AARHUS JAZZ FESTIVAL
July 13 - 20 2024
Mardi Gras Madness feat. Gregory Boyd (US/DK) - Photo: Café Smagløs

Photo: Café Smagløs

Mardi Gras Madness feat. Gregory Boyd (US/DK)

21:00

Gregory Boyd (voc), Rasmus Bøgelund (trp), Mark Chemnitz (p), Peter Friis (b), Jens Christian Dam Pedersen (drm)

Fat Tuesday – a Thursday Night Celebration at Klostertorvet 

New Orleans is known for its Mardi Gras – a lavish celebration with live music, colorful costumes, and parades of extravagant floats that travel through the beautiful streets of the French Quarter spreading joy and love.

Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is originally a Christian holiday and a popular cultural phenomenon dating back thousands of years to pagan springtime and fertility rituals.

Now, we're bringing that festive music and atmosphere to this year's jazz festival at Klostertorvet.

Some of Denmark's most renowned musicians within this genre are gathered for a cornucopia of true New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration.

The wonderful singer, musician, and entertainer Gregory Boyd hails from New Orleans. He is without a doubt one of the very best local ambassadors for the birthplace of jazz.

"What you hear is what you get. Which is how I love it." - according to Gregory Boyd, and that's what characterizes his music. It's honest, and natural, with an infectious joie de vivre and nerve.

It is impossible to describe Gregory Boyd's musical universe in a single word because it is anything but simple. He plays happy and uplifting soul, jazz, funk, and gospel, and he has an amazingly warm and authentic soul vocal. The foundation is laid for an excellent musical experience.

For this concert, Gregory Boyd brings with him the "Snapsting Brass Band", which has been put together for the occasion.

 


Organizer
Café Smagløs
42 51 25 50
Info/Ticket

Cover charge FREE

Aarhus Jazz Festival

Godsbanen, Skovgaardsgade 3

DK-8000 Aarhus C