Категорија: Nišville Jazz Festival – eng

For its 30th birthday, „Nishville“ is hiring 300 volunteers!

 

This year, the Nisville Jazz Festival will celebrate two anniversaries, the 30th anniversary and 15th year of volunteering.  Nisville will provide young people with a unique opportunity to contribute to one of the largest Serbian and European cultural manifestations, and at the same time  in a productive and fun way, use part of the summer and improve yourself through active and attractive volunteer program.

The competition is open from Monday, May 20 to June 30, 2024, for 300 young people age 15 to 30 years, who will take part in volunteer work for 12 days program in Nisville from 8^th to 19th of August  2024, and for  volunteers  from  abroad activity is planned from August 13th to 19th.

By the way, through the festival’s volunteer program for the past 15 years, so far it has passed about 4,000 volunteers, starting in 2010. During that period, the volunteer team gathered young people from about 150 different cities from the country and abroad.  In 2012, Nisville volunteer team received recognition from the City of Nis in the form of a gold coin with a face Emperor Constantine for a special volunteer contribution to the promotion and development of culture, at the end of 2013, the volunteer program was announced for the best youth project for that year by the „Umbrella Organization of the youth of Serbia“.

The Nisville Jazz Festival invites all interested candidates from the country and abroad to apply for volunteering and contribute with their engagement to the realization of  this significant cultural event.

The volunteer team will be divided into 10 sectors:

Audience Host – Performs activities related to welcoming the audience, from ticketing, exchanging tickets for wristbands, to directing and conducting the audience in the main festival area.

Musician Host – Takes care of musicians during their stay in Nis. Task of the host of musicians is to be with the performers and provide them what they need, as well as to escort them to the festival area, accommodation, press center, workshops, etc.

Marketing – Performs activities related to the branding of the festival and sponsors, from activities related to the placement of advertisements to activities on advertising desks.

Press – Performs activities related to the organization and implementation of the festival press service.

Technical Support – Performs activities related to stage preparation support and technical implementation on the main stages, as well as on all other stages and stages of the Nisville festival.

Logistics – Performs activities related to support during preparation and implementation accompanying festival program, as well as in the central festival area.

Workshop – Performs activities related to the organization of space and participants festival workshops, as well as the accompanying educational matinee program.

Security – Performs security service activities related to supporting professional security at all festival locations.

Catering – Performs activities in the delivery of food and beverages for performers, technicians and volunteers at all festival locations.

IT sector – Performs promotion activities of the festival program on social media networks, etc.

Application must be made by filling out the form on the official website festival, at the link https://nisville.com/sr/volonteri/  https://nisville.com/en/volunteers/

The completely filled out form should be sent to the e-mail address volunteers@nisville.com

The contest is open until June 30, when the application form will also be closed. Interviews with candidates will be held between July 8 and 18, 2024. Selection of selected candidates will be carried out by July 22, 2024.

You can report any questions or problems during registration by e-mail at

to:  volunteers@nisville.com

Photo: Zoran Ćirić & Nashville Jazz Festival promo

New York funky groove at Nis Fortress

 

One of the world’s best funk bands, the American band Brooklyn Funk Essentials, will perform in the main program of the upcoming Nisville Jazz Festival on Thursday, August 15.

The band was founded in New York in 1993 at the initiative of producer Arthur Baker and bassist Latija Kronlund, after informal jam session gigs in the studio where they joined by local musicians, poets and a DJ crew from different world destinations, so that from the very beginning, Brooklyn Funk Essentials seem like a kind of musical collective that sublimates multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism through contemporary funk expression creating a rather original sound fusion using elements of jazz, house, soul. dub, hip hop and Latin music.

After the first recordings, they very soon became a club attraction in New York, and in 1995 release the first album called „Cool and Steady and Easy“ which from the start defines their eclectic musical expression and put them on the Top 1 of the Billboard charts in the Alternative R&B Album of the Year category.

This incredible debut success opens the door for them to perform in bigger halls and at festivals, and in the following years they performed on tours on all continents performing with big stars such as James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Erykah Badu, Kool & The Gang, George Banson, Underworld, Iggy & Stooges, New Power Generation, etc.

Their tracks were also used in film and TV productions for films and series The Sopranos, Starsky and Hutch, The Blacklist, Manifesto, etc.

