Hamburg: ElbJazz Festival 2010 (28./29.05.)

2 Days – 15 venues – 45 concerts

ELBJAZZ will take place for the first time on 28th/29th May 2010. It is the initiator’s declared goal to establish an annual jazz festival in the city of Hamburg that is going to make its way as a permanent fixture on the international festival landscape, impressing with a unique diversity of venues, all within reach of the port of Hamburg.

All stages will be connected via ferries, allowing the visitor to enjoy not only the  music but the city itself. Musicians of international reputation, highlights of the vivid Hamburg jazz scene and promising newcomers will represent the multifaceted world of jazz music.

3 artists from India…

Arun Ghosh | Rudresh Mahanthappa | Trilok Gurtu

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• Arun Ghosh (Clarinet) & Sextett
  

  date: 29.05.2010

  beginning: 19:00 (07:00 pm)

  venue/stage: Museum Ship Cap San Diego

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BBC-Worldwide-Guru Gilles Peterson counts himself among the legions of fans of this clarinetist with the unmistakable Indian roots. Expect urban Hip Hop sounds, raga-ing Tabla-rhythms, even a surprising tendency towards rock or ambient-music. Swing or Klezmer? Dub-Reggae or bold Avantgarde? Anything goes for Ghosh & Co.!

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• Rudresh Mahanthappa (Saxophone) & MSG

date: 28.05.2010

beginning: 20:30 (08:30 pm)

venue: Blohm + Voss shipyards

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If you accentuate Mahanthappa on the second syllable, but still don’t expect Indian Fusion-Jazz, you are in perfect hands with this alto-sax-player, who was crowned a “rising star” by Downbeat magazine. Exciting rhythms from the (Irish) bass-player and the (Dutch) drummer build an earthy foundation for the vanguard freedom of their improvisations.

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• NDR Bigband feat. TRILOK GURTU (Tabla/percussion) & Simon Phillips (drums)

date: 28.05.2010

beginning: 18:30 (06:30 pm)

venue: Marco Polo Terraces

Opening concert

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Every jazz-heart beats faster, once the eighteen members of this “highly distinguished ensemble of Jazz-soloists” start to play with the Percussion-Guru Trilok Gurtu and the drum-master Simon Phillips. “The music will be danceable – for Jazz- and Pop-people – and even classically Indian”, says Gurtu. “That‘s good for the brain.”

Trilok Gurtu @ MySpace | Trilok Gurtu’s Fan page @ Facebook | NDR Big Band | Simon Phillips

Admission is free for this concert

• see all 45 events here.

Schedule…

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Free seating. There is no seat claim.

The central festival office will be located at the Unilever-Haus at the Strandkai 1. Other ticket counters will be located at the STAGE Kehrwieder Theater and at the Bar Bistro Brücke 10 at the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken. There you will get your festival wrist bands.

Further information is available in the visitor information section.

Contact…

• ELBJAZZ GmbH

Große Elbstraße 277 a
22767 Hamburg, Germany
Phone +49-40-853 888 50
Fax +49-40-853 889 99
eMail: ahoi@elbjazz.de

• Press inquiries

presse@elbjazz.de

(Source: 04/2010 – ElbJazz.de)

Official ElbJazz Trailer – Festival 2010…