Tomorrow the Belgian band The Rhythm Junks is leaving for a three week tour to China. On September 20th they will play in Shanghai at the JZ Festival, one of the main jazz festivals in China. On this festival they share the bill with Chinese bands as well as international artists like Incognito (UK), Eugene Hideaway Bridges (USA) and Gilles Peterson (UK). After Shanghai they will head for Hangzhou, Changsha and Guangzhou, all together about 3000 kilometres.
When the programmer of the famous JZ Club in Shanghai travelled to London to scout Sonny Rollins for the JZ Festival, he accidentally bumped into the latest Rhythm Junks album. Eventually it wasn't Sonny Rollins who got invited, but The Rhythm Junks. This year the third edition of the JZ Festival will take place and up to 20.000 visitors are expected.
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You can follow the adventures of The Rhythm Junks in China on their blog therhythmjunks.blogspot.com.
20/09/2008 SHANGHAI (CN)
26/09/2008 HANGZHOU (CN)
28/09/2008 HANGZHOU (CN)
01/10/2008 CHANGSHA (CN)
02/10/2008 CHANGSHA (CN)
04/10/2008 GUANGZHOU (CN)
05/10/2008 GUANGZHOU (CN)
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