Bands and artistes scheduled to make an appearance during the three-day event are the Shai Maestro Group, Donald Harrison and the Julian Lage Trio. These international jazz maestros will be joined by students and alumni of Mahidol’s Music College and the likes of the Siam Jazz Orchestra and Jack Thammarat.
Workshops and concerts will provide jazz fans and budding musicians with an exhilarating weekend of entertainment. Three-day passes cost THB3,000, single evening concert tickets are THB800 and can be bought on the door. Discounts of 20 per cent are available for students and various concession card holders.
The Mahidol Salaya campus is in Nakhon Pathom and about 20kms from central Bangkok. The campus is barely 10 minutes walk from Salaya Railway Station. The station is a stop on the main line south from Bangkok to Cha Am, Hua Hin, Chumphon and Suratthani.
Artistes line up for ninth Thailand jazz fest at Mahidol University
News in Asia
The organiser of the 2017 edition of the Thailand International Jazz Conference has confirmed the line-up will feature 60 different acts. This ninth jazz extravaganza will take place at the Salaya campus of Bangkok’s Mahidol University between 27 and 29 January.