Jazzaar Festival 2018

Jazzaar Festival

Lineup 2018 .

Project Details .

The Swiss Youth World-Music Ensemble (SYWE)

Gumbo with Chutney

15 - 20 April 2018

The meeting of diverse cultures most often culminates in the mingling of exotic essences to create new and interesting flavors in both the culinary and the world of music. With the theme ‘Gumbo with Chutney’ we’ll get to taste exactly that rich blend of Calypso’s African beats with the West Indian ‘pitch-bends’ along a steady backdrop of New Orleans’ brassy timbres lending jazzy flavored harmonies. Original music is penned along with standards arranged by prolific writers to initiate this fusion.

Featuring:

Harini Raghavan – voc/violin (IN), Lydia Renold – voc (CH), Tom Walsh – lead trumpet (GB), Anders Bostrom – flutes (USA/SE), A.T.N. Stadwijk – keyboards (USA/SR) Ramon Stagnaro – guitar (USA/PE) Oscar Stagnaro – bass (USA/PE) Rodney Holmes – drums (US)

The Swiss Youth World-Music Ensemble (SYWE)

directed by Tim Akers (USA)

Gabriela Grossenbacher – voc, Tamara Lalayan – voc, Jessica Manga – voc, David Müller – vl, Fabian Tschopp – fl, Jeannine Hersche – fl, Criseyde Holman – fl/voc, Marina Iten – as, Robert Soltermann – ts, Edith Meier – bs, Nicola Bütler – tp, Nicola Anghileri – tb, Amon Ette – p, Joseba Zbinden – acc, Kevin Burg – g, Helen Ribi – b, Loris Di Marco – d/perc

Premier Concert:
Friday, April 20, 2018 in the KuK, Aarau

The Jazzaar Global Ensemble

Abraham

16. - 22 April 2018

Transatlantic Rhapsody is a compilation of new compositions written by Fritz K Renold, the musical director of the Jazzaar Festival that portrays the union and possibility of reunion between cultures on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. This promises an interesting dialog between the world of Jazz, European folk, and popular music to show how unity is found in diversity profoundly. The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO) directed by Renold featuring renowned musicians will present the premier at the Jazzaar Festival.

The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO)
Directed by Fritz K Renold

Special Guests:

Frank Greene (Ltp), Bill Pierce (ts), Tom ‘Bones’ Malone (tb), Gil Goldstein (acc/p), Michael Baker (d).

The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra: Samir Rachide (tp), Lino Hofstetter (tp), Dmitry Zinakov (tp), Sebastian Wey (tb), Moritz Käch (tu), Janis Birrer (cl), Matthieu Bitz (as), Sara El Hachimi (as), Felix Piringer (ts), Sofie Schindelholz (cl, bcl), Andrin Stettler (g), Jérémy Lenoir (p), Sharon Renold (b), Cristiano Salgert (d)

Premier concert:
Saturday, April 21 in the KuK Aarau

followed by…

22.4.19 Conza, Lugano at 17:00

Check out the resulting album on CD here…

Bandstand Learning With Role Models

Musical Objectives .

Musical & Educational Objectives:
➤ Gumbo with Chutney – w/ the SYWE – Playing with professionals to observe and learn how to prepare and interpret original music (for a premiering performance)

➤ Abraham w/ the SYJO – Playing with professionals to observe and learn how to prepare and interpret original music (for a premiering performance)

Intensive Immersion

Jazzaar Week Schedule .

Basic schedule for Jazzaar 2018 productions.

➤ Daily activities

09:00h – 19:00h during the week, (compulsory for every participant)

Sun 15/04 – Thu 19/04 (SYWE Rehearsals)

Mon 16/04 – Fri 20/04 (SYJO Rehearsals)

Work Schedule:

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, 10/04 at 21:00h – 24:00: Jam Session at Restaurant Einstein

– Fri, 20/04

at 14:00h: Sound Check in the KuK Aarau – SYWE

at 20:00: Concert Premier – Gumbo with Chutney (SYWE) in the KuK Aarau

– Sat, 21/04

at 14:00h: Sound Check in the KuK Aarau – SYJO

at 20:00h: Concert premier – Transatlantic Rhapsody (SYJO) in the KuK Aarau

– Sun, 22/04

at 14:00h: Sound Check in the Conza Lugano – SYJO

at 17:00h: Concert – Transatlantic Rhapsody (SYJO) in the Conza Lugano

Public Seminars

Daily Workshops .

Jazzaar Workshops are open to the public and participants.

Learn from international jazz stars in a workshop setting.

Workshops – Schedule

Monday, 16. 4. 2018

➤ 18:00 h ‘Latin Workshop’ by Oscar & Ramon Stagnaro

Tuesday, 17. 4. 2018

➤ 09:00 h ‘Musicians on the Road’ Workshop w/ Q&A by Frank Greene & Tom Malone

➤ 18:00 h Interpreting music a’ la Traditional Indian genre by Harini Raghavan, MT Aditya S & Anders Bostrom

Wednesday, 18. 4. 2018

➤ 09:00 h ‘Drums Workshop’ by Rodney Holmes

Thursday, 19. 4. 2018

➤ 09:00 h ‘Writing in Fusion Styles’ by Gil Goldstein

Entrance fees

Adults:
CHF 15.- /person per workshop

Students:
CHF 10.- /person per workshop

Participants, Association members, patrons and sponsors:
Free of charge

Venue

Alte Reithalle Ost, Aarau, Apfelhausenweg 20, 5000 Aarau

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Broschures Jazzaar Festival 2019

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2018 JF Poster

2018 JF Programme Brochure

2018 JF Medienspiegel (Press Documentation)

2018 JF Sponsoring Brochure_DE

2018 JF Fundraising Brochure_DE

2018 JF Fundraising Brochure_EN

Jazzaar thanks...

az Aargauer Zeitung, BBM Studios, Correct Connect, Cotra, EFG Bank AG, FONDATION SUISA, Hard Studios, Immensys AG, JAZZ‘N‘MORE – Jazz&Blues Magazin, John und Julie Williamson, Katharina Strebel Stiftung, Koch-Berner-Stiftung, Lagerhäuser Aarau, Marlis und Hans Peter Wüthrich-Mäder-Stiftung, Migros Kulturprozent, Prof. Otto Beisheim-Stiftung, Raiffeisen Bank, Regierungsrat Kanton Aargau, Restaurant Einstein, Schüller-Stiftung, Shanti Music Productions, Show Sisters, Stadt Aarau, Swisslos Kanton Aargau, Theres Windmüller, Weinkellereien Aarau, White Socks, & All helpers backstage!