The Sa Pobla Jazz Festival 2023 continues to focus on the present of the jazz scene. This year it reaches its 29th edition with a highly topical programme featuring emerging figures and totems from the history of jazz. There is no shortage of local musicians from the islands of the Balearic archipelago.
The organisers of this new edition of the Sa Pobla Jazz Festival are looking for a greater impact on social and sustainable care for the population in 2023. For this reason, the proceeds from the concerts will be donated to the association Llar de Memòria. This is a non-profit organisation that works with families and people suffering from Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
From 26th July to 22nd August 2023, the Sa Pobla Jazz Festival will bring the best of Mallorcan, national and international jazz to the public. The stages of the town’s Plaza Mayor and the Parque de Can Cirera Prim will host the festival’s musical events.
Programme of the Sa Pobla Jazz Festival 2023
The poster designed by Joan Llabrés serves as the image to announce the programme of the 2023 Festival. The concert programme is as follows:
Shakura S’Aida will open the Festival.
- Wednesday 26 July. 22:00, Plaza Mayor. Shakura S’Aida, recognised as one of the first female blues figures, will open the festival.
- Tuesday 1 August. 22:00, Can Cirera Prim park. The second concert in this year’s edition will feature Kenny Barron. He is one of the most influential pianists in the history of jazz and is considered by many to be the best jazz pianist still playing today.
- Monday 7th August. 22:00, Can Cirera Prim Park. Concert by the American Mary Halvorson with the Amaryllis sextet.
- Wednesday 16 August. 22:00, Can Cirera Prim Park. Performance by the local Gillespie Big band. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Dizzy Gillespie, a major figure in the history of jazz. This recital will recognise his work.
- Tuesday 22nd August. 22:00, Can Cirera Prim park. Pere Bujosa will delight the audience with arrangements based on the jazz tradition and other genres such as rock and electronic music.
- Wednesday 30 August. The man in charge of closing the 29th Mallorca Jazz Sa Pobla Festival is the Mallorcan and pobler Miquel Bennàssar with his project Huialfàs. In it he revives the working tunes of Sa Pobla in a jazz and experimental key through an ensemble of thirty-four musicians.
Parallel activities of the festival
The programme of the Sa Pobla Jazz Festival includes the educational activities of the Jazz Seminar of the Traveling School PlayJazz. This year a new initiative is proposed, a confluence between the teachers who started the project and the students who are now teachers. An intensive improvisation workshop for small groups. In addition, this year, the Mallorca Jazz Sa Pobla Festival Award will go to Toni Miranda for his long, still active career. In addition to his links with the festival and for his contribution to the jazz genre.
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