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Simphiwe Dana is shown performing at the 2018 Cape Town International Jazz Festival in South Africa. (Photo: Rashid Latiff) NOVEMBER 2018 DOWNBEAT 89 Myra Melford, shown here playing the 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, will perform at this year’s edition. DANIEL SHEEHAN

Earshot Jazz Festival Fosters Progressive Sounds

ver the course of 30 years, Seattle’s Earshot Earshot had gathered enough steam to mount not a proven commodity.” Jazz Festival has earned a reputation as its inaugural festival. Frisell moved to Seattle shortly thereafter Oone of the premier U.S. jazz gatherings Though the early editions presented a mix of and lived there until 2017. (He’s now back in committed to new sounds. This year, the month- styles, Earshot co-founder Gary Bannister (who New York.) He has played Earshot numerous long spree (which runs Oct. 7–Nov. 4) features later booked Seattle’s Jazz Alley and died in 2010) times. This year, he appears as a member of Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret, Marquis Hill, favored the avant-garde, and Gilbreath has fol- Circuit Rider (led by cornetist and Keyon Harrold, Fay Victor, , Harriet lowed his lead. Born in Seattle and raised there featuring drummer ). Miles’ 2017 Tubman and Jazzmeia Horn, while also present- and in Minneapolis, Gilbreath, 70, worked for release with the band, I Am A Man (Yellowbird), ing marquee names such as , Pat years as a construction estimator before vol- also included pianist and bassist Metheny, Kamasi , , Maria unteering for Earshot in 1990. Two years later, Thomas Morgan. Schneider, Tom Harrell and Regina Carter. he found his calling as its executive director. Like neighboring jazz festivals in “For us, where the art form is moving for- Over the years, Gilbreath has presented Seattle Vancouver, B.C., and Portland, Oregon, ward is where the juice is,” says Earshot Executive debuts by The Bad Plus, trumpeter Ambrose Earshot is a sprawling, urban affair, spread out Director John Gilbreath, who has led the organi- Akinmusire, keyboardist and over a variety of venues, from nightclubs like zation since 1992. pianist Kris Davis, as well as multiple perfor- the Triple Door, Showbox and the Royal Room Earshot’s commitment to edgy music goes mances by trumpeter (before he to spaces like Benaroya Hall (home of back to 1984, when a scrappy group of volun- was well-known) and AACM figures such as the Seattle Symphony Orchestra) and Cornish teers started a newsletter, then formed a non- multi-instrumentalist . College’s Poncho Concert Hall. This year, profit to present by local , as Frisell played one of his first engagements the festival will present 62 concerts, plus film well as the very first Seattle appearance by leg- with his own band for Earshot, in 1989. screenings, readings, panel presentations and endary pianist . (Full disclosure: “It was rare that we could get a gig then,” the workshops. On average, the festival fills about This writer was an Earshot Jazz co-founder guitarist recalls. “It was a big deal for us. Earshot 15,000 seats over four weeks. Gilbreath is espe- and, briefly, its first executive director.) By 1989, is willing to take a chance on something that’s cially proud that 40 percent of the groups this

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Bill Frisell first played Earshot in 1989. year are led by female artists. “I was really trying to do 50 percent women-led ensembles,” he says. “I wound up at 40. Last year it was 25. So, we’ll just keep on it.” Melford, who has played the Earshot Jazz Festival every few years since the early ’90s and this year will be celebrating the release of Snowy Egret’s second , The Other Side Of Air (Firehouse 12), supports Gilbreath’s efforts. While Melford notes other U.S. festivals also give voice to the avant-garde—the Jazz Festival, New York’s Vision Festival and the Angel City Jazz Festival in Los Angeles among them—she credits Seattle as being “way out ahead in the diversity of players and approaches, and especially emerging and experimental, progressive young musicians.” Over the years, Gilbreath has accomplished a lot with a little, operating with a bare-bones staff—one managing director, a part-time newslet- ter editor and, during the festival proper, a production crew of five—and partnering with other organizations to share expenses, personnel and risk. Though the festival budget has grown from $42,000 in 1992 to $275,000 in 2018, that’s small potatoes compared to other large-scale festivals, where corporate-sponsored budgets can be measured in the millions. One way Gilbreath economizes is by stretching the festival out over several weeks. Though this sometimes can make the event feel like a long, dense concert series, rather than a festive celebration, it affords Gilbreath a wide window from which to pick and choose acts that might already be on tour. The gaps in between leave nights open for local artists, such as pianist (and longtime Hermeto Pascoal collaborator) Jovino Santos Neto, who is part of the lineup this year. “The three-day festivals that are spending 3 million bucks can create anchor dates for tours,” Gilbreath noted, “whereas we need to be more opportunistic in our booking.” Though the Earshot Jazz Festival always has included at least one artist of the stature of a Keith Jarrett or , the event has been crit- icized in the past for catering to a boutique audience Gilbreath calls “the faithful 50.” But that might be changing. This year’s bill boasts a robust bal- ance of old and new, established artists and rising stars. Two major grants Earshot recently received from the Doris Duke and Andrew W. Mellon foundations have been a tremendous boost to the organizational budget. The funding already has enabled Earshot to double its full-time staff and begin digitizing 34 years of Earshot magazine. The grants also stipulate benchmarks for adding much-needed spon- sorships and partnerships. Such growth feels appropriate to the vast expan- sion Seattle has experienced in the past decade, largely due to Amazon, which employs 45,000 locally, and other tech companies, like Adobe, which has a large branch plant in the Fremont neighborhood, right down the street from the Earshot office. “I’ve always felt there has to be the perfect corporate partner out there, in a city so committed to innovation and the creative spirit, but that still honors tradition—just like jazz,” Gilbreath observed. With or without a corporate sponsor, Earshot soldiers on, committed to new sounds, just as it has from the beginning. —Paul de Barros

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Pianist and bassist Essiet Okon Essiet at the Oregon Coast Jazz Party Charleston Jazz Festival

Frost Music Live! Angel City Jazz Festival Newport Performing Arts Center. Music Director Holly Coral Gables, Los Angeles, Hofmann’s roster highlights the talents of numerous September 2018–April 2019 Sept. 30–Oct. 14 acclaimed artists, including DownBeat poll winners. The Frost School of Music at the University of This fest features more than 15 performances spanning LINEUP: Regina Carter , Helen Sung, Grace Kelly will present more than 100 concerts and events in seven venues across Los Angeles. It presents nearly 100 Quartet, Tanya Darby, Sinne Eeg, Yve Evans, Mimi Fox’s four themes: Frost Classics; Jazz, Pops & Beyond; Frost of today’s most acclaimed, boundary-pushing artists on San Francisco String Trio, Kerry Politzer's Bossa PDX, Ser- Faculty Recitals; and Frost Lectures and Workshops. the jazz scene. The festival will include the world pre- ena Geroe, more. Among the highlights are concerts featuring interna- miere of trumpeter ’s oratorio devot- oregoncoastjazzparty.org tionally acclaimed guest artists collaborating with Frost ed to Rosa Parks. faculty and students. The Signature Series also features LINEUP: Wadada Leo Smith, ’s This Is It! Trio, 3LWWVŵHOG&LW\-D]])HVWLYDO a Jazz Roots concert at the Adrienne Arsht Center and Xenia Rubinos, Ches Smith//Mat Maneri, 3LWWVŵHOG0DVVDFKXVHWWV Frost Symphony Orchestra performances with guest Subtle Degrees, Azar Lawrence Experience, Tiger Trio Oct. 5–14 conductors. (Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell, Joëlle Léandre), Noah The Colonial Theatre and other venues in the Upstreet LINEUP: Jeff Beal, Kneebody, Carl St. Clair, Trudy Kane, Preminger Quartet, Lisa Mezzacappa’s avantNOIR, Chris- Cultural District participate in this fest, with the headline Tian Ying, Gerard Schwarz, Joshua Henry & Marcus toph Irniger's Pilgrim, Lauren Elizabeth Baba’s theBA- taking place Oct. 12–13. The free “jazz crawl” Lovett, Rafael Padron with Eglise Gutierrez & Shelly Berg, BAorchestra, Silverscreen Sextet. features local musicians performing in restaurants and Jo Lawry, Ingrid Jensen, , Michelle Merrill, angelcityjazz.com lounges throughout the downtown area. PRISM Quartet, Sybarite5, Thomas Mesa, Jodi Levitz, LINEUP: Christian McBride’s New Jawn, Veronica Swift, Alan Johnson, Ross Harbaugh & Tian Ying, Frank Ticheli, Gabriel Severn, more. Zephyros Winds, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra with Jazz Festival Corpus Christi, Texas berkshiresjazz.org John Daversa and Charles Castleman, Larry Rachleff, more. October (Dates TBD) frostmusiclive.com This free all-ages event features four stages, food and Duck Jazz Festival market vendors, and dancing. Duck, North Carolina Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival LINEUP: Past performers include Greg Abate/George Oct. 6–7 Boston, Massachusetts Prado, Powerhouse , Cruise Control, Alex Garib- Held at Duck Town Park, this non-ticketed festival pres- Sept. 29 ay & What Is Hip, Ric Cortez Project, Fort Sam’s ents a variety of jazz performers on two stages. Fans will present Boston’s biggest Own 323d Army Band, Carolyn Blanchard Sextet, Leticia can extend their Outer Banks stay to enjoy jazz-themed block party, a free event with three stages at the intersec- Rodriguez, Timberos Del Norte, Del Mar . events and promotions taking place throughout Duck tion of Massachusetts and Columbus avenues. texasjazz-fest.org businesses and beyond. Chairs will be available for rent, LINEUP: Tia Fuller, Gregory Lewis Organ Monk Trio, and the fest will be held rain or shine. Jason Palmer, Ralph Peterson’s Aggregate Prime, Oregon Coast Jazz Party LINEUP: Bryan Carter & The Young Swangers, Russell MikroJazz (Philipp Gerschlauer, David Fiuczynski, Jack Newport, Oregon Malone Quartet, Huntertones, Yolanda Rabun, Sidecar DeJohnette, Giorgi Mikadze & ), Catherine Oct. 5–7 Social Club, U.S. Air Force Rhythm in Blue, First Flight Russell, Berklee faculty members, more. The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts celebrates 15 years High School Jazz Band. berklee.edu/beantownjazz of the Jazz Party with “Honoring Women in Jazz” at the duckjazz.com

