Granada, a Pearl of Andalusia,this wonderful city at the foot of Sierra Nevada,the legendary Moorish Queen of the Ziri and Nasrid Dynasties,the city of the magnificent Alhambra,the fortress,which the Arab-Berber called Al Hamra,the Red One,for its red colour with the reflection of the sun on the its walls at sunset.Granada is as a wonderful Film of history and culture also with its Jardines de Generalife,among the most beautiful gardens in the World,Granada is a city inspired prominent artists as Alexandre Dumas,Eugene Delacroix and Federico Garcia Lorca who was born in this unique city on the rivers Genil and Darro.Granada is history,art,it is enough a walk in its historic areas as the Alabayzin,the Sacromonte,the Realejo to discover the beauty of this Andalusian city surrounded by beautiful mountains.
Granada is also music a stronghold of Flamenco and Zambra,the music and dance so famous since centuries ago when the first gypsies started to sing and dance in the Sacromonte,in grottoes and later in the picturesque streets of the white district Albayzin.
About music Granada will host its XXXIII Festival Jazz,from a series of unforgettable show starting in different days from the 08th November and eending with the last concert the Sunday 18th November.The city of Alhambra and Jardies of Generalife and more than 30 years of Great Jazz,with the participation in different editions of wonderful stars of this kind of music,such as Miles Davis the genius of Illinois and also one of the father of the Jazz Fusion,the unforgettable Dizzie Gillespie,the talented drummer Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter,Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock among others.
The fame of Granada Festival Jazz is absolutely known all around the world hosting every year some of the best Artists of this kind of music born in USA,a kind of music elevating the pure instinct talent,the imagination and the creativity of the sounds,a music which is for many experts the essence of the real identity of a singer or a musician.
Granada is a wonderful occasion to enjoy great Jazz in a unforgettable scenario as this city,beautiful evenings at the charming Teatro Isabel La Catolica.oOganised by important Institutions as Ayuntamiento de Granada,Junta de Andalucia,Diputación de Granada,Asociacion Granada Jazz,Caja Granada and with the sponsor of Cervezas Alhambra,the famous beer brand.All these important Organisations and Institutions are so pleased to collaborate together for a so important International event,giving Granada and the visitors the opportunity to enjoy magic evening and nights in a city you have to visit once in your life.
The calendar of the events will start on 08th November with a hymn and honouring the great Miles Davis in a show with the title MILES SMILES remembering the legendary album recorded in 1967,an unforgettable icon for all the Jazz lovers by the venerated Master of Jazz.This show will have as protagonists to give Miles Davis a thank you for all that the Genius of Alton did for the World of Music,distinguished artists as Wallace Roney,Ralphe Armstrong,Larry Coryell,Rick Margitza and Omar Hakim all them among the most celebrated Jazz Stars in the World nowadays.
The day 09th another great show with the Italian Trumpet Paolo Fresu,one of the best expressions of Trumpet Jazz in Europe and very famous in USA for his collaborations and performances with Ralph Towner and Carla Bley.Paolo Fresu will perform with Omar Sosa the Cuban Star,great talented pianist and one of the Top exponents of the Afro-Cuban Jazz so famous in USA for his great performances in particular in all California where he lived for many years and where he created new sounds of Latin -Jazz music..
Saturday 10th November is the day of Spanish Jazz with the great exhibition of the magic sax of Jorge Pardo Sexteto Huellas.Pardo is considered one of the most talented European sax,with important collaborations with American Jazz Stars and other artists such as Al di Meola,Slide Hampton,Michael Brecker among others and great performances in celebrated festivals as in Montreaux-Switzerland.The talent and the sax of of Jorge Pardo are a hymn to the traditional and classical Jazz,combined to Latin and Flamenco sounds.
Sunday 11th another great appointment with Roy Hargrove Quintet.Hargrove the celebrated trumpet ,who performed with great artists as Diana Ross,Herbie Hanncock,Sonny Rollins,Diana Krall and Nathalie Cole.Roy Hargrove is a fantastic versatile artist,who started with strong influences of great American Masters as Miles Davis and Fats Navarro,his immense talent also had a great success in Fusion Jazz as well, Afro-Cuban Jazz and more he adapted his magic trompet to the hip hop,funky and gospel music.
After some days of pause Granada Festival Jazz will continue on Saturday 17th November with another fantastic show : Viay Iyer Trio awarded in 2012 as Best Album,Best Band,Best Piano and Best Composer.The 41y Pianist Star from Albany New York is a natural talent worked with several prominent artists as Steve Coleman,Butch Morris,Karh Kale and Oliver Lake.Further more the pianist of Indian origin,worked for important NYC Institutions as New York University and Manhattan School Music.The great versatility of this magnificent pianist,it is his divine classical background linked to a perfect combination of musical applications to other kinds of music,for all that,today you can consider this great artist,probably one of the best current pianist in the World.
Sunday 18th November Granada Festival Jazz will finish with the Spanish Group Paquito D´Rivera y El Quinteto Cimarron another great event with the opportunity to enjoy a great ensemble of instruments,the Sax by Paquito D´rivera,Contrabass by Oscar Rodriguez,the Violins of Lázaro Gonzalez and Eduardo Coma,the Cello by Luis Caballero and the Viola by Raymond Arteaga.The extraordinary Sax of the Cuban-American Star Paquito D´Rivera great friend of Dizzie Gillespie is probably one of the best Alto Saxophone of the history next to the unforgettable Charly Parker and the super talented Cannonbal Adderley. The sounds of D´Rivera will be a great attraction in another magic night in Granada.
All the concerts will start at 09.00 p.m and it is really great to have the chance of choice of several shows with this famous artists and Granada offers you that.
Granada and Jazz Festival with all these Stars are a unique combination to travel,to admire on of the most charming cities in the World and of course enjoying great Music,great Jazz under the majestic and wonderful Alhambra.
Francesco Mari
.www.jazzgranada.es
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