When someone is discovered and offered a recording contract by Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White, it's no surprise that he has extraordinary talent. Guitarist Adam Hawley is probably the most successful artist in the new generation of contemporary jazz performers. His four albums and the recordings he produced yielded a total of 14 Billboard #1s and 40 (!) Top 30 hits. In addition to his solo career, he also played with The Manhattan Transfer, Natalie Cole, Dave Koz, Jennifer Lopez and Brian McKnight. Adam is of the most in-demand music producers today and a favorite with American funk and jazz festival audiences. His guitar playing is both sophisticated and energetic, and his improvisations are stunning. He will be performing in Budapest for the first time in a joint concert with the Peet Project.
The Peet Project is one of Hungary’s internationally acclaimed young Hungarian pop-jazz bands. Their first career milestone was winning the Jazzy Radio Song Contest in 2009. Since 2013, they have performed regularly at major US and local jazz festivals, winning Album of the Year (2013), Album of the Year (2017) and Song of the Year (2020) awards at the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival. In early 2021, they topped the charts in Canada, and they have had four US Billboard Smooth Jazz Top 30 hits so far. They were also featured on Hungary's Got Talent (2015) and a similar contest in 2017 and 2018. They are regular performers at the A38, and their music is well known to local jazz and food festival audiences.
Adam Hawley and the Peet Project first met at the 2016 Dave Koz Cruise, and in 2021 Adam invited the band as featured guests on his online show, where they played together. This collaboration will continue on stage at the A38 with a funk party spiced up with jazz and pop, featuring hits from both artists' respective repertoires.
The event is part of the Felhangolva! program, supported by the MOL-New Europe Foundation.
The concert was supported by the Uptuned! serie of MOL-New Europe Foundation.