92 DOWNBEAT NOVEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 DOWNBEAT 93 Mempho LINEUP: Past performers include Janis Siegel, Henry Eric Darius & Selina Albright, Charlie Thomas’ Drifters, Memphis, Tennessee Johnson, the Dynamic Les DeMerle Band with Bonnie The Tokens, Jimmy Gallagher & The Passion, more. Oct. 6–7 Eisele, Roseanna Vitro, Nestor Torres. rehobothjazz.com This festival, which was created to blend today’s best ameliaislandjazzfestival.com contemporary sounds with the city’s storied musical (GJHIHVW heritage, will be held at Shelby Farms Park, located less Earshot Jazz Festival Ann Arbor, Michigan than 20 miles from downtown Memphis. The fest will Seattle, Washington Oct. 17–20 offer multiple live music stages, art installations, unique Oct. 7–Nov. 4 The theme of the 22nd edition of this fest is Chicago: Out food and interactive elements. The 30th annual edition of this festival will include more Kind of Town. The lineup includes artists from the Asso- LINEUP: Janelle Monáe, George Clinton & Parliament/ than 60 events in various venues. It will offer music, ciation for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Also Funkadelic, Beck, Nas, William Bell, Bobby Rush, Eric Gales, ŵOPVFRQYHUVDWLRQDQGOHDUQLQJH[SHULHQFHVWKDWUHŶHFW featured will be artists who left Chicago, but whose cre- Don Bryant & The Bo-Kays, Phoenix, Post Malone, DJ Logic, the innovative spirit of Seattle. The festival offers an ar- ativity always will be associated with their former home. A Project Pat, John Nemeth & Lovelight Orchestra, more. ray of local, national and international artists, as well as highlight will be a concert featuring new works for large memphofest.com award-winning student ensembles. ensemble composed by Roscoe Mitchell, celebrating the LINEUP: Kamasi Washington, Circuit Rider (Ron Miles, Bill 50th anniversary of the . Ragas Live Festival Frisell, Brian Blade), Jazzmeia Horn, Regina Carter, Marquis LINEUP: Artifacts Trio (Nicole Mitchell, , Mike , New York Hill Blacktet, Maria Schneider with the Seattle Repertory Reed), Jason Stein’s Hearts and Minds, Jaimie Branch Quar- Oct. 6–7 Jazz Orchestra, , Myra Melford, Jovino Santos tet, Myra Melford, Tim Haldeman Quartet, Tiger Trio (Myra Now in its seventh year, this 24-hour festival is inspired by Neto, Helen Sung, Keyon Harrold, Tia Fuller, David Sanborn Melford, Nicole Mitchell, Joëlle Léandre), Art Ensemble of the Raga Samay system in Indian . Keyboard- Jazz , Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Wayne Hor- Chicago 50th Anniversary Project, Roscoe Mitchell with De- ist and harpist Brandee Younger are among the vitz, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, James Brandon Lewis, Raul troit Friends: A Tribute to the Creative Arts Collective, Kirsten musicians who will perform a raga tribute to . Midón, Brandee Younger, Caroline Davis, Harriet Tubman, Carey’s Uruboros Sextet, Fred Lonberg-Holm/Tomeka Reid/ LINEUP: Ritual Ensemble of Harvard (with Vijay Iyer, Yosva- Madison McFerrin, D’Vonne Lewis, Jen Shyu, Samantha Kathryn Young, Harrison Bankhead Quartet, Dave Rempis/ ny Terry, Ganavya & Rajna Swaminathan), Max ZT & Karsh Boshnack, Vernon Reid’s Band of Gypsys Revisited, more. Joshua Abrams/Avreeayl Ra/Jim Baker, Piotr Michalowski Kale, Aditya Prakash, Abhik Mukherjee, Rajeswari Satish, earshot.org Ensemble, Guillermo Gregorio Trio, more. Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra with Brooklyn Raga kerrytownconcerthouse.com Massive, Coltrane Raga Tribute (feat. Sameer Gupta, Jay Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival Gandhi, Trina Basu, Arun Ramamurthy, Brandee Younger, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival Marc Cary, Rashaan Carter, Abhik Mukherjee & Mari Tanaka). Oct. 11–14 Sun Valley, Idaho ragaslive.org Now in its 29th year, this lively festival presents shows Oct. 17–21 in multiple venues. It is produced by the Delaware Cele- Located in the Sawtooth Range of the Rocky Mountains, $PHOLD,VODQG-D]])HVWLYDO EUDWLRQRI-D]]DQRQSURŵWDUWVHQWHUWDLQPHQWDQGHGX- this event features 40 bands playing a variety of styles, Fernandina Beach, Florida cational organization. including swing, zydeco and big band jazz. Fans can also Oct. 7–14 LINEUP: Kirk Whalum, Take 6, Brian Culbertson, Raul HQMR\IUHHGDQFHFODVVHVKLNLQJELNLQJDQGŵVKLQJ Held annually and headed by Artistic Director Les De- Midón, Nick Colionne, Art Sherrod Jr. & The ASJ Or- LINEUP: Yve Evans, Black Market Trust, Blue Street Jazz Band, Merle, this festival promotes world-class jazz in various chestra, Morris Day & The Time, JJ Sansaverino, Gerald Bob Draga with Friends, Boise Straight Ahead, Bruce Innes styles, including swing, , , big band, Albright, Norman Brown, Incognito, Mindi Abair & The Trio, Carolyn Martin Swing Band, Cocuzzi Trio, Cornet Chop contemporary and Latin, as well as . Concerts are Boneshakers, Matt Marshak, Pieces of a Dream, Club Suey, Gary Ryan, Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles, Midiri Broth- staged in venues around Amelia Island, including the Phred, Urban Jazz Coalition, Keiko Matsui, Morgan ers Sextet, NNU Jazz Revival, Sherri Colby’s Racket Makers, historic seaport of Fernandina Beach. The Festival awards James, Rick Braun & Richard Elliott, Steve Cole & Marcus Jeff Barnhart, Bob Schulz, Bob Willams, Brady McKay, Brian a scholarship yearly to an aspiring high school . Anderson, Lucky Chops, Kim Waters & Marion Meadows, Holland, Cynthia Sayer, Danny Coots, Rob Verdi, Tom Hook & The Terrier Brothers, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Terry Myers Quartet with Jaimie Roberts, Yale Whiffenpoofs, more. sunvalleyjazz.com

&OHDUZDWHU-D]]+ROLGD\ Clearwater, Florida Oct. 18–21 Four decades strong, this festival draws tens of thou- sands of visitors each year to Coachman Park in Clear- water, against the backdrop of brilliant sunsets and one of the world’s greatest beaches. The festival features a combination of legendary and rising musical artists. LINEUP: , JJ Grey & Mofro, The Devil Makes Three, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, The Fabulous Thunder- birds (featuring Kim Wilson), The Lao Tizer Band (featuring , Karen Briggs & Nelson Rangell), Morris Day & The Time, Sheila E., The Doobie Brothers, Danny Kusz, Betty Fox , George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers, The Greg Billings Band, Adam Haw- ley, Clearwater Jazz Collective, REH/CJH Youth Jazz Band. clearwaterjazz.com

South Carolina Jazz Festival Cheraw, South Carolina Oct. 19–21 This fest will feature more than 20 regional artists perform- ing shows at multiple venues in ’s home-

94 DOWNBEAT NOVEMBER 2018 town. Other events include a Bebop Parade, a golf tourna- ment, a birthday party for Dizzy (who would have turned 101 on Oct. 21), a Jazz Mass and children’s activities. LINEUP: Carlos Henriquez Octet, South Carolina Jazz Master- works Ensemble, Robert Gardiner, Carl Payne Big Band, more. scjazzfestival.com

Brubeck Festival Stockton, California Oct. 23–27 Presented by the Brubeck Institute at University of the Pacif- ic, this festival celebrates and explores the musical and phil- RVRSKLFDOLGHDVRI'DYH%UXEHFNDQGKLVLQŶXHQFHDURXQG the world. The fest includes concerts and nightly sessions at the Take 5 Jazz Club, located at Valley Brewing Company. LINEUP: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Cyrille Aimée with 3DFLŵF-D]](QVHPEOH0LPL)R[PRUH brubeckinstitute.org

CU Jazz Festival Champaign-Urbana, Oct. 25–28 This festival features a jazz brunch, a work- shop, a young artist series, lectures, a VandoJam session and library concerts. LINEUP: Fat Babies, Adam Larson Quartet, Avreeayl Ra Trio, Chip Stephens & Glen Wilson, more. cujazzfest.wixsite.com/cujazzfest

Jazz For All Ages Festival Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Nov. 2–5 Held at The Jazz Corner and Sonesta Oceanfront Resort, this festival raises money for the Junior Jazz Foundation, contributing to its mission of keeping music healthy and alive in the school systems. The Sonesta offers discount- ed rooms for festival goers. LINEUP: Christian Tamburr & Clint Holmes, Joey Alexan- der Trio, Ronnie Leigh. jazzforallages.com

