
SUNDAY AT A JAZZALDIA LOADED WITH GREAT MUSIC
Yesterday the Jazzaldia stages offered heaps of energy, passion and music, delighting the audiences at concerts such as those given on the Keler Gunea stage by Arde Bogotá and Tiken Jah Fakoly.
→Yesterday the Jazzaldia stages offered heaps of energy, passion and music, delighting the audiences at concerts such as those given on the Keler Gunea stage by Arde Bogotá and Tiken Jah Fakoly.
The Piano Solo cycle in the Skoda San Telmo Museoa cloister welcomed the concert by Eri Yamamoto, the Japanese pianist and only woman to perform in this year’s cycle.
One of the concerts to sell out in only days at this 58th edition of the Jazzaldia was that of North American Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals who delighted yesterday’s audience at the Kursaal with the velvety and hypnotic sound of his voice accompanied by his expressive and marvellous guitar.
For TxikiJazz, Five Stars gave a performance at Chillida Leku and Michele Hendricks & Ronald Baker Project in Garbera.
Below you can watch yesterday’s JazzEñe concert by the groups Carles Margarit Quinteto and NGBM Cuarteto:
The Mississippians and Sara Dowling doubled-up for yesterday’s concerts on the Frigo Gunea stage, followed by the Arnaud Labastie Trio.
Les Cuisinieres and Lufti Jakfar's Sixth Trio performed at the Fnac Gunea and Jerry Bergonzi Quartet in Garbera.
Yesterday’s especially charming evening on the Nauticool stage was accompanied by the jazztronic sounds of the Blue Lab Beats with their sophisticated and flexible fusion of Jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat, soul and electronic music.
Relishing an excellent meal while listening to Eri Yamamoto on the piano was a unique opportunity enjoyed by those present in the Maria Cristina Hotel.
The Trinitate Plaza witnessed from the introspective and lyrical jazz of Abdullah Ibrahim, presented with the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award for being the living history of Jazz, to the youngest and most contemporary symbol of the genre in the shape of London sax player and composer, Nubya Garcia.
The concert given by Norah Jones at the Kursaal was one of the most eagerly awaited yesterday in an auditorium packed with an audience impatient to hear the North American singer, composer and pianist, and they weren’t disappointed.
Yoshuke Yamashita was back at San Telmo Museoa yesterday, but this time with improvised takes on popular classics.
The concerts in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre as part of JazzEñe, the Jazz Showcase for international programmers, opened with the concert by the pianist and composer Lucia Rey combining a variety of styles including flamenco, Latin Jazz, Mediterranean, classic, pop music… The quartet Move also gave their concert on this first day of JazzEñe.
Damir Imamović gave his second concert at this year’s Jazzaldia on the Frigo Gunea stage, following The Mississippians Big Band. The Basque group Xahu brought the concerts on the Kursaal terrace to a close. The Fnac Forum provided the setting for the concert by the Trio Nordeste.
Rodrigo Lauroba & Aitor Miramon were the second and last group to perform on the San Martin Market stage at this 58th Jazzaldia.
Within the Txikijazz programme, children in yesterday’s audience had great fun dancing to the beats of Les Cuisinieres in Garbera.
At the Fnac Gunea, Isla Trío gave a concert with space for improvisation and free sound followed by blues from the local quartet, Motelas.
The atmosphere was electric at the Nauticool as San Sebastian’s Elena Setien treated the audience to her music in the open air.
The Jazzaldia also travelled to Irun to stage the concert given by the Michele Hendricks & Ronald Baker Project.
Julian Lage Trio and Bill Frisell: Four opened this year’s Trinitate Plaza stage.
Blue Lab Beats and Viva Suecia brought yesterday’s concerts to a close playing to a packed Zurriola beach as the audience chanted the hits of the group from Murcia at the second concert of the night on the Keler Gunea stage.
Village People and their disco beats provided the festive touch for the start of the 58th Jazzaldia on the Keler Gunea stage. Thousands of people flocked to the concert where they sung and danced to the North American group’s famous hits.
The Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita, who will receive the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award on Sunday 23 July, charmed the audience with tunes from her recent album of piano solos, Quiet Memories, one of the Solo Piano concerts running in the Skoda San Telmo Museoa cloister from yesterday and continuing over the next four days.
The Kursaal Auditorioa opened its doors to this year’s Jazzaldia with the concert by Kenny Barron, the pianist and composer who celebrated his 80th birthday performing the greatest numbers in his career accompanied by the Basque Youth Orchestra.
