Dakhla Brass: International Showcase Fund

For:

BBC Introducing x PRS Foundation Showcase 2016 Montreal International Jazz Festival

Dakhla Brass weave glittering brass threads into intricate musical tapestries like no other band. Propelled by restless percussion, theirs is ‘not exactly’ music – not exactly jazz, not exactly brass band, Arabian or second-line Mardi Gras. Yet it draws on all of that and more, pumping with the excited surge of a carnival crowd while catching the careful craft of a colliery band and the artful freedom of New Orleans jazz. It taps your toes, swivels your hips and strokes your chin all at the same time. Delivered with deadly accuracy by five exceptional musicians, it’s in a class of its own.

In under five years they have released three albums of original music. The sheer quality of their music has caught the ears of BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5, and BBC Radio 6 while their live performances have included sharing prestigious stages with top international contemporary outfits, including the Youngblood, Hypnotic and Hot 8 Brass Bands.

Dakhla Brass are hugely excited to be performing at Montreal Jazz Festival 2016. We feel very honored and grateful to have been selected by the BBC Introducing and PRS for Music Foundation. We would like to thank them for providing us with such an amazing opportunity.

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