7'-DPHV0RRG\-D]])HVWLYDO Newark, New Jersey Nov. 4–18 This annual festival, held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, features a diverse array of world-class talent. There will be many ticketed concerts, plus free shows by the Quartet (Nov. 3) and Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché (Nov. 7). The International Jazz Vocal Competition (Sassy Awards) takes place on Nov. 18. LINEUP: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Christian McBride Big Band, Eddie Palmieri, Sheila E., Tito Nieves, Antonio San- chez, , Gregory Porter, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Lalah Hathaway, , Jo Lawry, Kate McGarry, Luciana Souza, Orchestra (with , , & Catherine Russell), Sharon Isbin, , Stanley , Eric Alex- ander, Oran Etkin, Daryl Sherman, more. njpac.org/moodyjazz

Otis Taylor’s Trance Blues Festival Boulder, Nov. 10 An evening performance will follow a day of public work- shops and jams for musicians and fans of all levels and ages who wish to see and/or learn from award-winning

NOVEMBER 2018 DOWNBEAT 95 bluesman Otis Taylor and his band. again the fest will have a stage hosted by BBC DJ . LINEUP: Otis Taylor, Chuck Campbell, Mato Nanji, Jason Ricci, more. LINEUP: Past performers include Antonio Sanchez, Archie Shepp, Banda Magda, trancebluesfestival.com Cameron Graves, Donny McCaslin, , , Jaimie Branch, José James, Luciana Souza, Marc Ribot, Mark Guiliana, Marquis Hill, Nicole Mitchell, Taos Jazz Festival Nicholas Payton, Nubya Garcia, , Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sullivan Fortner, Arkestra, Terri Lyne Carrington, , Wadada Leo Smith, Taos, New Mexico Nov. 14–17 Dave Douglas. winterjazzfest.com This event’s full title is the Frank Morgan Taos Jazz Festival, in honor of saxophonist Frank Morgan (1933–2007), who worked with , Kenny Clarke, Teddy JazzFest at Sea Charles and others. For this year’s festival, award-winning saxophonist/vocalist (and Cruise leaving from Miami, Florida former Morgan protégé) Grace Kelly will return to play a bebop tribute to Morgan. Pia- Jan. 10–20, 2019 nist George Cables, who collaborated with Morgan, is also in this year’s lineup. JazzFest at Sea will take place onboard the MSC Divina, departing from Miami with LINEUP: Grace Kelly Quartet, George Cables Trio, Doug Lawrence Trio, Pete Amahl, more. stops in the Caribbean islands, including Antigua, St. Kitts, Tortola, Guadeloupe and taosjazz.org St. Maarten. There are evening concerts, as well as afternoon sessions on days at sea. The JazzFest Jammers program happens every morning, providing an opportunity for BSBI Jazz Festival guests to bring their own instruments and jam with the pros. Other events include a Manchester, Connecticut 1920s-themed party and a Charleston dance contest. Dec. 1–2 LINEUP: Allan Vaché, Terry Myers, Jon-Erik Kellso, Bob Draga, Russ Phillips, Paul Keller, Beth Sholom B’nai Israel presents its 3rd Annual Jazz Festival, held in historic Cheney Paolo Alderighi, Stephanie Trick, Jeff Barnhart, Anne Barnhart, Danny Coots, Bob Leary, Hall. The festival will bring a variety of established and emerging Jazz musicians to Davey Jones, Kevin Dorn, Charlie Silva, Banu Gibson, Yve Evans. central Connecticut. jazzfestatsea.com LINEUP: , The Brubeck Brothers, Steve Davis, , Alex Na- khimovsky, June Bisantz, Esteban Castro, Norman Johnson, Ed Fast & Conga-Bop, Scott Tucson Jazz Festival Rosen, Grass Routes Bluegrass Band, more. Tucson, Arizona myshul.org/jazzfest2018 Jan. 11–21, 2019 :LQWHU-D]]IHVW This annual festival attracts fans from across the nation. The region’s weather, typically in the 70s, is a big draw, as are the world-class concerts, which often sell out. A Jan. Jan. 4–12, 2019 13 concert celebrating the orchestrations of Nelson Riddle will feature the Tucson Jazz Festival Orchestra, vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway, trumpeter and many The 15th anniversary edition of this festival will present seven standalone concert other acclaimed musicians. events, plus its signature Friday/Saturday marathon presenting more than 100 acts all over Greenwich Village. The 2019 artist-in-residence is Me’shell Ndegeocello. Once LINEUP: Bobby McFerrin, Joey Alexander, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Tucson Jazz In- stitute Ellington Band with Terell Stafford, Shorty, Special EFX All-Stars (with Regina Carter & ), Mike LeDonne’s Groover Quartet, Kathleen Grace with Larry Goldings, UA Studio Jazz Ensemble with Terell Stafford, Magos Herrera Quartet, Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown, Pink Martini, Asleep at the Wheel. tucsonjazzfestival.org

The Jazz Cruise Cruise leaving from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Jan. 19–26, 2019 Since 2001, the Jazz Cruise has presented the best artists in straightahead jazz in an awesome setting. It features nearly 100 musicians and more than 200 hours of music. LINEUP: Joey DeFrancesco, Eliane Elias, Quartet, , Hous- ton Person, Joey Alexander, Chucho Valdés, Randy Brecker Band, Cyrille Aimée, SFJAZZ Collective, Mary Stallings, Clayton Brothers Quintet, Bill Charlap Trio, Tommy Igoe Sex- tet, Miguel Zenón, James Morrison, Nicki Parrott, , Wycliffe Gordon, Robin Eubanks, John Fedchock, Jennifer Wharton, Jeff Hamilton Trio, Jimmy Greene, Ken Peplowski, Gary Smulyan, Eric Marienthal, Lewis Nash, Emmet Cohen, Renee Rosnes, Steve Tyrell, Veronica Swift, Bill Cunliffe, Shelly Berg, more. thejazzcruise.com

Charleston Jazz Festival Charleston, South Carolina Jan. 24–27, 2019 7KHŵIWKHGLWLRQRIWKLVIHVWLYDORIIHUVZRUOGFODVVKHDGOLQHUVWKHEHVWORFDOMD]]EDQGV and top youth artists. In addition to great music, Charleston offers exquisite cuisine, beautiful gardens, art galleries, golf, spas, carriage tours, boat tours, the Middleton Place House Museum and the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. LINEUP: Bobby McFerrin, Ranky Tanky, more. charlestonjazz.com

Berklee High School Jazz Festival Boston, Massachusetts Jan. 26, 2019 Berklee College of Music hosts its High School Jazz Festival at the Hynes Convention

96 DOWNBEAT NOVEMBER 2018 Center in Boston. The event is free and there will be per- Aaron Diehl Trio, Freddy Cole, Stefon Harris & Blackout, DeMiero Jazz Fest formances by Berklee faculty and open jam sessions. Veronica Swift with Benny Green Trio, Edmonds, Washington LINEUP: Berklee faculty and ensembles, high school & The E-Collective, Darrell Grant, Charles McPherson, March 7–9, 2019 ensembles from around the country, plus special guests. Matthew Whitaker, Chris Potter, Allison Miller’s Boom The 43rd edition of this non-competitive choir festival.berkleejazz.org Tic Boom, Cameron Graves, Eli Degibri, Habib Koite & festival will feature daytime performances from 60 choirs Bassekou Kouyate, François Bourassa & Jean-Michel of all ages. Each night, there will be a concert with world- Pilc, Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto, Shemekia Copeland, Blue Note at Sea class jazz musicians as guest artists, including Sara Gaz- Patrice Rushen, more. Cruise leaving from Fort Lauderdale, Florida arek, the fest’s new artistic director. Back this year is the pdxjazz.com/pdx-jazz-festival Jan. 26–Feb. 2, 2019 Thursday Music Intensive (a day of concentrated perfor- This cruise sailing through the Caribbean features more mances, clinics and master classes for only 10 groups). than 30 artists. Elmhurst College Jazz Festival LINEUP: Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, more. LINEUP: Marcus Miller, Don Was, Jazz at Lincoln Center Elmhurst, Illinois demierojazzfest.org Orchestra with , Kurt Elling, Cécile McLo- Feb. 21–24, 2019 rin Salvant, R+R=NOW, Robert Glasper, David Sanborn, Every February for the past 51 years, many of the best col- 80%XGG\'H)UDQFR-D]])HVWLYDO Aaron Parks, Kandace Springs, Christian Scott aTunde Ad- legiate groups in the country have gathered on the cam- Missoula, Montana juah, José James, Terence Blanchard, Jason Moran, Candy pus of Elmhurst College for four days of performances and March 14–15, 2019 Dulfer, Eric Marienthal, Wycliffe Gordon, more. education. Student musicians will be surrounded by some The University of Montana will present the 39th edition bluenoteatsea.com of the most accomplished professional jazz musicians in of this festival at the Dennison Theatre. The emphasis of the world to create an unparalleled learning environment. this instrumental and vocal jazz festival is on education, *URXQG830XVLF)HVWLYDO LINEUP: John Fedchock New York Big Band, Michael Da- improvisation and the jazz language. Miami Beach, Florida vis Hip-Bone Big Band, Randy Brecker, , Mike LINEUP: Past performers include Allison Miller, Steve Feb. 8–10, 2019 Stern, more. Owen, Tanya Darby. This festival once again will include three sets of music by elmhurst.edu/jazzfestival umt.edu/music its host, Snarky Puppy, as well as dozens of performances by other artists, master classes and interactive workshops. Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival LINEUP: Past performers include Robert Glasper, Lionel Moscow, Idaho Big Ears Festival Knoxville, Tennessee Loueke, Béla Fleck, Becca Stevens, the Wood Brothers. Feb. 22–23, 2019 March 21–24, 2019 groundupmusicfestival.com This event is the largest educational jazz festival in the nation. Students from more than 100 schools will attend Founded in 2009, Big Ears is a weekend of world-class San Jose Jazz Winter Fest more than 90 workshops musical performances that takes place in historic the- Venues in Silicon Valley, California LINEUP: Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, University of Idaho aters, nightclubs, churches, museums and outdoor spac- Feb. 13–24, 2019 Jazz Ensemble, more. es. In addition to concerts, there are discussions, inter- The “cool” counterpart to the organization’s popular uidaho.edu/jazzfest DFWLYHZRUNVKRSVLQVWDOODWLRQVŵOPVFUHHQLQJVVXUSULVH Summer Fest, this festival features a genre-blending mix of young artists taking jazz beyond the expected. LINEUP: Past performers include , Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Guiliana, George Kahumoku Jr., Mike Clark, SFJAZZ Collective, Benny Green, John Sco- ŵHOG5HJLQD&DUWHU sanjosejazz.org/winter-fest

