The Monreira Project (Mozambique) ReceivesTop Honours at Cotai Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 Competition at Old Style Sextet (USA) and The Northern Governors (Finland) runners-up AfroJazz (Brazil)wins Special Recognition Award
The Cotai Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 came to an energetic and successful close Sunday night, crowning the winners of itsexciting Jazz & Blues competition,as crowds of enthusiastic revellers enjoyed the festive Mardi Gras atmosphere at The Venetian® Macao’s lagoon area. Supported by The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government,the festival awardedfour talented winning bandseach a share of the competition’s HK$550,000 cash prize pool.
From Thursday through Saturday, judges Xu Kui,Antonio Cabrita,Michael Cloerenand Tomos Griffiths watched the competition’s 12 finalists each perform 30-minute sets in front of appreciative festival audiences, assessing them on style, improvisation, technique, musicality, performance and audience response.Sixbands were then shortlisted to perform a half-hour set each in Sunday’s final round of competition: Trio Ricardo Special(Hungary), AfroJazz(Brazil), The Monreira Project(Mozambique), The Northern Governors(Finland), Soulmate(India) and Old Style Sextet(USA).
The Cotai Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 came to an energetic and successful close Sunday night, crowning the winners of itsexciting Jazz & Blues competition,as crowds of enthusiastic revellers enjoyed the festive Mardi Gras atmosphere at The Venetian® Macao’s lagoon area. Supported by The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government,the festival awardedfour talented winning bandseach a share of the competition’s HK$550,000 cash prize pool.
From Thursday through Saturday, judges Xu Kui,Antonio Cabrita,Michael Cloerenand Tomos Griffiths watched the competition’s 12 finalists each perform 30-minute sets in front of appreciative festival audiences, assessing them on style, improvisation, technique, musicality, performance and audience response.Sixbands were then shortlisted to perform a half-hour set each in Sunday’s final round of competition: Trio Ricardo Special(Hungary), AfroJazz(Brazil), The Monreira Project(Mozambique), The Northern Governors(Finland), Soulmate(India) and Old Style Sextet(USA).
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