John Zorn will receive the 2019 Donostiako Jazzaldia Award, presented by the San Sebastian Heineken Jazzaldia in recognition of his profound influence on contemporary jazz.
John Zorn is a composer, instrumentalist and catalyst of an innovative scene encompassing hundreds of musicians of enormous importance and repercussion in today’s jazz. It is impossible to conceive the jazz made in New York today without the intervention of musicians who move in Zorn’s sphere.
John Zorn will return to the Heineken Jazzaldia following the resounding success of his Masada Marathon in 2013. This time round, he’ll do it as the frontman of the Bagatelles Marathon, split into two afternoon sessions at the Kursaal Auditorium; one on July 27th and the other on July 28th.
Zorn will receive the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award on Sunday 28 July at 17:00 on stage, before the start of his second concert.
The musical marathon will involve 14 different ensembles who will perform more than 50 compositions from The Bagatelles, John Zorn’s expansive new book of music. Among the more than thirty participating musicians are Mary Halvorson, Marc Ribot, Kris Davis, Julian Lage, Dave Douglas, Joey Baron, Craig Taborn, Peter Evans, John Medeski, Ikue Mori, Erik Friedlander, Mark Feldman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn and many more who understand Zorn’s creative universe like nobody else.
Donostiako Jazzaldia Award
1994: Doc Cheatham
1995: Phil Woods
1996: Hank Jones
1997: Steve Lacy
1998: Chick Corea
1999: Max Roach and Clark Terry
2000: Kenny Barron
2001: Ray Brown
2002: Elvin Jones
2003: Bebo Valdés
2004: Shirley Horn and Fernando Trueba
2005: Keith Jarrett and Charles Mingus (in memoriam)
2006: Herbie Hancock
2007: Wayne Shorter
2008: Ahmad Jamal
2009: Roy Haynes
2010: Ron Carter
2011: Toots Thielemans
2012: Jimmy Cobb and Pierre Lafont (in memoriam)
2013: Lee Konitz and Juan Claudio Cifuentes
2014: Toshiko Akiyoshi
2015: Benny Golson
2016: Ellis Marsalis
2017: Charles Lloyd
2018: Mary Stallings and Michel Portal
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Joan Baez, Jamie Cullum, Stinus Vidal, Neneh Cherry and Nøgen, previously announced, are the other fantastic names who will perform on the beach stage
The 54th Heineken Jazzaldia programme for the Heineken Green Stage, on San Sebastian’s Zurriola Beach, has now been rounded off with three fabulous concerts featuring Zahara, Belako and Dorian. Said performers join the other fantastic names already announced: Joan Baez, Jamie Cullum, Stinus Vidal, Neneh Cherry and Nøgen.
All will perform in free concerts. The Heineken Jazzaldia therefore maintains its tradition of offering big names without the spectator having to pay a penny to see them. World-famous artists like Joan Baez on her Fare Thee Well tour; Jamie Cullum, now hailed as one of the geniuses of today’s jazz; and Neneh Cherry, innovative, spectacular and always on the lookout for new projects.
The Heineken Green Stage reveals several signs of identity of the Heineken Jazzaldia as it stands today. First of all, its commitment to young talent. Zahara has become a popular phenomenon and the big festivals vie for her presence. Belako now enjoys international fame and Nøgen is hot on their heels. Dorian is progressing steadily upwards. All are young, all have bags of talent and all have a great future ahead of them.
Second sign of identity: promotion of the increasingly more numerous and creative women artists. Joan Baez was a pioneer; she laid the way and sowed the seeds that have sprouted all these years down the line. In almost all of the Heineken Green Stage concerts women play a fundamental part either as the leaders of their own groups or as outstanding members of their respective bands.
Third sign of identity: the backing of Basque musicians, thereby enabling them to further their career thanks to appearing on the programme of a venue as important as the Green Stage, where spectators can be counted in their tens of thousands. In this respect, the concert on July 27, featuring Nøgen in the first part and Belako in the second, will be all of an event for lovers of Basque pop-rock.
