This Saturday, January 20, 2018 opens the 12th edition of the Jazz Festival in Port-au-Prince "PAPJAZZ 2018" https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23228-haiti-music-launch-of-the-12th-edition-of-the-international-jazz-festival-of-pap.html

Until January 27, 2018, 12 foreign groups and 18 Haitian artists will perform on the various stages, including Prestige scenes at Karibe Hotel, Sogebank at Place Boyer, Fokal-Discovery, Barbancourt, Air Caraïbes, Institut Français and Jacmel. a fence on the beach of Royal Decameron.

Only 3 shows are paying: 2 at Karibe Hotel and the closing at the Royal Decameron Hotel.

The Haiti Jazz Foundation has invited international jazz stars every year. The opening weekend at Karibe will feature extraordinary headliners such as the American saxophonist Kenny Garrett, recipient, the great Brazilian singer Leila Pinheiro, the Canadian singer Emilie-Claire Barlow and the French bassist Dominique Di Piazza and the famous French trumpet player Erik Truffaz. For the closing on the beach of Decameron club is the exceptional Norman Brown, guitarist of the West Coast of the United States, who will be on stage. Alongside artists from a dozen other countries, the "jazzmen" of Haiti Réginald Policard and John Bern Thomas will be present and Haitian music will be offered in all its diversity with artists such as Strings and flamenco tropical, Beethova Obas for a Creole bossa nova, the flamboyant Rutshelle Guillaume, RAM for a breakaway to voodoo music or finally Haiti's flagship DJ, Michael Brun.

This 12th edition of the festival pays tribute to Haitian musicians who disappeared in 2017, especially to Herby Widmaier, the spiritual father of PAPJAZZ.

Complete programming of PAPJAZZ 2018 on : papjazzhaiti.org/schedule-2018/

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