Buena Vista Social Club’s Eliades Ochoa

Band on the Wall (main venue)

Doors 7.30pm

Cuban sonero Eliades Ochoa became world famous with Buena Vista Social Club®. On the iconic self-titled debut album, Ochoa sings the classic song Chan Chan. But long before the Buena Vista hype, Ochoa already enjoyed great fame among lovers of Cuban music. He has been performing for decades with his backing band Cuarteto Patria and is one of the best guitarists of his generation.

His main musical styles are guajira, guaracha and bolero. With his trademark cowboy hat and black clothes, he has also been called the “Cuban Johnny Cash.” Ochoa has various gold and platinum albums to his name and has received three American Grammy Award nominations. He has also worked with Bob Dylan, Manu Dibango and Bløf, among others.

Eliades Ochoa is back this Spring with a whole set of new music, being released in May 2023. Expect nostalgia, with a contemporary twist.

This event is promoted by manchester jazz festival and Band on the Wall and is part of mjf2023

Date: sunday 28 may

Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Price: £35

Hannabiell & The Midnight Blue Collective

Band on the Wall (main venue)

Doors 3.30pm

Hannabiell Sanders bass trombone, voice, djembe, conga, percussion / Thomas Dixon tenor saxophone / Luke Gaul guitar / Nuga Dapo keyboards / Stan Woodward bass guitar /King David Ike-Elechi drums / Yilis Suriel djembe, dundun, percussion / Juan Manuel Loaiza conga, timbales, percussion

Led by multi-instrumentalist Hannabiell Sanders, this high energy ensemble is nothing less than exhilarating as it fuses together Afro-Caribbean & Latin percussion, Jazz, Afro-beat, and Funk to create their unique sound. The music created from this fusion is an organic blend of powerful and upbeat drums, brass, vocal chants, and mbira compositions which not only produces an invigorating party atmosphere, it also summons audience participation. This fusion they call “Afro-psychedelic funk.”

Award-winning Hannabiell & the Midnight Blue Collective, have created a buzz, performing at venues such as the Southbank Centre in London, Sage Gateshead, The Cluny Newcastle, the Hare & Hounds-Birmingham, Jazz Refreshed-London, The Hagglers Corner-and many more.

Presented in partnership with Jazz North as part of the northern line programme

This event is promoted by manchester jazz festival and Band on the Wall and is part of mjf2023

Date: sunday 28 may

Time: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Price: £12

Julie Campiche Quartet

Band on the Wall (main venue)

Doors 12.30pm

Julie Campiche harp / Leo Fumagalli saxophone / Manu Hagmann double bass / Clemens Kuratle drums

Harpist Julie Campiche’s work is an on-going process of musical innovation. Through research and experimentation she has developed the use of electronic effects that enhance the scope of her improvisational work. She has a very personnel technique and her own musical language.

Julie introduced her harp into the world of jazz and contemporary music in a very organic way. She now performs in numerous European clubs and festivals on a regular basis. Through her innate curiosity and desire for new experiences she plays with groups that have diverse instrumentation and aesthetics. Be it theatre or contemporary performance, octets or duos, compositions or free-style improvisation, Julie infuses her music with an urgent fragility.

This event is promoted by manchester jazz festival and Band on the Wall and is part of mjf2023

Photo credit Sophie Le Meillour

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