Since 2016, Brooklyn Funk Essential has been establishing a new and concert-quality line-up, which still performs today. British house legend Alison Limerick is in position of the lead singer, a long-term member is the native Jamaican Desmond Foster – guitar and vocalist, Hux Nettermalm is on drums, and band leader and founder Lati Kronlund is on bass guitar. Keyboards are played by Kristoffer Wallman, trombone Ebba Åsman from Sweden, saxophone Loïc Gayot.

Brooklyn Funk Essential has recorded 7 studio albums over the past three decades, and last 2023, a new album called „Intuition“ was released, which the band greatly promoted in concerts all over the world.

As part of the Brooklyn Funk European tour Essential will perform at the 30th Anniversary Nisville on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at Plateau of Nis Fortress.

 

Video „Intuition“ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hYvzvcSXko

 

Legends of reggae music on August 15 in Nis

The famous reggae band Black Uhuru from Jamaica will perform for the first time in Serbia on Thursday, August 15 at the opening of the upcoming jubilee, 30th Nišville Jazz Festival.

Formed in 1972 in Kingston, Black Uhuru have been on the stage for over 50 years and are certainly oneof the most popular recognized prolific reggae bands in the world. They are living legends of reggae music made great achievements in the music industry, including winning the first Grammy Award forthe best reggae album of 1984 called „Anthem“. For a long time, this band has maintained high rating with the highest selling reggae records since Bob Marley and the highest number of songs which other artists have sampled over the years, allowing them to become their own ambassadors of the reggae sound.

Black Uhuru’s roots were formed in Kingston’s Waterhouse district in the late 60s. That is the home of founder and leader Derik „Duckie“ Simpson along with all the other singers from the group.

Uhuru’s original Swahili for „freedom“ were Duckie, Don Carlos and Garth Dennis. The first song is a cover of „Folk Song“ by Curtis Mayfield.

They recorded their debut album „Love Crises“ in 1977 for Prince Jamie which was later re-released as „Black Sounds of Freedom“. Errol later left the group to join the Jaycees and was replaced by singer Puma Jones.

The band most creative period came at the end of the seventies of the last century when the band starts collaborating with Sly & Robbie and develops classic Uhuru the sound of the 80s. Unique style full with

heavy drum and bass, sharp keys, dub colors, loud guitar riffs and long instrumentals

filled with swirling background effects and a distinctive „whoah oh oh“ echo. In that period they signed a contract with Island Records. They started international tours and were getting a lot of attention around the world. They recorded some of their most popular albums like „Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner“, „Sensimelia“ and „Chill Out“.

Another Waterhouse resident named Junior Reid became the new singer. Two albums were issued, „Brutal“,  nominated for Grammy and „Positive“ for Ras Records. These albums included popular hits like „Dreadlocks on the Mountain“ „Fit you Haffi Fit“ and one of the first music videos for the famous track „Great Train Robbery“.

In the mid-90s, the original members reunited. Four albums were released „Now“, „Iron Storm“, „Mystical Truth“ and „Strongg“, all nominated for a Grammy. They shot the award-winning music video for „Tip of the Iceberg“ featuring rap star Ice-T and another video for „One Love“ with Louie Rankin. They performed live on television for VH1 with a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s „Hey Joe“. After a break of a few years, in 2002 they reunited with Sly & Robbie on an international world tour and released a live album/dvd „Dubbin it Live“, followed by a major tour across Europe, South America and the United States. In 2012, they performed in the Broadway musical in Los Angeles called „Loving the Silent Tears“ In 2013 a great recognition followed: Duckie received the IRVMA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017 they released a new single and music video „Jah Guide“ in honor of the great Peter Tosh.

In 2018, Black Uhuru released the album „As The World Turns“ after a long recording break, which was nominated for „Best Reggae Album“ at the 61st Grammy Awards, and two years ago a new album called „New Day“ was released. This will be followed by a concert promotion of the new album on the still-current big world tour, where this legendary band performed, in addition to new songs, almost all the greatest hits from a fruitful career that lasts more than half a century.

A set of tickets for the upcoming anniversary Nišville jazz festival is on sale at a symbolic promo price of 2,500 rsd in a limited edition.

The main program of the festival will be held from August 15 to 18 on the Niš Fortress Plateau, and tickets for Nišville 2024 can be purchased at the Indigo bookstore in Niš (Obrenovićeva 39) and at the Vulkan bookstore in Niš (TC Delta Planet – Bulevar Nemanjića 11b), Belgrade (Sremska 2) and Novi Sad (Zmaj Jovina 24).

For the audience from abroad and all places in Serbia, it is possible to buy tickets online on the festival’s official website www.nisville.com

https://www.blackuhuruofficial.com/