Jazz pianist Emmet Cohen and the best ever British soul and jazz-funk band top the bill as the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival begins THE EMMET COHEN TRIO Considered one of the most brilliant jazz musicians of his generation and one of the best young jazz pianists in the United States, Emmet Cohen heads a spectacular jazz piano trio. His fantastic album “Dirty in Detroit”, recorded live, shows us a musician in his prime, full of inventiveness..

Local musicians including a 12-year-old jazz guitarist take part in the 24th edition of the San Javier festival The first of the free "Jazz in the Gardens" concerts featured in the 2022 San Javier Jazz Festival is offered by the CMSJ Jazz Band in the Jardines de San Blas. This band is one of the projects of the Conservatorio de Música de San Javier and was created 14 years ago by Antonio F. Baeza, one of the pioneers of modern..

Top German jazz and Beatles jazz adaptations in the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival JOSCHO STEPHAN TRÍO andSANDRO ROY Joscho Stephan belongs to a new generation of guitar virtuosos who are introducing new and fresh stylistic elements to Gypsy Jazz. Created in the 1930s by the legendary Django Reinhardt, Gypsy Jazz (also known as Jazz Manouche or Gypsy Swing) was Europe's first completely original contribution to the development of jazz...

The legendary bassist and double bassist performs in the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival Stanley Clarke is an established superstar of the electric bass and double bass and one of the first jazz musicians to achieve worldwide recognition as an absolute master of both instruments. He has spent several decades at the pinnacle of an instrument that he himself revolutionized in the 70s as a founding member of the fusion group Return to Forever..

One of the all-time great jazz pianists performs in the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival Kenny Barron is a true living legend of jazz and, for many, along with Herbie Hancock and Ahmad Jamal, one of the three most important pianists still active from the “golden age”, as well as one of the main pianists of post-bop. The list of great figures with whom he has worked is endless; Yusef Lateef, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Buddy Rich..

A tribute to Wes Montgomery and the exciting jazz-flamenco pianist Andrés Barrios at the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival PETER BERNSTEIN AND MARK WHITFIELD Two greats of the American jazz guitar, Peter Bernstein and Mark Whitfield, absolute masters of their instrument and with an impressive discography cementing their respective careers, meet in this project promoted by San Javier Jazz to commemorate the figure of the legendary guitarist..

The two events in La Manga are included in the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival This year San Javier Jazz offers fans two free concerts in La Manga by the great Swedish singer and multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling, an exceptional artist who, in addition to her brilliance on the trombone, her main instrument, plays trumpet, bagpipes, flute, banjo, double bass, guitar, piano, ukulele, oboe, harp, and harmonica, and is a highly competent tap..

Vintage Trouble share the stage in San Javier with their blend of blues rock 25 AÑOS SIN TETE Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (1933-1997), was a jazz pianist and composer and was the first of our jazz musicians to transcend the borders of Spain, achieving international fame and prestige. With a role in the Spanish jazz scene similar to that played by Martial Solal in France, Tete played with many of the greats..

The legendary guitarist makes his second appearance in San Javier following a memorable night in 2016 Steve Vai is a living legend of the guitar, having won three Grammy awards and being named among the top 10 best guitarists of all time by Guitar World magazine, and his undisputed stardom has won him fans all over the planet. Among other achievements of note, he has designed a seven string Ibanez guitar which he frequently plays and which..

New British stars and a recreation of the legendary 1979 concert Copenhagen at the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival YOUNG GUN SILVER FOX San Javier Jazz is pleased to offer fans the first concert in Spain by one of the most interesting groups to emerge on the British music scene in recent years. Young Gun Silver Fox is a musical project by Andy Platts and Shawn Lee. Andy is a founding member of the group Mama's Gun, and Shawn is the soul..

The acclaimed vocalist performs in the Plaza de España in the centre of San Javier Jazz Time has said of Sharon Clark that she is “a revelation, we never thought we would hear a singer with the range, musicality and mastery of the tone and timbre of the voice like Sharon's”. This fantastic singer has performed as a soloist with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and other prestigious line-ups in..

The locally trained singer performs in the Jardines de San Blas as part of the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival Born in the beautiful Valle de Laciana in León of Cape Verdean descent, vocalist Dora Helena has been a resident of Santiago de la Ribera in San Javier since she was fifteen, and in recent years has led several musical projects including a tribute to Tina Turner and the "Grandes Divas" band of soul and pop versions. With..

Two top American musicians take the stage in San Javier at the 24th Jazz Festival Two excellent American musicians lead this project, one of them being the prestigious trumpeter Terell Stafford, who is part of the generation of trumpeters that emerged after Wynton Marsalis, alongside Nicholas Payton and the well-remembered Roy Hargrove. McCoy Tyner has said of him, “he is one of the great musicians of our time”. The other is Bruce Barth..

The French vocalist performs for one night only on the shore of the Mar Menor One of the most international musical artists in France at present is Isabelle Geffroy, better known by her stage name of ZAZ, who fuses the typical French “chanson” with Gypsy Jazz in a way which has touched the hearts of jazz fans all over the world, particularly in her home country and in Spain. Her sixth studio album is “Isa”, on which she is joined..

The French-American singer and British Latin jazz band bring down the curtain on the 24th San Javier Jazz Festival CYRILLE AIMÉE Singer, songwriter and actress Cyrille Aimée Daudel was born to a French father and a Dominican mother in Fontainebleau (France) but now, after over a decade in New York, resides in New Orleans. She shot to fame winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and a similar award at the Montreux..