This year’s slate of shows will take over local jazz clubs and outdoor locations and extend to some less traditional venues for the genre, with events scheduled at Usina del Arte, the Colón Theater’s Golden Hall, Café Vinilo, Thelonious and Bebop Club, and neighbourhood fairgrounds such as Villa 20 and Rodrigo Bueno, among others.
Coming from abroad are Berlin-born French jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson, the Matthew Ship Trio, Spanish duo Chicuelo and Marco Mezquida, trumpet player Ralph Alessi – who will perform with Argentina’s Sergio Verdinelli – and the sexted led by Brazilian pianist André Marques, who will perform a piece commissioned by the festival: a particular tribute to Astor Piazzolla on the 25th anniversary of the tango master’s death, featuring Argentine singer Roxana Amed.
Female musicians get high clearance as well at the BA Jazz Fest, with performances by German drummer Eva Klesse and her quartet, Austria’s The ChuffDrone Quintet, Italy’s pianist Rita Marcotulli’s trio and singer Maria Pia De Vito, and Swedish singer Lina Nyberg and her group, among others.
Local artists include Mariano Loiácono, Juan Arredondo and Pablo Ledesma, and the festival promises a boon with onstage cross-over performances by Argentine musicians and foreign guests, such as Swedish guitar player Gustav Lündgren performing with Argentina’s Ramiro Pienovi and Swiss violinist Sophie Lussi, or the Piazzolla project by Brazil’s André Mehmari and Argentina’s Roxana Amed.
The festival is led by pianist and composer Adrián Iaies, who recently spoke of the event’s exponential growth since creating it a decade ago. “We went through a little more than 20 concerts to almost 100, the audience has grown and we saw significant improvements in quality from one edition to the next,” the musician told local media about the event.
The closing concert will be held on Monday at the Usina del Arte, with the “Terramondo” duet partnership of pianist Jacky Terrasson and trumpeter/ flugelhornist Stephane Belmondo. They will be performing songs from their album Mother, a quiet, reflective and even mournful collection of 14 songs. The set list includes originals, American standards by Charlie Haden and Dave Brubeck, French standards (including the love song La Chanson d’Hélène from French cinema), the cover of a hit song by Stevie Wonder, and several short interludes scattered about the album (including the 40-second whimsical Pic Saint- Loup, which is the name of the region’s local wine, and the pounce and thunder 54-second tribute to the town).
For more information, visit www.buenosaires.gob.ar/festivales.
Must-see shows this long weekend
Today, November 18
4pm – Jacky Terrasson, at the Colón Theatre’s Golden Hall. 180 pesos.
5pm – Piazzolla 25 Years, featuring Roxana Amed, André Mehmari and a chamber orchestra, at the Auditorium of the Usina del Arte. Free admission.
8pm – Gustav Lündgren Trío, at the Usina del Arte. Free admission.
8pm – Juan Cruz de Urquiza 7et, at the Amphiteatre in Parque Centenario. Free admission.
9.30pm – Andrés Hayes, Mike Tracy, Guilherme, Fanti Correa, Marcel Bottaro and Carto Brandán, at Café Vinilo. 180 pesos.
Tomorrow, November 19
5pm – André Marques Sextet, at the Usina del Arte. Free admission.
6pm – André Mehmari, piano solo, at the Colón Theatre’s Golden Hall. 180 pesos.
9.30pm – Gustav Lündgren, Sophie Lüssi, Ramiro Penovi, Ezequiel Dutil, at Bebop. 180 pesos.
9.30pm – Sebastián Loiácono, David Stackenas, Cecilia Persson, Mauricio Dawid, Peter Danemo, at Thelonious. 180 pesos.
10pm – Hugo Fattoruso, Daniel Maza, Fabián Miodownik, at the Amphiteatre in Parque Centenario. Free admission.
Monday, November 20
2pm - Ralph Alessi and the Big Band of the Manuel de Falla Music Conservatory, at the Auditorium of the Usina del Arte. Free admission.
5pm – Lisa Nyberg Group, at the Auditorium of the Usina del Arte. Free admission.
8pm - Jean-Luc “Oboman” Fillon and the Guillermo Romero Trio, at the Usina del Arte. Free admission.
8.30pm – Terrasson-Belmondo duo, at the Auditorium of the Usina del Arte. 130 pesos.
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