The evocative voice of Bosnian singer Damir Imamović and the kemençe of Turkey’s Derya Türkan opened the Frigo Gunea stage, also joined by the Norwegian trio The Side Effects.
Those present at the Fnac gunea had the opportunity to enjoy the concerts of Ill Considered and the Jerry Bergonzi Quartet.
Sara Dowling’s talent as a vocalist delighted a Frigo Gunea audience captivated by her boundless energy. The Nauticool was full for the concert by the Basque group Arima Soul who played their own songs in Basque along with covers of famous Soul numbers.
At the Fnac Forum it was the turn of Ura Dúo, while Gonzalo Encinal & Fran Serrano got things going in San Martin Market.
Iago Magoa was the star of yesterday’s TxikiJazz magic show in Garbera.
Fred Wesley & The New JBs closed the first day of Jazzaldia on the Keler Gunea stage with their focus on the saxophone as the star of a concert featuring funky strains.
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Yesterday the Jazzaldia stages offered heaps of energy, passion and music, delighting the audiences at concerts such as those given on the Keler Gunea stage by Arde Bogotá and Tiken Jah Fakoly.
The Piano Solo cycle in the Skoda San Telmo Museoa cloister welcomed the concert by Eri Yamamoto, the Japanese pianist and only woman to perform in this year’s cycle.
One of the concerts to sell out in only days at this 58th edition of the Jazzaldia was that of North American Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals who delighted yesterday’s audience at the Kursaal with the velvety and hypnotic sound of his voice accompanied by his expressive and marvellous guitar.
For TxikiJazz, Five Stars gave a performance at Chillida Leku and Michele Hendricks & Ronald Baker Project in Garbera.
Below you can watch yesterday’s JazzEñe concert by the groups Carles Margarit Quinteto and NGBM Cuarteto:
The Mississippians and Sara Dowling doubled-up for yesterday’s concerts on the Frigo Gunea stage, followed by the Arnaud Labastie Trio.
Les Cuisinieres and Lufti Jakfar's Sixth Trio performed at the Fnac Gunea and Jerry Bergonzi Quartet in Garbera.
Yesterday’s especially charming evening on the Nauticool stage was accompanied by the jazztronic sounds of the Blue Lab Beats with their sophisticated and flexible fusion of Jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat, soul and electronic music.
Relishing an excellent meal while listening to Eri Yamamoto on the piano was a unique opportunity enjoyed by those present in the Maria Cristina Hotel.
The Trinitate Plaza witnessed from the introspective and lyrical jazz of Abdullah Ibrahim, presented with the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award for being the living history of Jazz, to the youngest and most contemporary symbol of the genre in the shape of London sax player and composer, Nubya Garcia.
Yesterday the Jazzaldia stages offered heaps of energy, passion and music, delighting the audiences at concerts such as those given on the Keler Gunea stage by Arde Bogotá and Tiken Jah Fakoly.
→Abdullah Ibrahim Trio + Nubya Garcia + Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals + Carles Margarit Quinteto + NGBM Cuarteto + Eri Yamamoto + Arde Bogotá + Tiken Jah Fakoly + The Mississippians + Sara Dowling + Arnaud Labastie Trio + Les Cusinieres + Lutfi Jakfar’s Sixth Trio + Jerry Bergonzi Quartet + Blue Lab Beats + Eri Yamamoto Trio: Afari/Cena
→The concert given by Norah Jones at the Kursaal was one of the most eagerly awaited yesterday in an auditorium packed with an audience impatient to hear the North American singer, composer and pianist, and they weren’t disappointed.
→Julian Lage Trio + Bill Frisell Trio + Norah Jones + Lucía Rey Trío + MOVE + Yosuke Yamashita: Classical Momentum + Blue Lab Beats + Viva Suecia + The Mississippians + Damir Imamović + Xahu + Isla Trío + Motelas + Ill Considered + Elena Setién + Trio Nordeste + Rodrigo Lauroba & Aitor Miramon + Michele Hendricks & Ronald Baker Project
→Village People and their disco beats provided the festive touch for the start of the 58th Jazzaldia on the Keler Gunea stage. Thousands of people flocked to the concert where they sung and danced to the North American group’s famous hits.
→Kenny Barron with Strings (EGO) – Yosuke Yamashita – Village People – Fred Wesley & The New JBs – Damir Imamović – The Side Effects – Ill Considered – Jerry Bergonzi Quartet – Sara Dowling – Arima Soul – Ura Dúo – Gonzalo Encinal & Fran Serrano
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