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Jazzaar Festival

Lineup 2023 .

Project Details .

Production #1

Cuban Spirit

April 21, 2023 at 20.00 - 22.30h

The Jazzaar Festival Latin Band 

Directed by Gil Goldstein

with: Gonzalo Rubalcaba – p (Cuba/USA), Johana Jo Jones – voc (Cuba/DE), Oscar Stagnaro – b (Peru/USA), Paulo Stagnaro – perc. (USA), Tony Martinez – as (Cuba/CH), Yuliesky Gonzalez – tp (Cuba/DE), Rodney Barreto – d (Cuba/ITA)

Nina Cara Leonor – voc, Mink Schwab – voc, Patricia Moos – voc, Fiona Busse Grawitz – voc, Jan Heinimann – tp, Guy Burwell – tp, Jose Vazquez – tb/euph, Maximillian Weber – tb, Nikita Sipiagin – as, Filippo Valli – as/fl, Michael Koller – bs, Lucas Hardy – ts, Daniel Bopp – p, Shashank Das – b, Yosuke Doki – d, Bérénice Awa – perc., Jonas Hutter – perc.

Production #2

Funk-Jazz Extravaganza

April 22, 2023 at 20.00 - 22.30h

The Jazzaar Festival Big Band 

Directed by Fritz K Renold

with: Ryan Quigley – tp (UK), Tony Lakatos – ts (DE), Simon Spiess – bs (CH), Mark Whitfield – g (USA), Ray Angry – keys (USA), James Genus – b (USA), Gene Lake – d (USA)

Samir Rachide – tp, Lino Hofstetter – tp, Tiziano Pedrocchi – euph, Philipp Hayduk – tb, Julia Phyllis Morsten – cl, Nikola Bankov – as/ss, Isabella Bleisch – as, Maurice Storrer – ts, Christian Nguyen – g, Jacob Sur – p, Luzi Niederhauser – b

Wednesday, April 19

Jam Session

21.00h - 24.00h

Jam Session in Restaurant Einstein Aarau

Led by … Ryan Quigley – tp

Also jamming:
Tony Lakatos – ts, Ray Angry – p, Mark Whitfield – g, James Genus – b, Gene Lake – d, Johana Jo Jones – voc, Yuliesky Gonzalez – tp, Tony Martinez – as, Oscar Stagnaro – b, Paulo Stagnaro – perc.

Local musicians are cordially invited to jam with us!

Entrance

FREE

Live Workshops

Daily at 9 AM & 6 PM

1-hour workshops led by Jazzaar Role-Models 

Alte Reithalle Aarau (Osteingang) 
see exception*

Entrance:

Free of charge (with Collection)

Mo 17. 4. 2023
18:00 – Tony Lakatos (Improvisation)

Tue 18. 4. 2023
*(Aula, Alte Kantonsschule, Aarau)
09:00 – Paulo Stagnaro (Percussion)
18:00 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Cuban Music

Wed 19. 4. 2023
09:00 – Gil Goldstein (Composition)

Thu 20. 4. 2023
09:00 – Ray Angry (A Journey from Classical Piano to Roots)

MIT & ETH Research Collab

The ‘Bandstand Learning with Role Models’ (BLRM) platform at Jazzaar Festival will be a research subject in the next five years (2023 – 2027) for the MIT’s Collaborative Innovation Networks (COIN).

BLRM has a unique structure to help young people pursue their musical ambitions to network within the international music market and different cultures from all over the world while COIN facilitates the achievement of happiness, inducing peace and reducing stress via analytics and emotional awareness.

Peter A. Gloor is a Research Scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management where he leads a project exploring Collaborative Innovation Networks (COIN). He is also Founder and Chief Creative Officer of software company galaxyadvisors where he puts his academic insights to practical use, helping clients to coolhunt by analyzing social networking patterns on the Internet – spot the next big thing by finding the trendsetters, and to coolfarm – increase organizational happiness, creativity and performance through workforce analytics.

Open Rehearsals

11:00h - 12:00h

Tue 18. 4. 2023 – Alte Reithalle Ost, Aarau
Rehearsals for the ‘Funk-Jazz Extravaganza’ (Swiss Youth Funk Ensemble)

Alte Reithalle Aarau, Ost Eingang

Kasernenstrasse 20, 5000 Aarau

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11:00 – 12:00

Wed 19. 4. 2023 – Aula, Alte Kantonsschule Aarau
Rehearsals for ‘Cuban Spirit’ (Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra)

Aula, Alte Kantonsschule Aarau

Bahnhofstrasse 91, 5001 Aarau

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Bandstand Learning With Role Models

Musical Objectives .

Musical & Educational objectives:
Cuban Spirit – The Jazzaar Festival Latin Band
Performing with professionals and living legends in a given ethnic musical style.

 

➤ Funk-Jazz Extravaganza – The Jazzaar Festival Big Band
Performing new music with professionals and living legends.
Intensive Immersion

Jazzaar Week Schedule .

The basic schedule for Jazzaar 2023 productions.
➤ Daily activities
09:00h – 19:00h during the week, (compulsory for every participant)

 

Mon 17/04 – Fri 20/04 (Rehearsal days)
09:00: Workshop
10:00:  Rehearsal Sectional/Tutti
13:00: Lunch break
14:30: Rehearsal Tutti
17:30: End of Rehearsals
18:00:  Workshop

 

➤ Concerts

– Wed, 19/04 at 21:00h – 24:00: Jam Session at Restaurant Einstein
– Fri, 21/04 at 14:00h: the JF Latin Band Sound Check at the KuK
                    at 20:00h: the Cuban Spirit Concert at the KuK
– Sat, 22/04 at 14:00h: the JF Big Band Sound Check at the KuK
                    at 20:00h: the Funk-Jazz Extravaganza Concert at the KuK

 

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Public Seminars

Live Workshops .

Workshops led by Jazzaar Role-Models 

Entrance:

Free of charge (with Collection)

 

Mo 17. 4. 2023
18:00 – 19:00 – Tony Lakatos (Improvisation)

 

Tue 18. 4. 2023
09:00 – 10:00 – Paulo Stagnaro (Percussion)
18:00 – 19:00 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Cuban Music – Aula, Alte Kantonsschule Aarau

 

Wed 19. 4. 2023
09:00 – 10:00 – Gil Goldstein (Composition)

 

Thu 20. 4. 2023
09:00 – 10:00 – Ray Angry (A Journey from Classical Piano to Roots)

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Jazzaar thanks...

Aarau Info, Avenira Stiftung, b-smart Hotels, BBM Productions, Beisheim Stiftung, Corona Stiftung, Correct Connect, Cotra Autotransport, Eulenblick, ETH Zürich, Eventfrog, F.G. Pfister kultur- & Sozialstiftung, F-u-N Fern- und Nahreisen, Hard Studios, Home Barista Shop Aarau, Immo Invest Consult Industry Leasing, Jazz’N’More, Katharina Strebel Stiftung, Kino Aarau, Lagerhäuser Aarau, Migros Kulturprozent, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, Regierungsrat Kanton Aargau, Restaurant Einstein, Shanti Music Productions, Show Sisters, Stadt Aarau, Swisslos Kanton Aargau, Theres Windmüller, Verein Jazzaar, Weinkellereien Aarau, Werner Siemens Foundations, White Socks, Zehnder Group, & All helpers backstage!