38th Skopje Jazz Festival, with an exceptional programme this year, will be focused on ECM Records, marking the 50 years of the renowned German jazz label.
PROGRAMME
17 October
DAVID TORN (USA)
David Torn - electric guitar, live-looping, electronics
FRED FRITH TRIO (USA)
Fred Frith - guitar, bass, voice / Jason Hoopes - bass / Jordan Glenn - drums
18 October
SOKRATIS SINOPOULOS QUARTET (Greece)
Sokratis Sinopoulos - lyra / Yann Keerim - piano / Dimitrios Tsekouras - double bass / Dimitrios Emmanouil - drums
ANOUAR BRAHEM QUARTET (Tunisia/Germany/Sweden/Lebanon)
Anouar Brahem - oud / Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet / Björn Meyer - bass / Khaled Yassine - percussion
NICOLA CONTE dj set (Italy)
19 October
JON BALKE BATAGRAF (Norway)
Jon Balke - percussion and keyboards / Emilie Stoesen Christensen - vocal / Giorgio Li Calzi - trumpet / Helge Norbakken - percussion / Snorre Bjerck - percussion
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO 50th Anniversary (USA)
Roscoe Mitchell - alto sax, soprano sax, sopranino sax and flute / Don Moye - drums, congas and bongos / Hugh Ragin - trumpet, flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet / Tomeka Reid - cello / Brett Carson - piano / Silvia Bolognesi - double bass / Junius Paul - double bass and objects / Dudu Kouaté - african percussion
20 October
JOELLE LEANDRE (France)
Joelle Leandre - double bass
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO (Norway)
Tord Gustavsen - piano / Gjermund Silset - double bass / Jarle Vesperstad - drums
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS UNRULY QUINTET (USA)
James Brandon Lewis - tenor saxophone / Jaimie Branch - trumpet / Ava Mendoza - guitar / Luke Stewart - electric bass / Warren “Trae” Crudup III - drums
Programme plus
15 October: "Golden Oryx" award for best Macedonian young jazz musician in 2019
16 October: Sounds And Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher (documentary film screening) + Next to Silence (Macedonia)
17 October: Cloud Arrangers by Žiga Koritnik - photography book presentation.
19 October: Džijan Emin & The Magical Orchestra (Macedonia)
Tickets: http://www.skopjejazzfest.com.mk/tickets.asp
More info at: www.skopjejazzfest.com.m
PROGRAMME
17 October
DAVID TORN (USA)
David Torn - electric guitar, live-looping, electronics
FRED FRITH TRIO (USA)
Fred Frith - guitar, bass, voice / Jason Hoopes - bass / Jordan Glenn - drums
18 October
SOKRATIS SINOPOULOS QUARTET (Greece)
Sokratis Sinopoulos - lyra / Yann Keerim - piano / Dimitrios Tsekouras - double bass / Dimitrios Emmanouil - drums
ANOUAR BRAHEM QUARTET (Tunisia/Germany/Sweden/Lebanon)
Anouar Brahem - oud / Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet / Björn Meyer - bass / Khaled Yassine - percussion
NICOLA CONTE dj set (Italy)
19 October
JON BALKE BATAGRAF (Norway)
Jon Balke - percussion and keyboards / Emilie Stoesen Christensen - vocal / Giorgio Li Calzi - trumpet / Helge Norbakken - percussion / Snorre Bjerck - percussion
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO 50th Anniversary (USA)
Roscoe Mitchell - alto sax, soprano sax, sopranino sax and flute / Don Moye - drums, congas and bongos / Hugh Ragin - trumpet, flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet / Tomeka Reid - cello / Brett Carson - piano / Silvia Bolognesi - double bass / Junius Paul - double bass and objects / Dudu Kouaté - african percussion
20 October
JOELLE LEANDRE (France)
Joelle Leandre - double bass
TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO (Norway)
Tord Gustavsen - piano / Gjermund Silset - double bass / Jarle Vesperstad - drums
JAMES BRANDON LEWIS UNRULY QUINTET (USA)
James Brandon Lewis - tenor saxophone / Jaimie Branch - trumpet / Ava Mendoza - guitar / Luke Stewart - electric bass / Warren “Trae” Crudup III - drums
Programme plus
15 October: "Golden Oryx" award for best Macedonian young jazz musician in 2019
16 October: Sounds And Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher (documentary film screening) + Next to Silence (Macedonia)
17 October: Cloud Arrangers by Žiga Koritnik - photography book presentation.
19 October: Džijan Emin & The Magical Orchestra (Macedonia)
Tickets: http://www.skopjejazzfest.com.mk/tickets.asp
More info at: www.skopjejazzfest.com.m
