One of contemporary jazz's biggest stars, Danish-American saxophonist Michael Lington will come to Budapest to join the Peet Project on stage for an extraordinary evening of melodic jazz, soul, funky and pop.
Throughout his career, Michael Lington has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Dave Stewart, Vince Gill, Dave Koz, Booker T. Jones, Taylor Dayne, Barry Manilow, Randy Crawford, Brian Culbertson, Bobby Caldwell and Ray Parker, Jr. among others. His joint tour with Michael Bolton took him to 350 shows in 40 countries around the world. As he staged top-quality virtual concerts during the pandemic, Michael has become one of the key performers on the StageIt! platform, playing a pioneering role in the solution’s success.
Playing a unique blend of jazz, pop and funk in a violin/vocals, sax, keys, bass and drums line-up, the Peet Project is one of Hungary’s internationally recognized young bands. In 2009 they won the top prize in Jazzy Radio’s Song Contest in Budapest and have been regular performers at major jazz festivals in the US and at home since 2013. They won “Debut Artist of the Year”, “Album of the Year” and “Song of the Year” awards in 2013, 2017 and 2020, respectively, at Catalina Island JazzTrax, one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the US. In early 2021, they topped Canada's jazz radio chart and they are the only Hungarian band to date who have made it to the Billboard Smooth Jazz Top 30 chart with four different songs. They were featured on Hungary's Got Talent in 2015 and on a similar TV show in 2018, and they are returning performers on the A38 stage as well as at the country's biggest jazz festival, the Paloznak JazzPiknik.
The Peet Project and Michael Lington first worked together in 2019, when Michael played as featured artist on Anything for You, a seductive track on the band's sixth studio album Ups & Downs. Their Budapest show together was first scheduled for 2020 but will take place only now, after a forced postponement due to the pandemic.
The concert will feature hits from both the Peet Project’s and Michael Lington’s repertoire, including current radio hits Crazy Times and Moon Goddess, offering an exceptional live music experience on a summer evening for lovers of funk, soul, pop and high-energy, melodic jazz."
