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Buenos Aires Jazz Festival 2009: Growing Into a Tradition
R.J. DeLuke is an indefatigable jazz fan and arbiter elegantiarum who aspires to ultimate hipness; also an upstate NY freelance writer for various media. Below you can read a story published on January 14, 2010. Source: www.allaboutjazz.com
In the land of the tango, Argentina—specifically the stylish city of Buenos Aires—there is a movement afoot to bring great jazz to the land, expand the audience for the music, and increase public exposure for the growing number of outstanding jazz musicians in that South American country.
That movement is the driving force behind the Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival, whose second edition took place in December 2009. Artistic director Adrian Iaies plans to make it an annual event, a tradition. The Buenos Aires Jazz.09 Festival Internacional he put together was bigger and maybe bolder than that of the inaugural year of 2008. It showcased a number of superb South American groups and musicians, as well as artists from Spain, France and the United States. Styles of music ranged from heavily American-influenced—swing to bebop—to music with touches of tango, to free-from avant-garde. Listeners were as apt to hear the music of Monk,Mingus or Herbie Hancock as original music, though there was plenty of the latter.
Buenos Aires Jazz.09 came to an end
The second edition of Buenos Aires Jazz closed with a remarkable performance by the French Orchestre National de Jazz before a full house at the Teatro Coliseo, with a standing ovation at the end (photo). We enjoyed six days of sheer music pleasure, with great international concerts (plus master classes by Fred Hersch, Carme Canela, Angelo Debarre & Ludovic Beier, to name just a few), clinics conducted by outstanding instrumentalists (Ben Monder, Nasheet Waits, Matt Penman), a film season featur [...]
Closing night with the Orchestre
Today the Orchestre National de Jazz de Francia presents “Broadway in Satin / Billie Holiday Revisited,” a tribute to the remarkable work of the singer on the 50th anniversary of her death. Their show will be the best way to close this successful second edition of Buenos Aires Jazz, from 9pm at Teatro Coliseo. The Orchestre National de Jazz was born in 1986, on the initiative of the French Ministry of Culture, and has ever since kept a distinctive dynamics of “creative lab”, with ten directors [...]
Good music in the open air
The last day of Buenos Aires Jazz.09, a bank holiday in Argentina, features three concerts within the section “Open Air”, on the beautiful stage of the roof terrace of Centro Cultural Recoleta. The first one is that of trumpeter Mariano Loiacono (photo) and his Quintet at 6pm, followed by the trio made up of Europe-based Argentine musicians Javier Girotto, Quique Sinesi and Martín Bruhn at 7pm. Closing the night on this stage will be the performance by the vocal sextet Cabernet, at 8pm. On this [...]
“Film & Jazz”:
Today, Monday 7, the film season features Calle 54, the acclaimed film by Spanish director Fernando Trueba. An excellent opportunity to be presented by his partner and friend Javier Estrella, director of the Madrid Jazz Festival and founder, alongside Trueba, of the label Lola Records (which released the soundtrack of Calle 54), but, above all, a pioneer of the fusion of flamenco and other genres. Trueba himself said in an interview: “My friend Javier Estrella was a real pioneer in fusing flamen [...]
Debarre and Beier, pure gypsy jazz
Tonight, Sunday 8.30pm at Teatro 25 de Mayo in Villa Urquiza, guitarist Angelo Debarre and accordionist Ludovic Beier will give one of the most eagerly awaited concerts of the Festival. It will constitute an opportunity to appreciate their unique style, known as “jazz manouche” (gypsy jazz), an energetic, visceral music style, following the tradition of the great Django Reinhardt and drawing on the rich music legacy of the gypsy people. Chilean Contracuarteto will be the opening band. Tickets be [...]
