Delgres | 2023 Summer Sessions
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World Blues Trio

SHOW CANCELED: Delgrès

JULY 27-30 | Caribbean Roots

Jul 27, 2023
Miner Auditorium

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SHOW CANCELED, PLEASE READ: Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Delgrés July 27 concert at the SFJAZZ Center has been canceled. Patrons that bought tickets to this concert will receive a refund on the credit card that you used to purchase the tickets. If you are ticket holder and you have any questions, please contact our Box Office at [email protected] or 415-788-7353.

“A fresh and exciting ensemble, one whose sound, like all the best blues, infuses the familiar elements with a unique, personal sensibility” (PopMatters), The Paris-based power blues trio bring irrepressible rock n’ roll energy to passionate performances that are equal parts Mississippi Delta and French Caribbean. Brainchild of guitarist and singer Pascal Danaë —a veteran of work with Peter Gabriel, Youssou N’Dour, Neneh Cherry, and Gilberto Gil —the band is named after Louis Delgrès, 19th century leader of the resistance in Guadeloupe who sacrificed himself in the rebellion against Napoleon's campaign to reintroduce slavery to the French Caribbean.

Finding inspiration in Delgrès’ fight for freedom, Danaë assembled the trio with the raucous French drummer Baptiste Brondy and sousaphone master Raphael Goutiere, whose deep, pulsing bass lines emphasize the shared lineage of the brass band traditions of the Caribbean and the American south — namely the New Orleans second line. Among their first collaborative pieces was “Mo Jodi,” a tune whose title translates from Creole as “I’ll Die Today” and directly references their inspiration’s sacrifice, and gives the band’s incendiary 2018 Jazz Village debut recording its name. Their latest album, 4:00 AM, was released in 2021 and addresses the crisis of displacement and forced migration in the Global South.

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A fresh and exciting ensemble, one whose sound, like all the best blues, infuses the familiar elements with a unique, personal sensibility.

PopMatters

A fresh and exciting ensemble, one whose sound, like all the best blues, infuses the familiar elements with a unique, personal sensibility.

PopMatters

Personnel

Pascal Danaë vocals
Raphael Goutiere sousaphone
Baptiste Brondy drums

Typical themes involving romance or infatuation are tightly surveyed with a sweet, amplified dobro twang and covered with rugged grace and dexterity

All About Jazz

Typical themes involving romance or infatuation are tightly surveyed with a sweet, amplified dobro twang and covered with rugged grace and dexterity

All About Jazz

Personnel

Pascal Danaë vocals
Raphael Goutiere sousaphone
Baptiste Brondy drums

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Delgrès

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Delgrès

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Delgrès

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