Newport Beach Jazz Party Newport Beach, California Feb. 14–17, 2019 At the 19th edition of this festival, fans can expect the unexpected as their favorite artists take the stage and often collaborate in surprise jam sessions. LINEUP: Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Houston Per- son, Jack Jones, Akiko Tsuruga, Shelly Berg, Tom Scott, Tierney Sutton, Wycliffe Gordon, Ken Peplowski, more. newportbeachjazzparty.com

Biamp PDX Jazz Festival Portland, Oregon Feb. 20–March 3, 2019

PDX Jazz presents living legends, established stars and emerging jazz artists in various venues. Special concerts include a tribute to (under the direction of Gil Goldstein) and the Centennial Band and Spirits Up Above Ensemble celebrating Rahsaan Roland Kirk. In addition to world-class jazz, visitors to Portland can check out eclectic food carts, farm-to-table restau- rants, award-winning micro brews, artisanal coffee and pino noir from the Willamette Valley. LINEUP: Stanley Clarke, , Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Bad Plus,

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Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater at the San Jose Jazz Winter Fest TOM MCKENNA NIC ROGGEMAN

CU Jazz Festival in Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

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Miles Davis (left) and B.B. King at Barcelona in 1973 Barcelona's Jazz Party Thrives at 50 BY TED PANKEN

he Voll-Damm Barcelona International various leadership until 1989, when The Project, cal complexities. “We had a general strike last Jazz Festival, which launched in 1966, a recently formed music promotion company year, and , for instance, was stopped T is billing 2018 as its 50th anniversa- owned by Tito Ramoneda and Joan Roselló, took for four hours on a highway in ,” ry. In making this decision, the festival was the festival private. In 2003, one year after the Cararach said. “But we are surviving, because not inspired by the Surrealist provocations of S.A. Damm beer company signed on as a con- The Project has a clear vision about its pop music Salvador Dali, a son of Figueres, 85 miles north sequential sponsor, therefore providing financial business and all the things it does. Sometimes, I of Catalonia’s capital city, or the perspectival stability, Ramoneda and Roselló hired Cararach, make the joke that I am the guy losing money for mojo of Pablo Picasso, who spent a formative then employed as a professor of journalism, arts The Project, so they can save on annual taxes.” decade in Barcelona more than a century ago, journalist and translator. The quality of the “50th anniversary” roster and contributed an extraordinary cohort of Cararach said that The Project organizes makes it hard to discern any difficulties. BJF works to that city’s Museu Picasso. The reason more than 400 concerts a year. Many feature offered concerts last summer by stars like Pat is more prosaic. As Festival Artistic Director Spanish pop artists and, in 2018, internation- Metheny, Snarky Puppy, Cécile McLorin Salvant Joan Anton Cararach explained, the death al stars like Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr. “With and R+R=NOW. The official fall season begins of ’s dictator, Generalissimo Francisco pop music, for 24 hours’ work, you make 25 Oct. 26 with a concert at which Cuban Franco, in 1975, “led to the first, let’s say, burst- times more money than for a two-month festi- maestro Chucho Valdés revisits his 1973 clas- out of democracy in Spain, and no one in val,” Cararach said. Cushioned by these prof- sic Jazz Bata under the serene, implacable gaze Barcelona was interested in promoting jazz in its, BJF has expanded from 27 concerts in 2003, of 18 statues of muses looming over the stage of those years—so the festival was discontinued in when Cararach took the reins, to 100–120 events. Barcelona’s incomparable, 110-year-old Palau de 1977, 1978 and 1979.” He acknowledged that festering political ten- la Música Catalana. The festival revived in 1980, operating under sions between Catalonia and Spain pose logisti- The next day, ’s folkloric Grupo

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Buika performs at the Palau de la Música Catalana. Bebo Valdés (left) and Joan Anton Cararach in 2008

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Chucho Valdés (second from left) at the Rumba Para Bebo concert Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Compay Segundo will perform at BARTS, a con- to eat and drink everything, and I try to listen to enjoyed every minute.” verted theater space, and The Bad Plus will play any kind of music.” Rosenwinkel cited the “passion” of the audi- the Conservatori del Liceu, a modern auditori- Cararach—whom Bad Plus bassist Reid ences he encountered when residing in Barcelona um at Barcelona’s primary music school, which Anderson, a one-time Barcelona resident, during the 1990s. “They want your heart and hosts the Billy Childs Quartet on Oct. 29 and described as “a foodie and oenophile of the high- soul, your blood and sweat and tears and every- the -Ethan Iverson duo on Oct. est order”—finds ingenious ways to connect the thing else when you play,” he said. “Every time I 30. Meanwhile, on Oct. 28, French pianist-com- jazz programming to Barcelona’s efflorescent play the festival, I feel that passion and connec- poser-audiovisual artist Chassol plays solo at wine culture. For example, each year since 2010, tion to the audience.” L’Auditori Sala 2, a modern 586-seat space that he’s presented “The Monvínic Experience” in con- No idiom more palpably conveys those pri- specializes in classical music. A half-hour ear- junction with the renowned wine bar Monvínic, mal qualities than flamenco, represented at this lier, Tribalistas, comprising all-star Brazilian in which a musician is tasked with improvising year’s Monvínic Experience event on Nov. 20 by vocalists Marisa Monte, Arnaldo Antunes and a recital in response to eight separate wines for vocalist Mayte Martin (a week after her Nov. 13 Carlinhos Brown backed by a strings and per- patrons who pay €80 for the sybaritic privilege of concert at BARTS), conjuring responses to selec- cussion quartet, begins its show a few miles sniffing, tasting and consuming them. tions by female winemakers. Also performing northeast at Auditori del Fòrum. , who performed the in proximity are eminent gitano singer Diego el The variety of styles and venues during first Monvínic Experience (and participated in Cigala at the Palau on Nov. 14, and virtuo- opening week reflects, in microcosm, Cararach’s the last of five “Blindfold/Winefold Tests” that sos Tomatito (Palau, Nov. 16) and Vicente Amigo aesthetic and curatorial philosophy. “What DownBeat conducted at Monvínic between (Nov. 21, at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona’s we do is like a classical season—one artist, one 2011 and 2015), recalls it as “a special, magi- opera hall). venue, one night,” Cararach said. “It’s not made cal occasion.” He was touring with As always, Catalan and Spanish musicians for tourists, but for people who live in Barcelona. his trio; to prepare him, Cararach sent the will be featured prominently. Bassist-bandleader We have to sell tickets, so we represent many dif- bottles to a restaurant in Paris that matched Joan Chamorro’s singular Sant Andreu Jazz ferent tastes. Sometimes, we present concerts the vintages with a multi-course luncheon. “I Band, whose personnel, ages 10 to 17, navigate for 4,000 people, but usually for, let’s say, 100 to didn’t know where Monvínic was, or who was the jazz tradition with exceptional panache and 2,000. That’s what makes the festival so interest- going to be there,” Rosenwinkel said. “When I freshness, make their annual appearance with a ing—you can always choose your thing. showed up, there were 100 placemats set with concert called All The Colors of Jazz, tracing the “People don’t like this word ‘eclectic,’ but I fine silverware, and a well-made, thick card- festival’s history. Chamorro also presents a trib- think ‘eclectic’ is the word that defines us. I try board booklet that described all the wines. I ute to —who played the festival in

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Cécile McLorin Salvant Kurt Rosenwinkel