The Green Stage will also host one of the season’s most attractive proposals: the reunion under the name of Stinus Vidal between the prodigious guitarist from San Sebastian, Jaime Stinus, a founder member of the Orquesta Mondragón, and the singer Xavi Vidal, a pioneer of rock music sung in the Catalan language.
GREEN HEINEKEN STAGE
Free admission
24th July, wednesday
20:45. Joan Baez: Fare Thee Well... Tour 2019
23:30. Jamie Cullum
25th July, thursday
21:00. Zahara
23:30. Dorian
26th July, friday
21:00. Stinus Vidal
23:30. Neneh Cherry
27th July, saturday
21:00. Nøgen
23:30. Belako
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Basque jazz regularly enjoys important presence at the Heineken Jazzaldia and the 54th edition is no exception.
It will specifically include the performance of 10 groups coming from the Selection Process running from January to April; 5 programmed due to having released an album in 2018; 4 belonging to the Katapulta Tour Gipuzkoa 2019; 3 proposed by Musikene; and 4 directly chosen by the organisation (Paul San Martín, Nøgen, Jaime Stinus and the Easo Choir, which will accompany the Japanese pianist, Eri Yamamoto). Added to the former are the 5 Basque DJs and group who will perform on the Nauticool stage, the full programme of which will be announced at a later date.
This brings us to a total of 32 Basque groups and soloists who will participate in the 54th Heineken Jazzaldia programme.
For the third year running, the Festival programmes four groups from the Katapulta Tour Gipuzkoa circuit, organised under an agreement with the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa’s Department of Culture in its endeavour to promote the emerging talents of Gipuzkoa in the field of music.
Directly chosen by the organisation
Also confirmed on the programme are Joe Jackson, Atomic, Moppa Elliott, Charles McPherson and Houston Person
Tickets can be purchased from midday on February 21
The 54 Heineken Jazzaldia will kick off from the heights: two stars of sublime calibre will perform on the Heineken Green Stage in the evening and night-time sessions scheduled for July 24.
Joan Baez is unquestionably one of popular music’s leading icons. Her voice has been up there with the best of the folk scene throughout her career. This will be her farewell tour. The people of San Sebastian will pay a tribute to her by flocking en masse to the Zurriola Beach. Her performance will be a huge event.
The same stage will also be the setting, as previously announced, for Jamie Cullum, one of the most popular and acclaimed vocal jazz frontmen. His charm, energy and unrivalled voice keep him going strong as one of the artists to cause most excitement on the best of programmes. He loves Donostia and Donostia loves him. The love story continues.
Other names join those already announced: Sílvia Pérez Cruz, with the Brazilian guitarist and singer Toquinho and the double bass player from Navarra, Javier Colina, will close the concerts in the Plaza de la Trinidad on July 28. The veteran sax players Houston Person and Charles McPherson will also perform in the Trinidad, fronting their groups on July 27 and 28.
The singer Martirio and the pianist Chano Domínguez have recently recorded an album in homage to the compositions of the brilliant Cuban musician Bola de Nieve. They will present a morning session at San Sebastian’s Victoria Eugenia Theatre – Skoda Space.
Joe Jackson, performing his latest album, will be among the protagonists to give concerts in the Kursaal Auditorium – Kutxabank Space.
The Scandinavian group Atomic, which left a huge impression in their three consecutive performances on the Kursaal Terraces some ten years back, return with a reworked, enlarged version, incorporating 8 musicians from Norway’s Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Today Atomic is the supergroup of European jazz.
Moppa Elliott has been the bass player and leader since its creation of Mostly Other People Do the Killing. MOPDtK, for short, is one of the groups most difficult to define, a fresh and leading-edge exponent of 21st century jazz. Today, Moppa brings us his new group, Unspeakable Garbage, with all the energy of a rock band and the quality guaranteed by its members, such as the saxophonist Jon Irabagon and the pianist Ron Stabinsky (both members of MOPDtK).
