Golden River City Jazz Festival
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Annual Music festival in Kortrijk
, Belgium, on the first weekend in september coinsiding with the local 'september' Braderie, focussing on Jazz. The Festival was an opportunity for The Golden River City Jazz Band
to showcase their repertoire and to mingle with international musicians. No less than 30 times the Golden River City Jazz Band played a major role at the annual festival in its hometown. The real breakthrough occurred in 1973 when the band had the opportunity to accompany the British lady-singer Beryl Bryden
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Kortrijk
Kortrijk ; , ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province West Flanders...
, Belgium, on the first weekend in september coinsiding with the local 'september' Braderie, focussing on Jazz. The Festival was an opportunity for The Golden River City Jazz Band
The Golden River City Jazz Band
The Golden River City Jazz Band is a band founded in 1970 in Kortrijk, Belgium by clarinettist Jean-Jacques Pieters. The band is most noted for performances at at the annual Kortrijk Golden River City Jazz Festival.-Discography:...
to showcase their repertoire and to mingle with international musicians. No less than 30 times the Golden River City Jazz Band played a major role at the annual festival in its hometown. The real breakthrough occurred in 1973 when the band had the opportunity to accompany the British lady-singer Beryl Bryden
Beryl Bryden
Beryl Audley Bryden was an English jazz singer, who played with Chris Barber and Lonnie Donegan. Ella Fitzgerald once said of Bryden that she was "Britain's queen of the blues".-Life and career:...
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