Safaricom International Jazz Festival 2017 ...the week that was!

Piece by: Mercy Gakii
Entertainment

Since its inception in February 2014, the Safaricom International Jazz Festival has evolved into an unmissable celebration of live music.

The Festival prides itself in bringing together talented musicians from all over the world and has played a significant role in nurturing the Kenyan jazz scene, making the genre more accessible to fans and bringing together music lovers for a good cause.

The 4th edition of the Safaricom International Jazz Festival was held on Sunday 26th February 2017 at the Kasarani Stadium. This year had various talented artists from across the globe who delighted all jazz lovers.

However, there was a lot of amazing acts throughout the week before the concert which began with a "meet and greet" session on Friday 17th February 2017 at the Michael Joseph centre in Safaricom's headquarters.

This was then followed by the African Night on Tuesday 2oth February 2017

Then there was an amazing Jam session on Wednesday night at The Alchemist with Arun Ghosh...

...and not forgetting The Hazelnuts at the Israeli Night on the same night

On Thursday night, there was another Jam Session held at the Hotel InterContinental

This was followed by a VIP show on Friday night at Kasarani Stadium... (video courtesy BTv Visuals)

...and then there was the concert on Sunday! (video courtesy BTv Visuals)