1971—in conjunction with Gordon’s widow and Chamber music of a different sort transpires encountered in 1969 at Santa Maria Del Mar, biographer, Maxine Gordon. Dec. 1 at Conservatori del Liceu when Cuban- Barcelona’s old cathedral. Sant Andreu Jazz Band’s best-known alum- born pianist Pepe Rivero and bassist Javier Colina “People who met Ellington told me he was an na is trumpeter, alto saxophonist and vocalist interpret the music that Colina recorded with angel,” Cararach said. “One guy who sang told Andrea Motis. A regular at BJF since adoles- maestro pianist Bebo Valdés on Lágrimas Negras me, ‘ touched me,’ 50 years after cence, she will perform in duo with local pia- in 2003. This is one leg of a tripartite celebration the fact. I understand this sensation very well, nist Ignasi Terraza (who performs in five con- of the Mambo King’s centennial that also includes because I saw Bebo Valdés do this with every- certs altogether) and in trio with Terraza and a performance by Cuban pianist Harold López- body. Bebo was de facto our godfather; this is the Paco DeLucia’s former harmonicist Antonio Nussa and Chucho Valdés’ opening-night event. only festival where he played all his projects in Serrano. Also representing Catalonia is the The release of Lágrimas Negras coincided his last years.” singer-pianist Mar Vilaseca, performing solo with Cararach’s appointment as artistic direc- When Bebo Valdés died in 2013, Cararach at Luz De Gas, an extraordinary hall from- tor. He’d established a personal connection with and Chucho Valdés fulfilled his request that a La Belle Époque, and pianist Marco Mezquida Bebo after interviewing him in 1996, and imme- party be thrown where attendees, rather than in the Pieris Trio with bassist Jesper Bodilsen diately decided to present a concert around that weep, should eat chocolate and drink rum. and drummer Martin Anderson, both from album and Bebo’s We Could Make Such Beautiful Under Chucho’s direction, the program, titled Denmark, at L’Auditori Sala. Music Together with Federico Britos. Rumba Para Bebo, a truly surreal event, spanned When booking artists from the U.S. and “I started at the top—my story after that is a the entirety of Bebo’s interests. “Chucho is now Europe, Cararach doesn’t fetishize exclusivi- complete downgrade,” joked Cararach, who has the festival’s godfather,” Cararach said. “He does ty. “I don’t like festivals that pay a lot of money made it a point to focus on Cuban musicians— a new project for us every year.” for ‘special things,’” he said. “Musicians need most notably the Valdés family—in his program- In 2017 at the Palau, Chucho Valdés played to survive, they need to travel, and they need ming ever since. “When I have Cuban musicians duo piano with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, his “heir to play as many shows as possible. We’re in on the stage, you can like or dislike their aesthet- to the throne,” as part of a European tour. It Europe in the fall, so we have a lot of artists ic, but what is sure is they don’t take prisoners. So, was Rubalcaba’s third consecutive appearance who are playing other European festivals.” Cuban jazz and Cuban popular music have been at BJF, a run that began with his own Monvínic Fitting into that category in 2018 are John important to the festival for the past 15 years.” Experience in 2015. Rubalcaba observed that Scofield, Randy Brecker, Aaron Parks’ Little Cararach said that the qualities Bebo Valdés the life story of his maternal grandfather, sur- Big and Bill Frisell solo. embodied in his musical production inform his named Fonseca, who followed the path of many A more specialized and larger-scale event attitude to booking the festival. “Bebo’s faith in Catalonians by emigrating to Cuba almost a cen- features Brad Mehldau playing a new piano con- music was amazing,” he said. “He was open to tury ago, connects him personally to Barcelona. certo with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, all kinds of sounds. He played jazz, of course, “This festival brings to the audience the most which has co-commissioned the work with sev- and Afro-Cuban music, but he loved everything contemporary voices of Cuban music today,” eral other orchestras. “I love classical music,” said from to Rachmaninoff. And he Rubalcaba said. “But what makes this event spe- Cararach, who used to write about opera. He was very respectful to the audience.” cial is the city itself. It’s the music, the architec- referred to a Nov. 10 duo concert by saxophon- He compared Bebo Valdés to Duke ture, the food, the wine, the energy.” ist and pianist . “I Ellington, who played the very first con- “I like to compare the festival to the spirit of also like jazz as chamber music, like presenting a cert of the Barcelona Jazz Festival on Nov. 3, Barcelona,” Cararach said. “Barcelona is a capital quartet by Beethoven or Brahms or Schumann,” 1966, while touring Europe with his orches- for wine lovers and food lovers, and it’s import- he said. “But what I like about a jazz concert is tra and , and performed Sacred ant to understand that wine and food work very that even when the musician’s aesthetic is very Concerts in Barcelona in 1969 and 1973. In well together with jazz. Everyone is welcome to clear, you don’t know what will happen until his memoir, Music Is My Mistress, Ellington the table. But this table is our table—local prod- they start to play.” mentioned his admiration for the choir he ucts and our own taste.” DB

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Pat Meheny at Padova Jazz Festival

AghaRTA Jazz Festival Oguz Büyükberber, The Necks, Shai Maestro Trio, Ketil Trio, Etienne Mbappé & The Prophets, Grace Kelly, Prague, Czech Republic Bjørnstad, Richie Beirach Quartet feat. Gregor Huebner, %OLQG %R\V RI $ODEDPD 6FKQHOOHUWROOHUPHLHU 3DZHā Sept. 26–Nov. 23 Aruán Ortiz & Don Byron, Josef Leimberg, Anke Helfrich Kaczmarczyk Quartet, EYM Trio, Uriel Herman Quartet, Lucerne Music Bar and the AghaRTA Jazz Centrum (a club & Angelika Niescier, Pablo Held Trio, Punch Brothers, Sunji Lee Chamber Ensemble, Jarasum Jazz Large En- located in the basement of a building constructed in the Kari Ikonen Trio, Tord Gustavsen Trio, Ryan Porter feat. semble, Hachul Song Quartet, Ahram Shin Trio, Big Band 1400s) host this festival, presenting a mix of U.S. and The West Coast Get Down, more. Battle: Howon University Jazz Big Band vs. Seoul Insti- European artists. enjoyjazz.de tute of the Arts Big Band. jarasumjazz.com LINEUP: , Candy Dulfer, Luboš Andršt, Dean Brown Band, Chris Minh Doky & Eletric Nomads, more. Angra Jazz Festival agharta.cz Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal Jazz Festival Oct. 3–6 Stockholm, Sweden Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Fans can enjoy the best in jazz during their visit to the Oct. 12–21 Hong Kong, historic Portuguese city of Angra do Heroísmo. Numerous jazz icons have played this festival, which Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Oct. 11–13 LINEUP: Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio, Quar- has expanded to include more than 60 venues This event has become one of the premier music festi- tet, Billy Childs Quartet, Darcy James Argue’s Secret So- around the city. With attendance exceeding 25,000, vals in Asia. Renowned musicians from around the world ciety, Jazzmeia Horn, Orquestra de Jazz do Hot Clube de it’s one Stockholm’s biggest events. This year, pianist play alongside young local musicians on various stages. Portugal, Orquestra Angrrajazz. will perform a special concert with Attendees can participate in workshops and other edu- angrajazz.com; visitazores.com the two surviving members of the late Esbjörn Svens- cational initiatives. son’s trio. LINEUP: Jerry Bergonzi Quartet, Afternoon Tree, Alonso Jeonju International Sori Festival LINEUP: , Carla Bley, , Rymden Gonzalez Latin Jazz Quintet, B’s Bees, Dusha Connection, Jeonju, South Korea (feat. Bugge Wesseltoft). Funktion, Espen Berg Trio, Talie Monin & The World Jazz Oct. 3–7 stockholmjazz.com/english Compendium, Kari Ikonen Trio, Tjoe Man Cheung, more. Founded in 2001, this international music festival show- hkijf.com cases music from around the world, including tradition- 3DGRYD-D]])HVWLYDO al Korean styles, with more than 90 acts performing this Padova, Enjoy Jazz year. The festival features multiple stages, master class- Oct. 13–Nov. 24 Heidelberg, Mannheim & Ludwigshafen, es, world music workshops and children’s activities. In the past, the Padova Jazz Festival has lasted one week, Oct. 2–Nov. 16 LINEUP: Gugak Ensemble, Dongdampung, Wang but this year’s edition will run for six weeks, with a few Germany’s biggest jazz festival draws listeners to venues Ying-chieh, Trio Reijseger Fraanje Sylla, Odo Ensemble, opening events and then a full month with daily con- in Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen to experi- Meshk Ensemble, Kiwi & The Papaya Mangoes, Naftule, certs. This fest has become an important meeting place HQFHXQLTXHFRQFHUWVDVZHOODVŵOPVDQGRWKHUSURMHFWV Anders Hagberg, more. for U.S. and Italian bands. Archie Shepp is the festival’s artist-in-residence. sorifestival.com LINEUP: Chick Corea, , Jazzmeia Horn, Lineup: Archie Shepp’s Fire Music, Jason Moran & Archie Quintet (feat. ), Pat Martino Shepp, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Group feat. Jarasum International Jazz Festival Trio, Emma Morton & The Graces, Scott Hamilton Trilok Gurtu, Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet, James Farm, Gapyeong, South Korea Quartet, Irreversible Entanglements, Steve Wilson & Trio, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Oct. 12–14 Wilsonian’s Grain, Caffè Pedrocchi, Spike Wilner Trio, with Cécile McLorin Salvant, Nicole Mitchell, Kaja Drak- This festival features multiple venues on a beautiful is- Francesco Cafiso Nonet, Chiara Pancaldi feat. Kirk sler & Eve Risser, Nicole Johänntgen, Aaron Parks Trio, land on the Bukhan River. Lightsey & Darryl Hall. Quintet, Sons Of Kemet, Marc Sinan & LINEUP: Carla Bley Trio, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Pablo Ziegler padovajazz.com

104 DOWNBEAT NOVEMBER 2018 Akbank Jazz Festival Istanbul, Oct. 17–28

This festival was launched in 1991, and it has grown ZIGA KORITNIK steadily over the decades. Akbank has hosted the most CHRISTIAN GAIER prominent artists in jazz while also providing a showcase for rising and promising next-generation artists. In ad- dition to concerts, Akbank presents panels, workshops, ŵOPVFUHHQLQJVDQGVRFLDOUHVSRQVLELOLW\SURMHFWV LINEUP: The Bad Plus, Jamie Cullum, Avishai Cohen, The Comet Is Coming, Omer Avital Qantar, Nubya Gar- cia, Till Brönner, Birsen Tezer, Bixiga 70, Can Çankaya & .DáDQ<ñOGñ]&DOR«&H\OőDQ(UWHP(]UD&ROOHFWLYH-RVHI /HLPEHUJ -HKDQ %DUEXU IHDW )ñUDW 7DQñĜ  .DUO +HFWRU & The Malcouns, Konstrukt, Rémi Panossian Trio, Ozan 0XVOXRáOX 4XLQWHW 6NLQ\D )XNRPRUL 7ULR 7DUNRYVN\ Quartet, Woody Black 4, more. akbankjazzfestival.com

