Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2013

[buksida]

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[Pleng]

I think I'm going to give up on making predictions about the Jazz festivals!

[buksida]

Hua Hin Jazz Festival set to heat up beach town
It's that time of the year again for music aficionados to celebrate the soothing sound of jazz while enjoying a cool ocean breeze.

One of the country's most famous music festivals, Hua Hin Jazz Festival has been running annually for more than a decade and it promises to indulge music lovers again with an impressive line-up of international jazz acts during the weekend of May 31 to June 1.

Hosted by Hua Hin Municipality with support from the Provincial Authority of Prachuap Khiri Khan and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the two-day event will bring in local jazz artists and music maestros from overseas.

Highlights include a group from Japan led by Jun Abe, a world-class pianist who's also a composer, arranger, and producer of several J-pop artists. Abe will bring along Shingo Tanaka, the bassist of fusion jazz band T-Square, Kay-Ta, a talented guitarist, and Senri Kawaguchi, a female percussionist extraordinaire.

These musicians will perform together with Thailand's best-known saxophonist, Koh Mr Saxman.

Also eagerly awaited is Les Freres, a piano duo from Japan. Brothers Keito and Moriya Saito, who both graduated from Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg, will delight audiences with ballads and classical jazz presented through the integration of two different playing styles.

Thailand, as the host, will put on a super jazz assembly exclusively for the event.

The group presents veteran local music virtuosos including Ponthep Suwannabun, Issaraphong Chumsai Na Ayudhya, Kamalsak Sunthanon, Piti Limcharoen, Tuedthai Thongnak, Kertsak Yuvahong, Pornthep Suwanabun and Srawut Ritthinun.

There will also be a number of well-established bands and rising jazz stars including Infinity, ETC, Mellow Motif, VieTrio and Look Pud Chonlanuj, 123 Soul and Tong & Jenny.

Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2013 will kick off at 5pm on Friday, May 31, and will finish at midnight on Saturday, June 1.

The stage will be set on the beach at the front of Centara Grand Beach Resort.

Source: Bangkok Post

[buksida]

Quick bump for this one as a reminder that it is on this Friday.

[alleykat]

You've got to feel sorry for anyone involved with this tonight, it's just started raining in Hua Hin.

[Big Boy]

Yes, we're waiting to go

It's only a light shower

[alleykat]

Yes, we're waiting to go :cry

It's only a light shower

I wish it was.
Even if the rain stops, it won't be very pleasant with everything being wet.
I wonder if the organisers have the option of having it on Sunday night, as well as tomorrow night?

[Big Boy]

Well, jazz doesn't really float my boat, but we ventured along in rain for a couple of hours anyway, just to say we've been. Not surprisingly, we didn't encounter the vast crowds of yesteryear due to the inclement weather. The big advantage was that we could sit on the VIP seats huddled under an umbrella - my son thought he was superman, and simply sat in the rain - a few sniffles this morning

We watched 2 acts, probably Jorn Jun Project and Jun Abe Group, judging by the poster. It was a well presented sound, not too loud. The woman compare loved the sound of her own voice, and became very monotonous after a while.

The setting was excellent, complemented by an excellent electrical storm out to sea.

I enjoyed it, but won't be rushing back tonight. I don't think it would be so enjoyable with crowds of people.

I didn't take my camera with me, but took a couple of snaps with my phone.

An excellent Ice Carving at the festival entrance:

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And a picture of Jorn Jun Project on stage:

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Hopefully, a jazz enthusiast will pop along tonight, and give us a better report, and hopefully take their camera to provide us with some decent photos.

[buksida]

Anyone go last night? Any pics?

[Terry]

Went last night for a few hours with the family. Caught Vietrio and Les Freres - both brilliant acts.
Vietrio - a boy/girl violin duo plus a girl cellist with keyboard and drummer accompanying. Music a la Vanessa Mai and simply brilliant.
Les Freres, a Japanese brother duo piano act - for me did nothing until about 2/3 the way through their set - they then performed superbly.
I can take or leave Jazz but the setting on the beach with no rain, plenty of food and booze around, made for a pleasant experience.
Agree with BBs comment about the compare tho'.

We had to depart around 9.30 for a dinner appointment - sadly no pics worth posting, but would go again next year.

[buksida]

Nobody else went? Nobody has any pics?

[OscarSimon]

It is very unlikely that there will be a jazz festival this year after the cancellation of the 2012 one. Sadly it looks like we've seen the last of this great event.

Will use this thread to update with any info if we get it. Please also post here if you find out anything.

It is very bad news.. Do you have any updates on it..

[buksida]

The Jazz Festival took place this year: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23608&start=6

Won't know about Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2014 until a few weeks before the event.