Everything is ready to welcome the 37th Jazz Festival and to enjoy good music, exhibitions, movies, workshops, activities for the family, swing music you can dance to, quizzes and gastronomy routes in different spaces both day and night. Between the 7th and 24th of March, Nova Jazz Cava, Terrassa Cultural Centre, some public squares and Pícnic Jazz at Vallparadís Park will be hosting about 30 performances where the art of European Jazz duet, the American avantgarde scene and some Catalan gems will meet. Besides Terrassa being the Jazz capital of the month, there will be concerts held in other locations like Matadepera, Vacarisses and Viladecavalls. And the activities that complement this year's Jazz meeting will intensify. Altogether, 300 musicians including top artists bringing the newest jazz, blues and swing for 18 intensive days.
Creativity will be brought by avantgarde musicians from North America's Atlantic shore such as New Orleans' trumpet player Terence Blanchard and the revolutionary ensemble E-collective overlapping layers of groove and the colors of blues, funk and R&B.
Californian Donny McCaslin is the saxophone player everyone talks about. Pure jazz energy with a harshly direct and atmospheric sound. During the festival, he will be paying tribute to David Bowie, who he recorded his last album with.
George Gershwin's legendary Rhapsody in blue, adapted by the unique musical language of an artist like UriCaine, will leave no one indifferent. This Philadelphia piano player and his ensemble, playing at the festival for the first time, know how to take on any given genre's essence and turn it inside out.
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Welcome to Jazz Terrassa Festival 2018
Everything is ready to welcome the 37th Jazz Festival and to enjoy good music, exhibitions, movies, workshops, activities for the family, swing music you can dance to, quizzes and gastronomy routes in different spaces both day and night. Between the 7th and 24th of March, Nova Jazz Cava, Terrassa Cultural Centre, some public squares and Pícnic Jazz at Vallparadís Park will be hosting about 30 performances where the art of European Jazz duet, the American avantgarde scene and some Catalan gems will meet. Besides Terrassa being the Jazz capital of the month, there will be concerts held in other locations like Matadepera, Vacarisses and Viladecavalls. And the activities that complement this year's Jazz meeting will intensify. Altogether, 300 musicians including top artists bringing the newest jazz, blues and swing for 18 intensive days.
Creativity will be brought by avantgarde musicians from North America's Atlantic shore such as New Orleans' trumpet player Terence Blanchard and the revolutionary ensemble E-collective overlapping layers of groove and the colors of blues, funk and R&B.
Californian Donny McCaslin is the saxophone player everyone talks about. Pure jazz energy with a harshly direct and atmospheric sound. During the festival, he will be paying tribute to David Bowie, who he recorded his last album with.
George Gershwin's legendary Rhapsody in blue, adapted by the unique musical language of an artist like UriCaine, will leave no one indifferent. This Philadelphia piano player and his ensemble, playing at the festival for the first time, know how to take on any given genre's essence and turn it inside out.
Massachusetts singer Nnenna Freelon is one of the most respected voices of the international scene. Carnegie Hall, Apollo Theater or the Montreux and Monterrey Festivals have welcome this very unique artist. And famous Chicago bluesman Billy Branch will be the star of “Nit de Blues” (Blues Night), accompanied by Demetria Taylor's sensual and passionate voice, guitarist Giles Coley and band Medicine Man.
On the other hand, European jazz duets such as the original, revealing and creative Fench tandem by ÉmileParisien&Vincent Peirani will shine. This project combines original music and recreates that of Sydney Bechet, Henry Lodge, Irving Mills and Duke Ellington. Artistry with a Mediterranean flavour will be brought by never-before-seen alliance between Chano Domínguez & PaoloFresu: Sardinia and Cádiz, jazz and flamenco, trumpet and piano. Two maestros joining forces for the very first time in Terrassa. And the versatility and eclecticism of celebrated Duo Nosferatu by pianists Albert Bover and Marco Mezquida, who will explore a free repertoire including jazz standards, classical, latin or Brazilian music and original works. Jazzwoman Irene Reig, one of the best new artists around, will perform 100% original material from Views with her mentor John Swana, thus fulfilling an evening with the best of the Catalan scene.
Regarding the day program noteworthy are the performances by Guillermo Calliero S.A.P, Tòfol Martínez Blues Band, Dany Doriz & Toni Solà Quartet. Also, the production called Joves Talents Egarencs. Feat. Carles Pineda, band Boogalizer and other acts like Old Cats Swing Band and Nito Figueras & Laura Simó “White Pepper”. Not to mention Pícnic·Jazz Vallparadís, which will include four concerts on its 20th edition: La Locomotora Negra Feat. Llorenç Santamaria, Antonio Lizana “Oriente”, Miryam Swanson Magnolia and Ray Gelato & Enforces.
The Festival's opening will be conducted by versatile jazzman from Argentona Gabriel Amargant presenting his new work Aire. The closing act will be Barcelonian musician Pau Bombardó, a pioneer of Catalonia's jazz scene. On this last show he will be the recipient of the 16th Jazzterrasman award.
THE POSTER
A pin-up styling singer is the vintage illustration chosen to announce the 37th Jazz Terrassa Festival 2018. The poster is the work of the graphic designer from Terrassa Santi Jordà. Specialist in corporate image and with more than thirty years of professional career as art director of the company Nexe Disseny Gràfic & Comunicació, Jordà is a regular collaborator of Jazz Terrassa in the graphic image of the Stable Season of the Nova Jazz Cava.
