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The Prague Sounds music festival, which takes place in November and was previously called Strings of Autumn, prides itself on mixing up genres. This year it will feature jazz great Branford Marsalis alongside rather less well-known names in the fields of hip-hop, modern classical and electronic music. I spoke to programmer Guy Borg at an event this week unveiling the 2024 Prague Sounds.
Branford Marsalis is your biggest name and he’s playing at the Grand Hall at Lucerna. What does it mean to you to have such a major artist as part of your festival?
“Well, throughout the history of the festival we’ve been lucky enough to have some of the great legends of jazz, actually usually in concert at Lucerna, in the Grand Hall. For example, Sonny Rollins or Wayne Shorter.
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Author: Ian Willoughby