Hotline 71 Air quality: below standard. Data from hours Jazztopad Artistic Director Piotr Turkiewicz is really happy with a new space: "This is the first time in twelve years that music is going to sound like it should.
No doubts about this. National Forum of Music. This year's Jazztopad live music shows November will be held at the NFM' three concert halls and in the foyer. The name of the festival is now synonymous with good music. That being said, Piotr Turkiewicz defines Jazztopad's repertoire as not mere jazz but world music with particular emphasis on improvisation. This year's edition brings a variety of such music from places that are both exotic and inspiring, e.
However, the late trumpet player Kenny Wheeler was also a great master of improvisation. Violinist Mark Feldman is coming to the festival with an especially composed piece called "Super Slab Multiverse", and he will be performing in a duo with pianist Sylvie Courvoisier on 22 November. Red Trio are travelling all the way from Portugal to give a show with trumpeter Piotr Damasiewicz and saxophonist Gerard Lebik 24 November , whereas Swedish bassist Anders Jormin, who composed a work specially for the Camerata Silesia, a vocal ensemble from Katowice, is performing on 27 November.
Additionally, Zimpel is taking the stage in a different line-up featuring young Hindu musicians on the evening of 28 November prior to a concert by alto saxophone virtuoso Anthony Braxton with an ensemble featuring two harpists and a tuba player. Jazztopad comes to a close on 29 November with a show by Abdullah Ibrahim, an year-old pianist from South Africa, who is travelling to Wroclaw with his own ensemble called Mukashi Trio. Jazztopad is not just about live music.
The festival also serves as a platform to exchange inspirations and promote young jazzmen during the Polish Jazz Showcase selected musicians and bands are invited to an audition by international jazz festival directors and journalists. Saxophonist Maciej Obara is its last year's success story. The artist has travelled to perform in New York and garnered enthusiastic reviews while in the US. As always, this year's Jazztopad is also held in private apartments November. You can subscribe now see www.
