From the archive · Travel · 7 August 2012

Travel: Meeting with the Jazz in Tangier

For 13 years the festival has Tanjazz Festival delight jazz lovers with a unique festival. The program this year includes the participation of Ben Prestage, Noam Vazana, Manuel Hermia Quintet, Trio Sergio Monroy, Puissance Jazz Big Band, among others.

This edition also has 13 Moroccan musicians such as the Trio Ouldammar & the Souissi, M’Oud Swing Quartet and Gnawa Express.

The palace of Italian institutions of Tangier is the place to house this year, but throughout the city rumble echoes of saxophones, trumpets, pianos, synthesizers and other percussion instruments.

Tanjazz also an excuse to enjoy the city of Tangier, the “Gateway to Africa”​​, one of the most vibrant, mysterious, and interesting cities in Morocco. This city is the cultural syncretism between European and African, more specifically in Morocco. Its international influence is reflected in the high number of foreign visitors it receives both the present and the past from the West.

More information: www.tanjazz.org and http://www.visitmorocco.com