Pan-African Jazz Project to perform at Cairo Jazz Festival

CAIRO – 23 September 2017: Pan-African Jazz Project will perform at Ewart Hall, AUC Main Campus on September 30.

The event is part from the 9th Cairo International Jazz Festival programme.

The project is a collaboration work between Egyptian jazz musicians and Panamanian jazz musicians, under the supervision of Embassy of Panama in Egypt.

The project will include a six-day workshop with Egyptian musicians, in addition to a music workshop at the Egyptian Feminist Union about music’s importance for women's psychology.

The members of the project are: Patricia Pérez on saxophone, Luz Acosta on bass and vocals, Graciela Núñez on violin, Salma Soltan on percussion, and Ash Brady on drums. In addition to, Michelle Rounds as vocalist.

CJF is an international festival that aims to widespread the mission of jazz to reach more people and give more exposure to both artists and audience, according to CJF official Facebook page.

The 9th Cairo International Jazz Festival edition kicked off on September 28 for four days.

A number of Egyptian artists will participate in the festival such as, Eftakasat band, Watson Blues, Shereen Abdo “Jazz me”, and Wave Jazz band.

In addition, international artists will participate in the festival as well, such as, Mathias Heise Quadrillion from Denmark, Kapok from Netherlands, Netnakisum from Austria, Tomas Liska ''Invisible World'' from Czech Republic, Ichiro Onoe Trio from Japan and MN' Jam Experiment from Portugal.