Alune Wade lights up Saint-Louis Jazz Festival
Alune Wade’s performance was one of the highlights of the 2025 Saint-Louis Jazz Festival
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/01/alune-wade-lights-up-saint-louis-jazz-festival
Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.
Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Alune Wade’s performance was one of the highlights of the 2025 Saint-Louis Jazz Festival
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/01/alune-wade-lights-up-saint-louis-jazz-festival
Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.
Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Alune Wad's performance was one of the highlights of the 2025 Saint-Louis Jazz Festival.
00:09The Senegalese bassist once again captivated audiences at Baye Nda Square, setting the festival's main stage alight.
00:18The multi-instrumentalist took the audience on a journey through the electrifying and enchanting rhythms of his sixth album, New African Orleans, released earlier this year.
00:30It's a pleasure for me, even an honour, to have had the opportunity once again to participate, especially for this 33rd edition.
00:39It's always a joy to feel so much love. That gives us even more strength to continue on this path we've been walking for over 20 years.
00:50The 33rd edition of the Saint-Louis Jazz Festival brought together more than 30 artists, taking the public on a colourful musical journey.
01:00But the spirit of this borderless festival is also a quest to reframe the history of jazz, from its roots to the major transformations that have shaped it.
01:11When we talk about jazz, it's so broad today that it's sometimes hard to define it in its original sense.
01:20At the same time, you need great cultural knowledge to explore new territories, and from there, create fusion and offer a more accessible kind of jazz.
01:30One of the festival's key aims is to break down the elitist image often associated with jazz.
01:41While some attendees came out of passion, others were there to challenge preconceptions.
01:46It's important that we get a real understanding of what the festival is about.
01:53In the arts and culture scene, we should explore the environment to get a concrete idea, not just assume jazz is music for the elite, that it's complicated, or not for Africans.
02:05We're here to get the facts.
02:06More than 15 concerts were held during this year's edition of the Saint-Louis Jazz Festival, which has grown into one of Senegal's most significant cultural events.