Djabe & Steve Hackett - When The Sound Turns Sweet (2024)

Every year Djabe & Steve Hackett impress jazz and progressive rock fans with more and more cohesive and powerful performances. The 2023 tour has once again delivered some surprises. The most attention-grabbing of these was the interpretation of the Genesis song Carpet Crawlers, sung fantastically by Péter Kaszás behind the drums. Listening to the whole concert, we feel that the parts are coming together more and more. The musicians and the songs from the repertoire of Djabe, Djabe & Steve Hackett, Genesis and Steve Hackett form an inseparable unit. The musicians perform Camino Royale, Ace Of Wands, Buzzy Island, Last Train To Istanbul and Los Endos with elemental power and energy. These are beautifully counterpointed by lyrical compositions such as Franciska, Horizons, Tale, Hairless Heart, Firth Of Fifth. And jazz fans will not be left unsatisfied either: in Could Have Been or Central European Time, the musicians of Djabe prove that they are without a doubt the leading musicians of the Hungarian jazz scene.

The album was recorded at the closing concert of the 2023 tour in Timisoara on 20 June. At the sold-out concert, the audience of the Banatul Filarmonia cheered the musicians and the performance with continuous applause and many standing ovations.

Steve Hackett - Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
Zoltán Bubenyák - Keyboards
Attila Égerházi - Guitar, Vocal, Percussion
Áron Koós-Hutás - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Tamás Barabás - Bass Guitar, Vocals, Guitar,
Péter Kaszás - Lead Vocals, Drums

Tracklist
CD1
01 - Could Have Been
02 - Before
03 - Camino Royale
04 - Horizons
05 - Buzzy Island
06 - Ace Of Wands
07 - Franciska
08 - In That Quiet Earth

CD2
01 - Central European Time
02 - Tale
03 - Stars And Moonbeams
04 - Hairless Heart
05 - Firth Of Fifth
06 - Carpet Crawlers
07 - Last Train To Istanbul
08 - Los Endos
09 - Misty Blues
10 - Déja Vu (Richter Concert Hall, Győr, 19th June 2023)
11 - Distant Dance (Richter Concert Hall, Győr, 19th June 2023)