10 July 1998, soul singer Mavis Staples paid tribute to gospel pioneer Mahalia Jackson at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague. Mavis Staples had brought Hammond B-3 organist and pianist Lucky Peterson and they transformed the audience in the Congo tent into a steaming Baptist congregation, clapping hands and jubilating. This performance made […]
Mahalia Jackson
The most memorable moments of North Sea Jazz part 2
We continue our list of the most memorable moments of North Sea Jazz. E.S.T. 13 July 2007, Congo, 8:15 – 9:30 PM At the beginning of the first night of North Sea Jazz 2007 the Swedish group E.S.T. set the tone by flowing their beautifully lyrical jazz music seamlessly into exciting, hallucinating sounds. Magnus Öström […]