DølaJazz Lillehammer Jazz Festival Gregory Porter at the Jazz Festival Archie Shepp at the Enjoy Jazz fesival Lillehammer, Oct. 18–21 Founded in 1978, this event has become one of the LINEUP: Bryn Terfel, Sammy Rimington Internation- bama, David O’Rourke & Paul Dunlea, Sachal Vasandani, most acclaimed jazz festivals in Norway. Fans return to al Band, Joanna Eden & The Chris Ingham Trio, Christ Paul Dunlea Sextet, Ronan Guilfoyle, Umbra, Roller Trio, this festival not only because of the great music, but also Church University Big Band, European Union Chamber Mary Hegarty, China Moses, Brian Deady, Frank Vigno- because of the intimate settings of the shows. This festi- Orchestra, Yolanda Brown, The Lunaire Quartet, Tom la’s Hot Trio, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Lau- val seeks to unify audiences of all ages and occupations. Robinson, Elégie, The Shires, Melvyn Tan, Mamas Gun, ra Mvula, Linley Hamilton, Nnenna Freelon Trio, Pablo LINEUP: Jan Garbarek Group, Quartet, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Club Click, Fourtouna, The King’s Ziegler Trio, more. Ellen Andrea Wang Trio, Kristin Asbjørnsen, Amund Singers, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Simon Langton, Matt guinnessjazzfestival.com Kleppan/Arild Andersen/Marius Neset, Aloft Quartet, Ford, Trio HLK & Evelyn Glennie, more. & , Ensemble Denada, Billy canterburyfestival.co.uk Bologna Jazz Festival Meier, The Brazz Brothers, Fieh, Marit Sandvik & Nova Bologna, Italy Onda, Steinar Raknes, more. 'HXWVFKHV-D]]IHVWLYDO)UDQNIXUW Oct. 25–Nov. 25 dolajazz.no;padovajazz.com Frankfurt am Main, Germany The inaugural edition of this festival, held in 1958, was Oct. 22–28 WKHŵUVWMD]]IHVWLYDOWRHYHURFFXULQ,WDO\7KLV\HDUőVIHVWL- Skopje Jazz Festival Founded in 1953, this legendary festival is famous for val has a special emphasis on large ensembles. Skopje, Republic of Macedonia presenting unique collaborations. LINEUP: Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (feat. Cécile Oct. 18–21 LINEUP: SFJAZZ Collective, Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, McLorin Salvant), SFJAZZ Collective, Avishai Cohen Quar- Established in 1982, this festival hosts the best Mace- Kaja Draksler & Susana Santos Silva, Sfumato (feat. Émile tet, Ethan Iverson & Mark Turner, Martin Wind Light Blue donian jazz musicians, as well as top-notch talent from Parisien), Shake Stew, Yazz Ahmed, Kamaal Williams, Quartet, Transfer, Jazz In’it Orchestra (feat. North America, Africa and other corners of the globe. Echoes of Swing, more. Jesse Davis), Fabrizio Bosso & Paolo Silvestri Ensemble, LINEUP: Wadada Leo Smith, David Murray Quartet jazzfestival.hr2-kultur.de Samuel Blaser, David Murray with the Tower Jazz Com- (feat. Saul Williams), Harriet Tubman, Alexander Haw- poser Orchestra, Barry Harris Trio, Mikkel Ploug Trio, kins, Mette Rasmussen, Trondheim Voices, Mopo, Toni Umeå Jazz Festival Antonio Faraò Trio, Oded Tzur Quartet, Enrico Pieranunzi, Kitanovski, Susana Santos Silva/Ab Baars/Hamid , Umeå, Sweden Steve Khun Trio, Steve Wilson & Wilsonian’s Grain, Andrea more. Oct. 24–28 Centazzo, Pat Martino , Bill Carrothers, Toninho skopjejazzfest.com.mk Umeå presents its 50th edition, with concerts at the Idun Horta Trio, Brian Blade//Benjamin Koppel. Theatre (main stage) and various other venues, includ- bolognajazzfestival.com Baloise Session ing a Jazz Lab Stage, the Apple Club, Freja Jazzbar, Stu- Basel, Switzerland diojazz and . Dominican Republic Jazz Festival Oct. 19–Nov. 6 LINEUP: Angélique Kidjo, Goran Kajfes’ Subtropic Arkes- Cap Cana, Santiago, Puerto Plata, Playa Alicia & For the past 33 years, major stars have been coming to tra, Julian Lage Trio, Kennedy Administration, Norrland- Cabarete Beach, Dominican Republic this popular Swiss boutique-music festival, where fans soperan Symphony Orchestra & Adam Baldych Quartet Oct. 26, Nov. 1–4 sit at tables positioned close to the stage. The diverse (feat. Dima Orsho), Johan Lindström Septet, Trondheim The 22nd edition of this festival will be dedicated to the programming includes jazz, soul, , blues, , Jazz Orchestra & The Maxx, Naoko Sakata, Stockholm voice. The festival is free, but VIP tickets are available, world music and other genres. Stompers, Mayito Rivera & Sons of Cuba, more. enabling priority seating, complimentary beverages and RWKHUIHVWLYDOSHUNVZLWKSURFHHGVEHQHŵWLQJWKHPXVLF LINEUP: , Beth Hart, Ms. , John umeajazzfestival.se foundation FEDUJAZZ. Legend, Ben Harper, Jimmy Cliff, Sunrise Avenue, Trib- alistas, Maria Gadú, Nicole Bernegger, more. Guinness Jazz Festival LINEUP: Terri Lyne Carrington, Ingrid Jensen, Berklee baloisesession.ch Cork, Ireland Global Jazz Institute, El Prodigio, Sandy Gabriel, more. Oct. 25–29 drjazzfestival.com Canterbury Festival Aside from a stellar international lineup, this festival of- Canterbury, United Kingdom fers numerous free events and activities, including out- Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival Oct. 20–Nov. 3 door shows, a Jazz Bus, a vinyl & CD fair at the Unitarian Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Canterbury Festival offers more than 200 events—from jazz Church, a jazz parade, a food fair and a gospel service. Oct. 26–Dec. 12 and classical music to contemporary dance, comedy, theater LINEUP: Maria Schneider Orchestra, Stanley Clarke Founded in 1966, the Barcelona Jazz Festival is one of and visual arts. On Oct. 30, singer Joanna Eden and pianist Band, Fred Hersch Trio, Band, Donny Mc- the oldest European festivals, a musical marathon with Chris Ingham’s trio will perform a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Caslin, Billy Childs, T.S Monk Sextet, Blind Boys Of Ala- the motto: “One artist, one venue.” In other words, no

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Renee Rosnes (left) and Bill Charlap Chick Corea- Band at the Bologna Jazz Festival at the International Jazz Festival

