Djabe: Live in Blue
with Steve Hackett, Gulli Briem
and John Nugent

GR-116-1 LP

180 gram, transparent blue vinyl
Limited edition, 500 numbered copies only
24/96 wav download of the album is coming as gift along with the cover

The recordings made at the Down And Up stereo and surround tours during 2012 - 2014.
 
This is the first episode of the Live in Blue LP, 2CD, DVD, Blu-ray and five disc box series.
Each release will contain minimum one track  is not can be found on the other discs.
 
Djabe in 2012 in connection with the Down And Up album release started a concert series in Hungary, Europe and Canada. The tour lasted until the summer of 2014. The gigs are often joined by friends of the band. Steve Hackett played guitar from Genesis, Gulli Briem of Mezzoforte added drums and percussion, living in New York the Canadian born saxophonist John Nugent (Tony Bennett, Ella Fiztgerald) completed the list of guests.
The Miskolc concert on 10 November 2013 was particularly unusual because the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra and Sára Kovács on flute also contributed to the program.
 
The first item in the Live in Blue releases, the vinyl LP represents each stage line-up of the all the gigs.
You can hear the classic line-up of Djabe (Barabas, Banai, Égerházi, Ferenc Kovács, Zoltán Kovács) in Los Sipos from the Miskolc concert and Life Spirit from Óbuda. This composition is taken from the Forward to the album, and will not appear on the other Live in Blue discs.
Steve Hackett with Djabe can be heard on the Ace of Wands from Miskolc. Jacuzzi and the Overnight Sleeper are also from Miskolc. Zoltán Kovács arranged and conducted the Symphony Orchestra. Sára Kovács played flute and Steve Hackett acoustic guitar.
Djabe in 2013 at the Pecsa Music Hall recorded the rest of this LP, where Gulli Briem and John Nugent were the guest musicians. These pieces as two long medleys give an overview of the entire career of the band.

Album preview:

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Tracklist:

Side A

1. Indian Experience (Barabás)
2. End of a Beautiful Day (Barabás – Égerházi)
3. Hang Song (Briem – Barabás)
4. This is not America (Bowie – Metheny – Mays)
5. Butterfly (Barabás)
6. House on the Hill (Barabás – Égerházi)
7. Los Sipos (Barabás)
Total: 21:30

Side B

1. Ace of Wands (Steve Hackett)
2. Jacuzzi (Steve Hackett)
3. Overnight Sleeper (Steve Hackett)
4. Hortobágy at Winter (Barabás)
5. Clouds Dance (Barabás – Égerházi)
6. First Step (Barabás – Égerházi)
7. Distant Dance (Égerházi)
8. Life Spirit (Égerházi – Barabás)
Total: 23:31

Side A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Side B, 4, 5, 6, 7 recorded at
Budapest, Petőfi Csarnok, Hungary, 1st March, 2013

Szilárd Banai – drums
Tamás Barabás – bass guitar
Attila Égerházi – guitar, percussion
Ferenc Kovács – trumpet, violin
Zoltán Kovács – keyboards
Gulli Briem – hang, djembe, shaker, drums
John Nugent – tenor and soprano saxophone

Side A 7 recorded at
Miskolc, Művészetek Háza, Hungary, 10th November, 2013

Szilárd Banai – drums
Tamás Barabás – bass guitar
Attila Égerházi – guitar, percussion
Ferenc Kovács – trumpet, violin
Zoltán Kovács – keyboards

Side B 1 recorded at
Miskolc, Művészetek Háza, Hungary, 10th November, 2013

Tamás Barabás – bass guitar
Ferenc Kovács – violin
Zoltán Kovács – keyboards
Sára Kovács - flute
Steve Hackett – acoustic guitar

Side B 2,3 recorded at
Miskolc, Művészetek Háza, Hungary, 10th November, 2013

Zoltán Kovács – arranger and conductor of the 15 piece strings orchestra
Sára Kovács - flute
Steve Hackett – acoustic guitar
Strings of Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Miskolc

Side B 8 recorded at
Budapest, Óbudai Főtér, Hungary, 18th July, 2014

Szilárd Banai – drums
Tamás Barabás – bass guitar
Attila Égerházi – guitar
Ferenc Kovács – violin
Zoltán Kovács – keyboards