And, of course, the already-announced presence of John Zorn with the 30 musicians who will accompany him on the two dates of his Bagatelles Marathon in the Kursaal Auditorium-Kutxabank Space on July 27 and 28: 14 bands provide members including Mary Halvorson, Marc Ribot, Julian Lage, Dave Douglas, Joey Baron, Craig Taborn, Peter Evans, John Medeski, Ikue Mori, Erik Friedlander, Mark Feldman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn and Kris Davis.
Diana Krall will play in the Plaza de la Trinidad, as will Maria Schneider, Donny McCaslin, and Joshua Redman with his group Still Dreaming; Neneh Cherry too is confirmed on the Heineken Green Stage.
We also recently announced the season: Japan: Piano and Guitar, featuring the presence of Eri Yamamoto and her trio, accompanied by the Easo Choir; the pianist Ai Kuwabara, solo and with The Project; the trio Fox Capture Plan; the singer and guitarist Rei and the duo made up of the pianist Yuki Arimasa and the guitarist Ryo Ogihara. Admission is free to the majority of the concerts, except Goshu Ondo by the pianist Eri Yamamoto.
Today, February 21, the tickets will go on sale through the Festival www.heinekenjazzaldia.eus and Donostia Kultura www.donostiakultura.eus/sarrerak websites.
A season ticket will be available for all of the sessions in the Plaza de la Trinidad, and another for the four sessions of the Kursaal Auditorium-Kutxabank Space. Anyone wishing to attend the two Bagatelles Marathon sessions but not wanting a season ticket for the Auditorium, will have the option to purchase tickets for both shows with a 10% reduction in the cost.
Tickets and vouchers can also be purchased from the ticket office at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre and from the FNAC Donostia.
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The author of the photograph is Pedro Párraga and the lettering is by Ángel Caño
The poster entitled "Satisfaction", by Pedro Párraga and Ángel Caño, will be the image of the 54th Heineken Jazzaldia, to run from July 24-28. The illustration depicts an artistically touched-up photograph of Jahmal Nichols, Gregory Porter’s double-bass player during their concert in the Plaza de la Trinidad in 2017 at the 52nd Heineken Jazzaldia.
Pedro Párraga joined Antton Olariagato create the Festival posters of 1986, 1987 and 1988. Pedro started taking pictures at the Festival in the early 80s and has accumulated an important collection of historical snapshots. Several of these were used for the book Jazzaldia 50, with Dizzy Gillespie on the cover, in a picture dating back to 1988.
The lettering on the poster is the work of the widely-experienced Ángel Caño, from the graphic design studio, Eurosíntesis. Among others, he created the image for the 60th anniversary of Zinemaldia and the posters for a number ofits seasons.
Párraga took the picture of Jahmal Nichols when the musician was basking in audience applause in recognition of a brilliant solo. The picture reflects Nichols’ joy, happiness and bonhomie but, above all, his infinite satisfaction, the reward of a job well done. It is an optimistic, feel-good image which perfectly reflects the deep sense of peace produced by artistic creation.
Párraga has artistically applied a comic-like texture to the picture, lending even greater strength to the idea he wanted to convey.
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Five Japanese soloists and groups will offer a variety of styles in twelve different concerts
In collaboration with the Japan Foundation in Madrid, the 54th Heineken Jazzaldia has programmed a season with the participation of five Japanese soloists and groups. The 5 groups and soloists will give a total of 12 performances, and some of them will perform for three consecutive days.
One characteristic shared by all of the selected artists and groups is that the piano and the guitar feature as solo instruments in all of them. Three of the five projects are fronted by women instrumentalists.
Japan season at the Heineken Jazzaldia: Piano and guitar
Ai Kuwabara Solo
Ai Kuwabara The Project
Ai Kuwabara (piano), Keisuke Torigoe (double bass), Senju Muneomi (drums)
The very young Ai Kuwabara is already one of Japan’s most widely known artists. Her trio, which she calls The Project, is not only one of the most greatly appreciated jazz bands in the country, they have also created soundtracks for a number of films and for the TV series (Dear Family), now immensely popular in Japan.