A jazz-packed Sunday
Today Buenos Aires Jazz.09 offers an interesting series of free events, featuring renowned musicians of the local and international scenes on the stages of the Centro Cultural Recoleta and Teatro Sarmiento. Within the section “Jazzología”, Arturo Schneider’s orchestra is performing at 6pm on the roof terrace of the CCR. At 7pm, within the section “Open Air”, Mariano Otero (photo) and his nonet will be presenting the album Desarreglos – Tributo a Walter Malosetti (a tribute to Walter Malosetti), [...]
Hoy, venta de entradas en Hard Rock Café
Durante el día de hoy se podrán comprar entradas personalmente en el Hard Rock Café (Av. Pueyrredón y Libertador) entre las 12 y las 20 h. Hay localidades disponibles para la clínica de guitarra que Ben Monder brindará este lunes 7 a las 14 h en Café Vinilo. Además, mañana también se presentarán el grupo D’3 Pardo - Posé - Roper (España) y Steve Cardenas Trío (EEUU, foto), a las 21 h en el Teatro 25 de Mayo.
Toda la información en la programación día por día que ofrece esta misma página: allí s [...]
Carme Canela makes her debut in Buenos Aires
One of the great voices of Spanish jazz is performing in Buenos Aires for the first time today, Saturday, affording us an excellent opportunity to appreciate her talent live. Her concert at Teatro 25 de Mayo, tonight at 9pm, will boast the guest appearance of guitarist Ben Monder. Tickets are available online at www.festivales.gob.ar or in person today from 11am to 7pm at Casa de la Cultura (Av. de Mayo 575) and Teatro 25 de Mayo (Av. Triunvirato 4444). Prices begin at 10 Argentine pesos.
Unanimous press acclaim for Fred Hersch
On Saturday, the major Buenos Aires newspapers published highly favourable reports of the concert by Fred Hersch and his trio which marked the official opening of Buenos Aires Jazz.09. Under the headline “The trio’s art at its finest”, Clarín reads: “Seldom does Hersch play what could be clearly described as an accompanied melody; he rather shares out democratically between both hands, and even splits all up with the right amount of sweetness and violence, yielding something which at times bears [...]
Day one done
Right at 9.39pm on Thursday night, following an introduction by specialised critic Diego Fischerman, Fred Hersch hit the stage alongside two greats, Matt Penman (double bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums), to the respectful applause of a full house at Teatro Presidente Alvear. What happened immediately afterwards will go down in the annals of history as one of the highlights of this incipient Buenos Aires Jazz.09: a solid, subtle performance of works of their own and of such big names as Ornette Col [...]
Billy Cobham by Mika Kaurismäki
The film season “Film & Jazz” opens today, Friday, with a real documentary gem which has seldom been screened in Argentina: Sonic Mirror, by the outstanding Finnish filmmaker on the great Afro-American drummer (ex Mahavishnu Orchestra) who boasts an extensive career alongside the greatest musicians of the west. Sonic Mirror will screen at 5pm at the “microcine” of Centro Cultural Recoleta, admission is free until capacity limits have been reached.
From Ecuador, “Cayo” Iturralde
Ecuadorian bassist “Cayo” Iturralde adds to the list of notable jazzmen to perform in Buenos Aires for the first time, in this case within the section “Gatherings”. “Cayo” and his fellow countryman, guitarist Ramiro Olaciregui, will share the stage with Argentine Richard Nant (trumpet) and Eloy Michelini (drums), today, Friday, at 10.30pm at Club Lounge. A day later, along with his band Pies en la Tierra, he will be opening for Carme Canela & band, on Saturday 9pm at Teatro 25 de Mayo. Tickets f [...]
The City pulsates with good music
Buenos Aires Jazz.09 has plenty to offer on Friday, including free concerts throughout the length and breadth of Buenos Aires: different venues and times, the same top-notch quality. From 6pm the traditional season “Jazzología” features the Creole Jazz Band and the great Fats Fernández alongside Pablo Raposo on the roof terrace of Centro Cultural Recoleta. Also there but from 8pm, within the “Open Air” section, it will be the turn of remarkable singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis (photo) accompanied by [...]
