jazz Festival Organization ( IJFO ).