Djabe is the No1 jazz/world fusion band of Hungary. The band has received recognition and won numerous Hungarian and international awards since its foundation ten years ago. The double album, Witchi Tai To won the prize in the category Best Hungarian Jazz/World Music Album of the Year, in 2000 (Golden Giraffe Award). In 2002, the Update received the award of the Best Hungarian World Music Album of the Year (eMeRTon). Aside from this, in 2000, the CD entitled Ly-O-Lay Ale Loya was nominated for Golden Giraffe, and the Sheafs are Dancing album was nominated for Phonogram Award in category the best Hungarian jazz album of the year, in 2003. The dvd audio version of the Sheafs are Dancing won the international PRince Award in 2004. The same album was nominated for Surround Music Award in 2005 in the best additional features category.
Djabe is one of the most popular Hungarian jazz bands at international festivals. During the last three years the band hold successful performances in Europe and North America. Some significant concerts and gigs at festivals from the last period: Kaunas Jazz Festival, Lithuania; Burghausen Jazzwoche, Germany; Jazz Goes To Town, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; Bansko Jazzfestival, Bulgaria; Spitz, London, UK; Jazzdays, Bratislava, Slovakia; Jazzfair, Cakovec, Croatia; Club Colosseum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina; Mercuria Ciuc, Rumania; Presov, Slovakia; Rochester International Jazzfestival, NYC, USA; Washington DC, USA; Pori Jazz Festival, Finland; Stockholm Jazz Festival, Sweden. Naturally, Djabe is a regular performer at Hungarian festivals, and often organizes domestic tours, too.
Djabe plays unique music in which the elements of jazz are mixed with various parts of Hungarian and World’ music. The main composer of the band is Tamás Barabás, who - at the same time - is the most virtuoso Hungarian bass guitarist. Jazz and authentic Hungarian music are simultaneously present in the art of Ferenc Kovács. According to Archie Sheep, who worked with Ferenc Kovács on several occasions „he is one of the best violin players in the world and in the meantime plays the trumpet like Miles Davis”. The pianist, Zoltán Kovács is playing on the synthesizers, too, his colourful play increases the standards of Djabe’s performance on a large scale. The percussionist and singer András Sipos, who plays authentically African, Arabic, Latin, Indonesian and Hungarian percussions, gives the biggest world music effect to the soundscape of Djabe with the sounds of his instruments, harmony and rhythm. He is also the eponym of the band. Djabe means freedom in the African Ashanti language. The other composer of the band is Attila Égerházi – playing the guitar and being the leader of the band, too -, who interprets this freedom primarily by freely mixing the styles and instruments. Djabe’s drummer, Szilárd Banai is one of the most talented young Hungarian jazz drummers, his reliable and musical play gives the best possible base to the band.
I was on your concert in Cakovec and you were absolutely great! you totally amazed me and I hope you'll come next year as well... if not, come earlier :)
Kedves Fiúk! Sajnos betegség miatt nem voltam net közelben, így mély döbbenettel csak most, megkésve értesültem (Adam Pieronczyk-tól, aki Lengyelországból kérdezett rá, hogy mi történt) a szomorú hírröl... Lesúlytottságomban nincsenek szavaim... Sipi, nyugodj békében!
Sziasztok! Köszönöm a visszaigazolást. Nem jöttem még rá, miért ne a zenéteket hallgassam, ha felül akarok emelkedni egy kicsit e világon. De nem is gondolkodom már ilyen hülyeségeken. :) Köszi u