Roxana Amed’s workshop: the list of participants
This is the full list of participants of the workshop "La voz que recorre el jazz", to be conducted by Roxana Amed (photo) Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 at 5pm at Teatro 25 de Mayo. Those selected to participate are alphabetically listed below:
Aliboni, Elsa - Alvarado, Leila - Alza Poch, Carolina - Aranda, Sabrina - Arienti, Fiorella - Augurio, Daniela - Barzola, Coral - Bayer, Karol - Birarelli, Florencia - Biscayart, Bernardo - Bliman, Michelle - Britos, Rocio - Bobadilla, Florencia – Cal, [...]
Steve Cárdenas, the Festival’s “resident” musician
American guitarist and composer Steve Cárdenas, the “resident” musician of the section entitled “Gatherings”, will give three concerts along with an ensemble from the Manuel de Falla conservatory, made up of advanced students. They will take place on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 at 10pm at Café Vinilo (Gorriti 3780, Palermo), and on Sunday 6 at 10.30 at Club Lounge (Reconquista 974, Downtown). The tickets for these unrepeatable shows are already on sale at www.festivales.gob.ar or in person Monday th [...]
Debarre and Beier, what a duo
Guitarist Angelo Debarre and accordionist Ludovic Beier will be the stars of one of the great nights of the Buenos Aires Jazz.09, on Sunday 6 at 9pm at the exquisite Teatro 25 de Mayo in the neighbourhood of Villa Urquiza. This constitutes a unique opportunity to appreciate the musical combustion generated by this singular combination of the best of Django Reinhardt’s tradition and the fruitful gypsy musical legacy. Tickets for this show are already on sale from 10 Argentine pesos at www.festiva [...]
The Orchestre National de Jazz, the icing on the cake
Led by French bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Daniel Yvinec, the Orchestre National de Jazz arrives in Buenos Aires for the first time (quite an event), to present one of its acclaimed conceptual shows. On this occasion it will be “Broadway in Satin / Billie Holiday Revisited”, a tribute to the extraordinary singer right in the 50th anniversary of her death. This show will be closing the Buenos Aires Jazz.09, on Tuesday 8 at 9pm at Teatro Coliseo. Tickets for this remarkabl [...]
Nasheet Waits, pure jazz lineage
Drummer Nasheet Waits is coming to Buenos Aires for the first time to perform in trio and quintet with Fred Hersch (Thursday 3 at Teatro Presidente Alvear and Friday 4 at Teatro 25 de Mayo, at 8.30pm). He will also conduct a clinic on his instrumental style, on Saturday 5 at 11am at Café Vinilo (Gorriti 3780, Palermo). These are undoubtedly three opportunities to appreciate the drummer’s enormous talent and versatility. Tickets are already on sale at www.festivales.gob.ar or in person Monday thr [...]
Matt Penman, an illustrious visitor
Outstanding double bassist Matt Penman is performing for the first time in Buenos Aires and his visit will leave an imprint on the audience and his fellow musicians: he will be appearing with Fred Hersch’s trio and quintet (Thursday 3, 8.30pm at Teatro Alvear; Friday 4, 9pm at Teatro 25 de Mayo respectively) and later on conducting a clinic on his instrument, on Saturday 5 at 11am at Club Lounge.
Commissions from the Festival
The “commissions” are a hallmark of Buenos Aires Jazz and this year, in its second edition, the Festival summoned outstanding Argentine artists to compose, produce and perform unique works based on a particular topic. This year, Buenos Aires Jazz.09 presents Fernando Tarrés (photo) and his nonet paying tribute to Astor Piazzolla; musician Diego Schissi alongside choreographers Ana Garat and Pilar Beamonte in “Tongos, canciones y líquidos (jazz & dance)”; the Tango Jazz Club featuring Néstor Marc [...]
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