SAXOPHONE DAYS FESTIVAL

JOE LOVANO CLASSIC QUARTET (USA)

After very successful theme annual festivals GUITAR DAYS and PIANO DAYS – we are coming with another minifestival, thist time dedicated to „royal“ jazz instrument – saxophone. There will perform several players of international connotation: Logan Richardson, Peter Van Huffel or Toms Rudzinskis. Main star of this minifestival will be legend of world jazz - American tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano.

Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano stands alone at the vanguard of large and small group jazz. From his Grammy-nominated symphonic work to his role as Gary Burton Chair of Jazz Performance at Berklee College of Music, the Cleveland native fearlessly challenges and pushes his conceptual and thematic ventures in a quest for new modes of artistic expression and new ways to define the jazz idiom. In 2014 Lovano won awards for Multi-reeds Player and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year from Down Beat Magazine. He has released 23 celebrated albums on the Blue Note label; with the last three focusing on his quintet Us Five.

In Joe Lovano’s Classic Quartet, Lovano will explore the rich history of mainstream jazz through swing and bebop, ever soulful. An active proponent of straight-ahead jazz, notably collaborating with Hank Jones ten years ago, Lovano drives the edges while honoring the structures.

In Bruce Lundvall’s words, Lovano is “a giant on his instrument and a full-fledged giant of jazz.”

Joe Lovano - saxophone

Lawrence Fields - piano

Peter Slavov - double bass

Otis Brown - drums

Admission:

presale: seating CZK 750, standing CZK 450,

at the door: seating CZK 850, standing CZK 550.

No club discounts. Thank you for understanding.

Band website: www.joelovano.com