As the Cairene music scene grows ever so vibrant, Cairo International Jazz Festival (CJF) returns for the seventh year in a row, bringing its audience a myriad of jazzy tunes infused with the richness of over 10 countries around the world. Between October 15 and 18, the American University in Cairo (AUC) Greek Campus in Downtown will resonate with the soul reviving music of Soad Massi, Rima Khcheich, Naseer Shamma, The Riff Band and more. Since its establishment seven years ago, CJF has taken confident leaps of success which candidly show in the expansion of the festival’s audience base. Kicking off in 2009, the four-day festival attracted a humble 2000 attendees. In the following years, CJF witnessed an impressively growing influx of 4500 attendees in 2013, which doubled to an astounding 9000 visitors in 2014. “We have succeeded to attract more audiences, and I hope that we have managed to improve the negative image about jazz as a sophisticated music in relation to the public,” says Amro Salah, CJF founder, pianist, composer and producer. “Egypt has a good history in jazz that goes back to the 30s of the last…
Cairo International Jazz Festival Soon to Spice Up the Heart of the Capital
October 10, 2015
