Yet another highlight of the BELEF,Terry Callier, a legendary, cult Chicago soul-jazz leading spirit will close the music programme of this year’s festival with a performance with his six-member band.

His current concerts present reminiscence on the days of cooperation with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, but also on the recent history marked by the hits "Lazarus Man" and "I Don’t Wanna See Myself", cooperation with the labels Acid Jazz, Verve and Talkin’ Loud and the names like Gilles Peterson, Koop, Incognita, Beth Orton, Paul Weller, 4 Hero and Zero 7.

Borne on the 24th of May 1945, Terry Callier marked his early days by recording for Chess Records, Prestige, Cadet and Electra. His specific vocal talent and the use of the acoustic guitar remained the pillar of the style that can be described as a soul-folk, where he does not have a match in the history of music. His 1978 album "Fire on Ice" is a part of all the soul encyclopedias, just like "Turn You to Love", released a year later with its unforgettable classics "Ordinary Joe", "Sign of The Times" and "Pyramids of Love".

At the beginning of the eighties, with the explosion of the New Wave, the interest for the soul faded and Teri Callier retired from the scene, looking for a steady job, which he found at the Chicago University (programmer). It is not until ten years later that a great revival of the interest for the forgotten soul heroes began owing to the label Acid Jazz and disk-jockeys like Gilles Peterson and Russ Dewburry.

His great comeback album "Timepeace" for the label Talkin’ Loud in 1998 is beyond a doubt a classic of the modern soul, which opened the door to Callier for new popularity and so by the year 2001 all his previous albums were re-released, led by the legendary "The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier" (Prestige 1968).

Callier’s emotional mystic style somewhat resembles a black version of Van Morisson owing to its strong, almost religious depth, which is emitted by his specific, cathartic mixture of soul, folk and gospel.

The BELEF has the honor and privilege to be the host to one of the last great names of the 20th century black music, along with the festivals like Glastonbury (England), The Quart (Norway), Fusion (Sweden), North Sea Festival (Netherlands) and Montreux (Switzerland).