double-bills and no people rushing from one stage to numerous venues in the city. The programming includes Enrico Rava Quintet (feat. Joe Lovano), Paolo Conte, Bi- another. Concerts are staged in the best venues in Bar- world premieres as well as German premieres. In addi- reli Lagrene, , Camille Bertault, celona, including the world-famous Palau de la Música WLRQWRPXVLFWKHUHZLOOEHGDQFLQJŵOPVLQVWDOODWLRQV & , Yazz Ahmed, more. Catalana, where the festival was born. Venues range lectures and panel discussions. The artist-in-residence jazzmi.it from small clubs to big auditoriums. This year organizers will be guitarist Mary Halvorson. are presenting the 50th edition (the festival was discon- LINEUP: Moor Mother & Roscoe Mitchell, Mary Halvor- Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival tinued between 1977 and 1979) with more than 100 son, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Théo Ce- Wangaratta, Victoria, concerts. ccaldi, Jamie Branch, Jason Moran, Makaya McCarven, Nov. 2–4 LINEUP: Chucho Valdés, Brad Mehldau, Bill Frisell, John Nubya Garcia, Maria Faust & Kara-Lis Coverdale, Rob With an eclectic mix of legends and rising stars, this 6FRŵHOG$YLVKDL&RKHQ&RU\+HQU\ 7KH)XQN$SRVWOHV Mazurek, KIM Collective, more. event features contemporary, traditional, mainstream The Bad Plus, Andrea Motis & Ignasi Terraza, Billy Childs, berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest and experimental music. Joan Chamorro, Aaron Parks' Little Big, Ethan Iverson & LINEUP: Bernard Purdie, Anna Scionti, Australian Art Or- Mark Turner, Harold López-Nussa Trio, Randy Brecker/Bill Tampere Jazz Happening chestra, Box of Blues, Cheryl Durongpisitkul, Cass Eager & Evans/Simon Phillips, Madeleine Peyroux, Dave Liebman Tampere, Velvet Rope, Jeff Lang Trio, Justine Clarke, Kelly Auty Band, & Marc Copland, Beth Hart, , Stacey Kent, Nov. 1–4 0DWW6FKRŵHOG2SHORXVDV $OLVRQ)HUULHU.HUUL6LPSVRQ Kyle Eastwood, Cyrille Aimée, Amadou & Mariam, Mallu Founded in 1982, this festival brings together the most Anthony Shortte), Ray Beadle Band, Starlite Campbell, Magalhães, Camille Bertault, Tribalistas, Kiki Morente, Eliot interesting artists in modern jazz from Finland and from 7DQN'LOHPPD7KH0HOWGRZQ7KH6KXIŶH'HPRQV$DU- Zigmund Quartet (feat. Chris Cheek), Pepe Rivero & Javier abroad. on McCoullough, Alex Stuart Quintet, Ben Hauptmann, Colina, Sant Andreu Jazz Band, more. Emil Viklický & Miroslav Bukovsky, Esstee Big Band, Gar- LINEUP: Past performers include , Tony jazz.barcelona den Quartet, High Society, Jackie Orszaczky Band, James Allen, Shabaka & The Ancestors, Kirke Karja Quartet, Macaulay's Hishakaku Quartet, Joseph Tawadros, Julian Kadri Voorand Duo, Jukka Eskola Soul Trio. Banks Group, Kate Wadey, Niran Dasika Quartet, Philéas Jazznojazz Festival WDPSHUHPXVLFIHVWLYDOVƓMD]]HQ Zurich, Switzerland Fogg Trio, Sirens Big Band, Sumire Kuribayashi, Ted Vining & Adrian Sherriff, Tina Harrod, Virna Sanzone with Wayne Oct. 31–Nov. 3 -D]]PDQGX Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this festival, held in Kelly Trio, Yuri Honing Quartet, more. Kathmandu, a historic theater in the heart of Zurich, will offer more wangarattajazz.com Nov. 1–6 than 20 concerts featuring jazz, funk, soul, reggae and For more than 15 years, Jazzmandu (aka the Kathmandu electronica. The festival includes exclusive Late Night Leverkusener Jazztage Jazz Festival) has gathered outstanding musicians from Sessions, so that fans can keep the party going into the Leverkusener, Germany across continents for an annual celebration of music and wee hours. Each concert is ticketed separately, although Nov. 5–18 community. In a packed schedule of shows across Kathman- festival passes are also available. With more than 20,000 visitors as well as local attend- du Valley, artists showcase their music and meld it with the ees, Jazztage is one of the biggest jazz events in the LINEUP: Manhattan Transfer, Avishai Cohen, Clay- best of Nepali and myriad other musical traditions. ton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (feat. Cécile McLorin German-speaking world. LINEUP: Cynthia Abraham, Eduardo Mendonça, Adrien Salvant), Jimmy Cliff, Tingvall Trio, Lisa Simone, Victor LINEUP: Gregory Porter, WDR Big Band (feat. Kandace Brandeis Quintet, Dave Feusi & The Groove Gang, Dach, Wooten Trio, Kennedy Administration, Mario Biondi, Springs), Jan Garbarek Group (feat. Trilok Gurtu), Wincent Cadenza Collective, more. GoGo Penguin, Incognito, Jojo Mayer & Nerve, Andreas Weiss, Candy Dulfer, Incognito, Mörk, Okan Ersan & Noise jazzmandu.com Schaerer, Maceo Parker, Macy Gray, Raphael Saadiq, Fred Adventures, Thomas Quasthoff, Randy Brecker/Bill Evans/ Wesley & The New JBs. Simon Phillips, Naturally 7, Alex Han, Morcheeba, Laila Bi- jazznojazz.ch JazzMi ali, , Seven, Flo Mega, Jonah Nilsson, Myles Sanko, , Italy Electro Deluxe, Charles Pasi, Querbeat, Three Fall, more. Nov. 1–13 leverkusener-jazztage.de Berlin Jazz Festival This festival will include 150 events and more than 500 Berlin, Germany artists. Under the artistic direction of Luciano Linzi and Nov. 1–4 POA Jazz Festival Titti Santini, this event offers concerts, unique collabora- Porto Alegre, Brazil The 55th edition of the festival (with new artistic direc- tions, exhibitions, interviews and meetings. Nov. 9–11 tor Nadin Deventer) will present more than 30 bands LINEUP: John Zorn & Bill Laswell, Chick Corea, Stefano This festival celebrates culture and music with concerts, and projects with musicians from over 15 countries at Bollani, Madeleine Peyroux, Art Ensemble of Chicago, master classes and other events.

106 DOWNBEAT NOVEMBER 2018 LINEUP: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bourbon Sweethearts, Bridgewater, Regina Carter, Oregon, Marcus Miller, Al Di Mariano Loiácono Quintet, more. Meola, more. facebook.com/portoalegrejazzfestival jazz.pl

-D]])HVWLYDO &KULVWPDV-D]]RI-D]]NDDU Strasbourg, France Tallinn, Estonia Nov. 9–23 Nov. 28–Dec. 14 The 33rd edition of this festival will present 31 French, This international festival specializes in intimate and se- European and international projects, ranging from solo rene concerts. Performances take place in clubs, church- performances to orchestra concerts. Shows take place in es and concert halls. venues throughout Strasbourg. LINEUP: Phronesis, Salvador Sobral, Vein (feat. Andy LINEUP: Michael Wollny, Archie Shepp, John Scofield, Sheppard), more. Lucia Cadotsch, Nicole Mitchell, Myra Melford, Pablo jazzkaar.ee Held, Yorgos Dimitriadis, Andrea Parkins, Philippe Lemoine, Emanuele Maniscalco, Joëlle Léandre, Riviera Maya Jazz Festival Darren Johnston, Jozef Dumoulin, Benoit Delbecq, Playa del Carmen, Mexico Pierre De Bethmann, , Nils Wogram, Nov. 30–Dec. 2 Bruno Chevillon, Lander Gyselinck, Andreas Schaerer, About 65,000 fans attended last year’s festival, which Luciano Biondini, Kalle Kalima, Lucas Niggli, Aki Ris- RIIHUHGWKUHHH[FLWLQJQLJKWVŵOOHGZLWKMD]]LQDIDPLO\DW- sanen, Elaine Mitchener, Alain Blesing, Dominique mosphere. This event, now in its 16th year, is located a few Pifarely, Yuko Oshima, Claude Tchamitchian, Nelson steps away from 5th Avenue, right next to the gorgeous Veras, David Helbock, David Murray, Saul Williams, Caribbean beach that is home to Mamita’s Beach Club. At- Marc Ducret, more. tendees from around the world can enjoy a weekend full jazzdor.com of great music, culture, gastronomy and adventure. LINEUP: Past performers include Chick Corea, Wallace Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival Roney, Bobby McFerrin. Vilnius, Lithuania rivieramayajazzfestival.com Nov. 15–18 Founded in 2002, this festival offers programming that We Jazz Festival focuses on contemporary developments in jazz, attract- , Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia ing more than 100 performers each year. Special impro- Dec. 2–9 visation sessions pair established veterans with young The sixth annual edition of this festival will take place at performers. various venues in Helsinki and Tallinn. Organized by the LINEUP: Past perfomers include , Neil creative collective and record label of the same name, Cowley, Chick Corea, Snarky Puppy, Peter Brötzmann, Ravi We Jazz offers a look into the many shades of jazz. Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire, Wayne LINEUP: Logan Richardson, Y-OTIS, Moskus, Enemy, An- Shorter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Satoko Fujii, Oregon. teloper, Phronesis, Timo Lassy Band, & vilniusmamajazz.it/en Mika Kallio, Ilmiliekki Quartet, & Raoul Björkenheim, Dalindèo, Koma Saxo, more. ()*/RQGRQ-D]])HVWLYDO ZHMD]]Ɠ , United Kingdom Nov. 16–25 Umbria Jazz Winter This ambitious, epic festival presents heavyweight mu- Orvieto, Italy sical talent from across the globe. The programming Dec. 28, 2018–Jan. 1, 2019 RIIHUV MD]] PDVWHUV ŶH[LQJ WKHLU FKRSV FXWWLQJHGJH This festival began in 1993, and over the decades it has young bands, international legends with a wealth of established its reputation as an important part of the Ital- new music, emerging British stars and outstanding col- ian jazz scene. Concerts take place at the Teatro Mancinelli, laborations. the Palazzo del Popolo and the Palazzo dei Sette. Orvieto’s LINEUP: Bobby McFerrin, Archie Shepp, Stanley Clarke PDJQLŵFHQWFDWKHGUDOZLOORQFHDJDLQEHWKHVHWWLQJIRU Band, The Headhunters, Ethan Iverson, Madeleine a Mass for Peace with gospel singers on the afternoon of Peyroux, Bill Frisell, James Taylor Quartet, Melody Gar- New Year’s Day. In addition to world-class jazz and more dot, Jeff Goldblum with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, than 100 events, fans can enjoy Umbria’s rich heritage of Deva Mahal, Makaya McCraven, Nubya Garcia, Kandace history and art, plus its renowned cuisine and wine. Springs, Lea DeLaria, Christian Sands Trio, Soft Machine, LINEUP: Paolo Fresu, , , Dave Liebman & Marc Copland, Jamie Baum Septet, Ga- Enrico Rava, Danilo Rea, Ethan Iverson, Fabrizio Bosso, reth Lockrane Big Band, Omer Avital Qantar, Kirk Light- Allan Harris, Huntertones, more. sey Trio, Chris Ingham, Jazzmeia Horn, Jaimie Branch, umbriajazz.com Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret, more. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk )HVWLYDO,QWHUQDFLRQDOGH Era Jazzu/Poznan Jazz Festival -D]]GH3XQWDGHO(VWH Poznan, Poland Finca El Sosiego, Punta Ballena, Nov. 24; April 10–14, 2019 Punta del Este, Uruguay The November and April editions of this festival feature Jan. 3–6, 2019 concerts of established stars as well as a broad represen- This outdoor festival, which was founded in 1996, tation of trends happening throughout jazz. This is one takes place in green pastures among horses and cows. of the most important jazz events in Poland. Throughout the festival’s history, its programming has LINEUP: , Wayne Shorter, Dee Dee remained faithful to jazz.