Goshu Ondo: Eri Yamamoto Trio + Easo Choir
The Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto has been living in the United States for more than a decade. Having developed her career there, she nevertheless maintains close ties to her origins. Proof of this is her creation of the piece Goshu Ondo, which she will present in our city, together with the Easo Choir, in a European first. This is a composition for jazz trio and choir based on Japanese harmonies and which she fuses with jazz.
Rei
Rei is the new figure of Japanese blues-pop. A singer, but above all guitarist, she recently signed for a multinational that realised the enormous potential of this woman who exudes remarkable charm and strength as an instrumentalist.
Yuki Arimasa-Ryo Ogihara
Yuki Arimasa (piano), Ryo Ogihara (guitar)
In jazz, no matter what they say, the occasions when piano and guitar duos have been totally satisfactory, and understanding between the instruments has been complete and perfect, can be counted on one hand. But that’s precisely what happens with the duo formed by the pianist Yuki Arimasa and the guitarist Ryo Ogihara. A true musical delight introducing us to two exceptional musicians.
Tickets on sale from February 21
Tickets for the paying concerts at the 54th Heineken Jazzaldia will go on sale on February 21. The full programme for these concerts will be available the same day on Festival website: www.heinekenjazzaldia.eus.
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John Zorn will receive the 2019 Donostiako Jazzaldia Award, presented by the San Sebastian Heineken Jazzaldia in recognition of his profound influence on contemporary jazz.
John Zorn is a composer, instrumentalist and catalyst of an innovative scene encompassing hundreds of musicians of enormous importance and repercussion in today’s jazz. It is impossible to conceive the jazz made in New York today without the intervention of musicians who move in Zorn’s sphere.
John Zorn will return to the Heineken Jazzaldia following the resounding success of his Masada Marathon in 2013. This time round, he’ll do it as the frontman of the Bagatelles Marathon, split into two afternoon sessions at the Kursaal Auditorium; one on July 27th and the other on July 28th.
Zorn will receive the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award on Sunday 28 July at 17:00 on stage, before the start of his second concert.
The musical marathon will involve 14 different ensembles who will perform more than 50 compositions from The Bagatelles, John Zorn’s expansive new book of music. Among the more than thirty participating musicians are Mary Halvorson, Marc Ribot, Kris Davis, Julian Lage, Dave Douglas, Joey Baron, Craig Taborn, Peter Evans, John Medeski, Ikue Mori, Erik Friedlander, Mark Feldman, Sylvie Courvoisier, Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn and many more who understand Zorn’s creative universe like nobody else.
Donostiako Jazzaldia Award
1994: Doc Cheatham
1995: Phil Woods
1996: Hank Jones
1997: Steve Lacy
1998: Chick Corea
1999: Max Roach and Clark Terry
2000: Kenny Barron
2001: Ray Brown
2002: Elvin Jones
2003: Bebo Valdés
2004: Shirley Horn and Fernando Trueba
2005: Keith Jarrett and Charles Mingus (in memoriam)
2006: Herbie Hancock
2007: Wayne Shorter
2008: Ahmad Jamal
2009: Roy Haynes
2010: Ron Carter
2011: Toots Thielemans
2012: Jimmy Cobb and Pierre Lafont (in memoriam)
2013: Lee Konitz and Juan Claudio Cifuentes
2014: Toshiko Akiyoshi
2015: Benny Golson
2016: Ellis Marsalis
2017: Charles Lloyd
2018: Mary Stallings and Michel Portal
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John Zorn will receive the 2019 Donostiako Jazzaldia Award, presented by the San Sebastian Heineken Jazzaldia in recognition of his profound influence on contemporary jazz.
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Joan Baez, Jamie Cullum, Stinus Vidal, Neneh Cherry and Nøgen, previously announced, are the other fantastic names who will perform on the beach stage
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32 Basque groups and soloists will participate in the 54th Heineken Jazzaldia
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Also confirmed on the programme are Joe Jackson, Atomic, Moppa Elliott, Charles McPherson and Houston Person
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The author of the photograph is Pedro Párraga and the lettering is by Ángel Caño
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Five Japanese soloists and groups will offer a variety of styles in twelve different concerts
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