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The stage of the Teatro Circo de Murcia was the place chosen to present this morning the program of the XX Jazz Festival of San Javier which was already unveiled in a previous advance the presence of George Benson, Taj Mahal & Keb 'Mo', or Charles Lloyd Quartet, among other artists to complete a poster with 27 concerts spread over 17 nights of music between June 30 and July 30.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Javier Celdrán accompanied this morning the Mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo, the Councilor for Culture, David Martinez and the director of the Festival, Alberto Nieto in the presentation of a Festival "which meets 20 issues With more than 400 nights of concerts by more than 2,000 artists from the world jazz elite, "recalled David Martinez who announced an exhibition with the poster that summarizes the 20 years of the Festival, which will be seen during the Next edition.
The mayor, José Miguel Luengo highlighted the opening of the Festival to the street, with four free concerts, two in Santiago de la Ribera, one in San Javier and another in La Manga del Mar Menor, as well as a street music cycle with The collaboration of the Conservatory of Music of San Javier that in an improvised way will take the music to different points of the municipality during the Festival.
Luengo also announced a Museum of the Festivals of San Javier, which will be inaugurated next year after a remodeling of the auditorium base, home to the summer festivals.
The mayor stressed the fact that the integral management of the Festival is a municipal bill, and thanked the collaboration of both the Regional Government of Murcia and private sponsors.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Javier Celdrán closed the presentation, which was also attended by the director general of the Institute of Cultural Industries, Marta López-Briones, with words of praise to the San Javier Jazz Festival "for his bet For excellence and for being able, with a modest budget, to put San Javier and the Region of Murcia in the first league of the festivals of Spain. "
For the counselor events such as the San Javier Jazz Festival, "they also reinforce the quality image of the tourist destination both in the municipality and in the Region".
Program
The director of the Festival, Alberto Nieto was responsible for revealing the news that will complete the Festival that will start on June 30 with Mediterranean jazz guitarist and Spanish composer Ximo Tebar who will present his album "Soleo" with singer Carmen Rodríguez As a special guest.
One of the most admired voices in the Spanish musical scene, Sole Giménez, will offer the second concert of the night presenting his latest album "Los Hombres Sensibles", which will complete with a special program with the great Antonio Carmona, with which they will pay tribute to Carlos Tena .
Saturday, July 1 will be a night of discovery with American singer Charenee Wade, the new voice of jazz soul with a tribute to the damn soul poet, the great Gil Scott-Heron.
Chantz Powell, trumpeter, singer, dancer and multifaceted artist belonging to the new generation of musicians from New Orleans, together with the Barcelona band Shakin 'All, a production of the Festival designed to raise the audience of their seats.
New York singer Allan Harris, who stands in the wake of the big jazz crooners will perform at Jazz San Javier on July 5, in a night that will end up with two jazz giants, guitarist Lee Ritenour and the pianist and Songwriter Dave Grusin, to present Lee Ritenour's latest album "A Twist of Rit."
The Spanish presence will return on the night of July 7 with a project sponsored by the San Javier Jazz Festival which brings together in Blues Express three great Spanish blues musicians: Mingo Balaguer, Francisco Simón and Lluis Coloma, together with the singer of California blues Tia Carroll.
The second concert of the night will star the pianist, composer and singer, Ivan Lins one of the most prestigious Brazilian musicians in the world of jazz, and old known Jazz San Javier.
American jazz singer Stacey Kent, one of the world's most respected jazz voices, will perform accompanied by her husband, British saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, on July 8, followed by the great Ramsey Lewis, one of the great jazz pianists of all ages. Times and creator of the jazz-funk, that returns to Jazz San Javier with its Electric Band.
Pegasus, one of the historical groups of jazz in Spain, created in Barcelona in 1981, returns after the success obtained in its visit in 2014 to Jazz San Javier incorporating for the first time to its instrumental jazz of Mediterranean sound the voice of the American singer settled In Barcelona Mónica Creen.
The same night of July 14 will end with two great blues legends, guitarists Taj Mahal and Keb Mo 'who will present a new album with their band Tajmo': The Taj Mahal & Keb 'Mo' Band.