NOVEMBER 2018 DOWNBEAT 107 LINEUP: Paquito D’Rivera, Diego Urcola, Chris Potter, Johnny O’Neal, David Feldman, Pipi Piazzolla, Popo Ro- mano, Nicolás Mora, Alex Brown, Jessé Sadoc, Al Foster, Adam Birnbaum, Doug Weiss, Mark Lewandowski, Itay Morchi, Grant Stewart, Gary Smulyan, Rodney Green, Da- vid Wong, Aaron Diehl, Paul Sikivie, Quincy Davis, Benny Green, Aaron Kimmel, Nnenna Freelon, Chico Pinheiro, Oscar Stagnaro, Mark Walker, Alex Brown, more. festival.com.uy COURTESY WANGARATTA JAZZ & BLUES Jazz Festival Brussels, Jan. 10–19, 2019 Throughout this festival, many styles of jazz will be pre- sented at Flagey, a former institute for radio broadcasts that’s a concert hall in Art Deco style with high-tech acoustics. Besides an exquisite selection of concerts by LQWHUQDWLRQDODQGORFDOMD]]PXVLFDQVWKHUHZLOOEHDŵOP Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival program dedicated to the jazz scene, workshops for chil- dren and late-night DJ sets. Dubai Jazz Festival Winter Jazz LINEUP: Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet, Antonio Sanchez Dubai, United Arab Emirates , Denmark & Migration, Mulatu Astatke, Yazz Ahmed, Black Flow- February 2019 (Dates TBD) Feb. 20–24, 2019 er, Martin Salemi Trio, Dijf Sanders, Kit Downes, Craig This festival has presented more than 450 shows since its in- Held every February since 2009, this mainly Nordic festival Taborn & Dave King, Donder, Tigran Hamasyan & Brus- ception in 2003, with fans from around the world attending. presents the top artists in the Scandinavian music scene. sels Philharmonic, more. ŴDJH\EH LINEUP: Past performers include , Rene- LINEUP: Past performers include Jean-Michel Pilc, Gilad gade Brass Band, Duran Duran, Ricky Martin. Hekselman, Benjamin Koppel, Scott Colley. dubaijazzfest.com winterjazz.dk Panama Jazz Festival Panama City, Panama Jan. 14–19, 2019 Flagey Piano Days Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival This festival typically includes more than 30 concerts, 70 Brussels, Belgium Jakarta, Indonesia master classes and a music therapy symposium. With Feb. 7–12, 2019 March 1–3, 2019 more than $4 million announced in scholarships, and Fans at this festival will enjoy top-notch jazz and classical Java Festival Production is not only responsible for Java over 5,000 Latin American students attending its master performers in 15 concerts. There will be both acoustic Rockin’land, Java Soulnation and Soundsfair, but also DQGHOHFWULFSLDQRFRQFHUWVSOXVDŵOPVHULHVGHYRWHGWR classes, this event combines great concerts with an im- presents this acclaimed jazz festival. portant educational mission. Over the years, it has had piano music and workshops for kids. LINEUP: Past performers include Nicholas Payton, Artu- participation from Wayne Shorter, Chucho Valdés, Herbie LINEUP: , Poppy Ackroyd, Liebrecht Van ro Sandoval, Chick Corea, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dewa Budja- Hancock and other jazz legends. The festival’s artistic di- Beckevoort, Mariam Batsashvili, Brussels Philharmonic & na, Dira Sugandi. rector is . 5DIDā%OHFKDF]1LNODV3DVKEXUJ9¯NLQJXU•ODIVVRQ'DYLG javajazzfestival.com LINEUP: Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Danilo Pérez & Greilsammer, Paul Lewis, Alica Sara Ott, Vadym Kholoden- Global Messengers, Alex Blake, Andre Hayward, Lucia ko, Orchestre Philharmonic Royal de Liège with Plame- Fiesta Del Tambor Pulido, more. na Mangova & Denis Kozhukhin, , Quatuor La Habana, Cuba 0RGLJOLDQL /XN£Ğ9RQGU£ÏHN+«OªQH*ULPDXGPRUH panamajazzfestival.com March 4–10, 2019 ŴDJH\EH This annual festival of rhythm and dance includes an immersive percussion and drum workshop presented Havana International Jazz Festival Oscar Peterson International by festival sponsor/collaborator KoSA Cuba. Events take Havana, Cuba place all over Havana in a variety of venues. 9 Jan. 13–21, 2019 Jazz Festival Niagara Wine Country, Ontario, Canada LINEUP: Past performers include Mark Guiliana, The 34th edition of this festival will showcase 100 art- Feb. 15–17, 2019 Craig Haynes, José Eladio Amat, Will Calhoun, Dafnis ists at several venues. Programming features musicians The second annual OPIJF will present a wide variety of Prieto, Aldo Mazza, Delvis Ponce, Eduardo Sandoval y from Cuba, the United States and Europe. jazz performances in the beautiful wine region of Niag- Habana Jazz. LINEUP: Past performers include Chucho Valdés, Chick ara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Curated by Artistic Director Re- ƓHVWDGHOWDPERUFXOWFX Corea, Arturo O’Farrill, Orchestra, López QHH5RVQHVWKHIHVWLYDOZLOOLQFOXGHOHFWXUHVMD]]ŵOPV ƓHVWDGHOWDPERUSRSXODUFRP Gavilán, Terence Blanchard. and a gala dinner celebrating the Canadian Jazz Masters jazzcuba.com Awards ceremony. Cape Town International Jazz Festival LINEUP: , Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra Cape Town, South Africa Port-au- International Jazz Festival with Ingrid Jensen, Lewis Nash, , more. March 29–30, 2019 Port-au-Prince, Haiti opjazzfest.org Frequently referred to as “Africa’s Grandest Gathering,” Jan. 19–26, 2019 the Cape Town International Jazz Festival is the largest This festival offers 40 concerts in different venues 6DIDULFRP,QWHUQDWLRQDO-D]])HVWLYDO music event in sub-Saharan Africa. It is famous for deliv- around the capital and ends at the Double Tree Hilton Nairobi, Kenya ering a star-studded lineup featuring international and beach resort on the Côte des Arcadins. Daily workshops Feb. 15–17, 2019 local artists in jazz and jazz-related genres. More than 40 are followed by evening concerts and late-night jam Launched in 2014, this festival has hosted many jazz bands will perform on multiple stages during the 20th sessions at bars and restaurants. The festival serves as a greats alongside stellar Kenyan musicians. Proceeds edition of this festival. fundraiser event for music education in Haiti. from the festival provide funding for a music education LINEUP: Past performers include Vijay Iyer, Cassandra LINEUP: Past performers include Christine Jensen, Ken- program for underprivileged children. Wilson, Robert Glasper, Corinne Bailey Rae, Incognito, ny Garrett, Reginald Policard, Marc Richard, Henri Texier. LINEUP: Marcus Miller, Kato Change, more. Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba. papjazzhaiti.org safaricomjazzfestival.co.ke capetownjazzfest.com

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COURTESY JAZZNOJAZZ According to Vogel, 90 percent of the fest’s attendees are there to see a single show. “That’s quite a special concept: Most people have one ticket for one evening,” he explained. “I haven’t seen this anywhere else.” The origins of Jazznojazz stretch back to 1996, when Pius Knüsel, a jazz club owner in Zurich, attempted a festival by that name. There was no 1997 iteration. Tages-Anzeiger saw potential, however, and it hired Vogel and All Blues to design the event from top to bottom. Organizers retained the name of the original festival. “I think it’s quite a great name, Jazznojazz,” Vogel said. “We have jazz concerts—and we have ‘no jazz’ concerts, but with implications of jazz: genres that are related, like blues, funk, soul, electronic. “We are aiming a little younger than jazz fes- tivals usually have, but we are not doing or Queens of the Stone Age, like Montreux has. We are definitely a jazz festival.” Jazznojazz is structured identically every year: It takes place the Wednesday through Saturday of the first weekend in November. The setup at Gessnerallee includes three stages: a main and second stage (capacities 1,000 and 600, respectively), each hosting two acts per night, along with a club stage (capacity 300) that hosts each night’s late set. Jazz artists dominate the first two days, with the last two days leaning toward non-jazz. In 2017, headliners included Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kamasi Washington and Cécile McLorin Salvant (who is also scheduled for this year’s Bassist Avishai Cohen, who has played at festival, fronting the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Zurich’s Jazznojazz Festival before, will return this year. Orchestra). Previous years offered Chick Corea, the /Brad Mehldau duo, GoGo Penguin and Somi. Cohen, one of the 2018 headliners, is also a veteran. “It will be my third time performing at this lovely festival,” said the Israeli bassist. “[It’s] always a good experience with Johannes, a very professional and knowledgeable person.’” Cohen tops the bill on the “jazz” side (although with his new album 1970 inclined ohannes Vogel had a vision for Jazznojazz night, for four days, and all are sold separately.” toward songwriting, he said, “It’s really more ‘no from the moment in 1998 when the Zurich That marketing strategy has allowed jazz’ than my last visit”), which he shares with Jnewspaper Tages-Anzeiger, then the under- Jazznojazz to thrive. The 20th edition of the fes- Clayton-Hamilton and . writer, enlisted him to organize the fledgling tival, which runs Oct. 31–Nov. 3, features bassist Parker heads up “no jazz,” joined by reggae leg- festival. Avishai Cohen and saxophonist Maceo Parker end Jimmy Cliff and the Swiss polyglot Jojo “In the 1980s, I was a Montreux Festival- as its headliners. Over the course of two decades, Mayer. goer,” Vogel recalled. “You always had four bands Jazznojazz has become a staple of culture in While All Blues produces other festivals in on the bill, and sometimes you were only inter- Switzerland’s largest city. Switzerland, Vogel is particularly proud of the ested in one, but you had to pay for all four; that’s Each year, the fest attracts about 10,000 longevity of Jazznojazz. “I’m a long-term guy,” what I didn’t like. So, I thought, ‘We’ll make it spectators to the Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, a he said. “I think it’s important for a promoter to so that [at this festival] people can see only what small performance space near the Sihl River develop something, to do long-term things, and they’re interested in.’ We have five shows per in Zurich’s city center. Full-festival passes that’s what I’m doing here.” —Michael J. West

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