It is not easy in the world of jazz to turn 15 years old. Y Jazz Voyeur Festival he achieves it with this new edition that the Next November 4 opens Carmen Linares, recognized as ‘a living legend of flamenco’, which for this occasion will have Maria del Mar Bonet as its guest of honour. In the words of its director, Roberto Menéndez, Jazz Voyeur Festival ‘celebrates fifteen years presenting the best music in the world in Mallorca. Along this long road, it has had the participation of incredible international musicians along with the best national and local jazz artists.’
The fifteenth edition of the festival will not be the exception and it comes loaded with top notch programming, with a wide participation of international artists, as well as local artists who will act as guests in each of the concerts. A new Big Band made up of young people from the Superior Conservatory of the Balearic Islands, a film series dedicated to the great ladies of jazz and academic activities aimed at young students, musicians and the general public who love this music. The last minute readers advance ticket sales promoted from the B Style platform are now available, with prices depending on the concert and location, starting at 22 euros and which is accessed through the QR code that appears in the advertisements that are going to be published in the pages of the newspaper.
Carmen Linares, November 4
Carmen Linares.
carmen linares Belongs to the best generation of flamenco along with Paco de Lucía, Camarón de la Isla, Enrique Morente, José Mercé and Tomatito. In the opening concert of the festival he presents “Cantaora: 40 years of Flamenco”, a unique show that includes the most important songs of his artistic life with the accompaniment of the formation ‘saxoleá’ and the participation of Maria del Mar Bonet as guest of honor.
Jazz/Takes Supergroup, November 10
Bill Evans.
Jazz/Takes Supergroup is a supergroup made up of four legendary musicians: Bill Evans, Niels Lan Doky, Darryl Jones & Harvey Mason and on this occasion they will be accompanied by the Big Band of the Superior Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islandsdirected by the composer, producer and bassist, Tony Cuenca. Surely this concert will bring us some surprises, but there is no doubt that with Jazz/Takes Supergroup we are going to enter the sounds that international critics define as «the jazz that best adapts to the canons of contemporary music».
Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Chano Domínguez, November 17
Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chano Dominguez They have come together to form a spectacular duo. The fusion of these two artists brings together two pioneering musical languages. Rubalcaba’s Cuban roots are mixed with those of Domínguez rooted in flamenco and jazz. Rubalcaba, with sixteen nominations and four Grammy Awards, is without a doubt a benchmark in the current world of jazz. For his part, Chano Domínguez is one of the most famous flamenco-jazz musicians who, with all certainty, will manage to raise the level of quality achieved to date by the Jazz Voyeur Festival a little higher, if possible. And to round off this concert, the organizers have asked the Antón Cortés Trío to come on stage to present ‘Soniquete’, a show that brings together works by Paco de Lucía, Sabicas or Moraíto All of them adapted to the piano by Antón Cortés, as well as some of his own compositions.
Black Heritage Choir, December 7
The Black Heritage Choir
Once again in the Trui Teatre room we will attend an authentic commemoration to put the climax to the XV edition of the festival. One of the shows that has most influenced the standards of African-American music, ‘Amazing Grace. A Gospel Celebration To Aretha Franklin’ by The Black Heritage Choir, a selection of singers from Mississippi Mass Choir. Thus, in December we will be able to vibrate again with the themes of the original LP, plus some hits by Aretha Franklin, interpreted by the voices of this choir, directed by the organist, teacher and pianist of the great choir of the state of Mississippi, Jerry Calvin Smith. The show has an echo of the magic that only live concerts can have, made of warmth, humanity and joy. It is also a song of nostalgia and an emotional vindication of the men and women who made the Gospel culture possible from the black churches of the United States.
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