The son of the great Thelonious Monk, drummer TS Monk leads a sextet with which, on July 15, will offer a centenary celebration of the great pianist "Monk on Monk: Centenary of Thelonious S. Monk", with the prestigious Vocalist Nnenna Freelon as a special guest The second concert of the night will star guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli and the pianist, guitarist and singer Daniel Jobim, grandson of the great Antonio Carlos Jobim who will remember with a tribute to the album "Sinatra-Jobim" Which is 50 years old.
The night of July 20 is reserved for George Benson, an icon of the San Javier Jazz Festival that has received the warmth of the public from a Festival that gave him the Prize in its XIII edition.
George Benson returns to Jazz San Javier with his magnificent band and great successes that mark the career of one of the best guitarists in the history of jazz.
Percussionist Jorge Pérez leads the fusion supergroup Patax with which the night of July 21 will present a fast-paced proposal with Latin jazz, funk and flamenco that includes American violinist Maureen Choi as a special guest.
The same night, saxophonist Charles Lloyd, a live jazz legend who will visit the San Javier Festival for the first time, will present his new album "I Long to See You" with three great musicians Gerald Clayton, Reuben Rogers & Eric Harland.
The program of the XX edition of the Festival also includes the prestigious supergroup Fourplay that returns eleven years later to San Javier with its admired and recognized fusion proposal incorporating R & B and pop to jazz.
It will be the night of July 22nd, which will be booking its second concert to the blues and southern rock of the United States with one of its greatest exponents, Texan guitarist Buddy Whitington in a project of the Festival itself in which he will play along with the guitarist of blues rock murciano Santiago Campillo, founder and former guitarist of M-Clan, and keyboardist Mauri Sanchís.
On July 28, a special project for the 20th Anniversary of the festival, led by Jorge Pardo, jazz and flamenco musician, saxophonist and flute player, Best European Jazz Musician Award in France, will be premiered. Flamenco jazz Niño Josele, pianist Albert Sanz and Tomasito to dance.
The anniversary night is complete with the visit of Houston Person, a referent of tenor sax and soul jazz accompanied by a sextet starred by the singer Kevin Mahogany, trumpeter Jim Rotondi or pianist Dena Derose.
The penultimate night of the Festival, on July 29th comes the Barcelona Big Blues Band with its energetic proposal of blues, R & B, swing and jazz with guests of luxury like the saxophonist Dani Nel.lo and the British tenor Ray Gelato.
The evening will be completed by Boston's top blues vocalist Toni Lynn Washington, who will be joined by Italian super guitarist Luca Giordano, with Sax Gordon as a special guest on the saxophone.
The closing of the festival, on July 30th, is dedicated to one of the greats of European jazz, the Frenchman Michel Legrand, pianist, arranger, and composer of over 200 soundtracks and songs that have become jazz classics.
Michel Legrand, winner of 3 Oscars and 5 Grammy Awards, is the most important living musician in France, and along with Charles Aznavour, the greatest exponents of the golden age of French music.
Free concerts outside the auditorium
After the success of last year, the San Javier Jazz Festival returns to the street with free concerts in Santiago de la Ribera, La Manga del Mar Menor and San Javier.
The first of the concerts will arrive on July 12 in San Javier's Plaza de España with Funkystep & The Sey Sisters, a band of six musicians with a formidable vocal trio formed by the three Sey sisters, with which they pay homage to the great Of black music.
On July 18, the septet of Murcia and Alicante musicians, Zoo Suiters, will take the swing and the most festive jazz to the esplanade Barnuevo, Santiago de la Ribera.
On Sunday, July 23, Sammy Miller & The Congregation, a band led by drummer / singer, Sammy Miller, is made up of talented young musicians who play a lively and virtuous jazz.
Finally, on July 26, the Cuban singer, pianist and composer, Lucrecia will once again present on the esplanade Barnuevo, from Santiago de la Ribera, "América como te adoro", with a selection of her favorite Latin American songs accompanied by great musicians like The Cuban pianist Ramon Valle, the Cuban double bass player, Yeltsi Heredia and the German percussionist Nils Fischer.
Fertilizers and inputs
The tickets and tickets will be on sale from tomorrow on the website of the festivals www.festivalessanjavier.com and the Festivals office.
The price of the subscription will be 120euro, not including the concerts of George Benson that will cost 40euros, and Tajmo ': The Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo 'Band that will cost 25 euros, 20 for the subscribers.
The price of the remaining tickets will be 15 euros for six of the nights and 20 euros for another five nights.
The four concerts that leave the auditorium will be free.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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