Portalegre JazzFest 2009

The Jazz Fest VII Portalegre, the reference level, takes place on days 20, 21, 27 and 28 February, with a budget of around "45 thousand euros," said the alderman. "This year, the festival spread [two Fridays and Saturdays] to give more opportunities to people so that they can move the Porto Alegre, said.
Center stage at the performing arts of Portalegre (CAEP), with a capacity of 486 seats, will spend several names of national and international jazz, with performances in the large auditorium at 21:30 and 23:30 to gaff. "This festival continues to focus on domestic production and to give priority to quality", stressed José Gaiters.

The event starts with Joana Machado who, with Afonso Pais (guitar), Filipe Melo (piano), Bernardo Moreira (bass) and Bruno Pedroso (drums), presents his second album, 'The House of Oscar, devoted to the legacy less famous by Tom Jobim. The first night, there is also a cafe-concert with the Trio Rodrigo Amado, whereas the next day is the time to climb to the stage Frederik Nordström Quintet, inspired by American jazz of the 60s, followed by Paul Trio Flag.
The American saxophonist John Zorn works the last Friday of the event, accompanied by Brazilian Cyro Baptista (drums and percussion) and Maika and Sara Gomez, twin sisters from the Basque Country (Spain), which form the group TTUKUNAK (percussion). John Zorn, according to the organization, started in the music meanders in the late 70 and have today, "one of the richest" art maps "of contemporary jazz. The saxophonist, he adds, "already has, without doubt, a place in the history of jazz.

The penultimate day of the festival closes with the Quartet of Vasco Agostinho, classified by the organization as "one of the most interesting jazz groups of the Portuguese landscape. Gianluca Petrella and his quartet present, the last day of the festival, your work Indigo 4, launched in 2006 and the musicians who sought the junction between the sense of tradition and the demands of a contemporary sound.
During the festival, which closes with the gaff of the Space Ensemble, the show still run the disk and the journal jazz.pt and a display of regional wines of Portalegre. ( texto do Diário Digital ) (Text of the Digital Daily)
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