Iberojazz Festival 2008
A Coruña, Spain
Early JanuaryDescription
A new year begins with a new Iberojazz edition, third of its history, in A Coruña; a city that from a long time ago favoured cultural meetings in all shapes and forms. For this 3rd edition was indispensable to make an historical balance of what is and been jazz in Spain from its origins, so the organization and artistical direction of this festival agreed on dedicating the present edition to the 60 years of jazz in Spain. So with that in mind and as prelude, the festival will have the presence of one of the jazz living legends in the peninsula, unique and versatile saxophonist Pedro Iturralde, pioneer of the famous flamenco-jazz current, whom will present the album Etnofonías with his quartet. This album is dedicated to the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) and it's going to be performed at the emblematic Rosalía Castro Teather on January 4. As every year, the festival will take place in different locations on the city and the main place for the concerts will be the Fórum Metropolitano Auditorium, where four of nine concerts are going to be performed. Concerts like tribute to Tete Montoliu from double-bassist Horacio Fumero, Tete's companion along sixteen years; he'll perform with catalonian pianist Albert Bover, heir of Tete's musical tradition, and drummer David Xirgu; the three of them are creator of their own works. There will also be the presentation of the first album of one of the female promises of Iberian jazz, Viguese percusionist-drummer Lucía Martínez, acompanied by a young Portuguese band. Coruna-based composer and guitarist Pepe Evangelista will make the debut of his new album, Teima, with his quartet formed by three relevant musicians from the Galician scene: saxophonist Roberto Somoza, bassist Kin García and drummer Miguel Cabana, and Belén Xestal as singer as guest artist. Them all will play at Fórum Metropolitano the days of January 17, 10 and 31, respectively. The concert scheduled for day 18 has all the ingredients of the Iberojazz philosophy. This year is also about making musical interchanges between students of different Music colleges of Spain and Portugal. For the occasion, Galicia and Euskadi, thru arrangements between Education ministries, Conservatorio Superior de Música da Coruña - Departamento de Jazz (Cosmac), Centro superior de música do País Vasco - Departamento de Jazz (Musikene) and the Festival organization, are pleased to invite the public to enjoy of a jazz session where will perform a combo of each of the aforementioned centres. Undoubtedly, this concert will be a new point of reference of the meetings among the great diversity of current Iberian cultures. The rest of concerts, consisting on four dates, will take place in the classical jazz clubs of the city, which we have to thank for the growth and manteinance of this music along 25 years; legendary Filloa, where we will be able to listen for first time in A Coruña to one of the Galician jazz legendary bands on 17 January: jazz pioneer i
Performers
Pedro Iturralde Quartet, Lucía Martínez Cuarteto, Horacio Fumero Trío, Combos MUSIKENE & COSMAC, Pepe Evangelista Cuarteto, Calixto Oviedo´s Band, Abuña Jazz, Vi-Gop Quartet, Clifford 8
Venue
Teatro Rosalía, Fórum Metropolitano, Club Filloa, Pub Garufa, Jazzvides
Website
http://www.iberojazz.com
Infophone
+34- 981 184 297
Email
iberojazz@gmail.com