Newsletter 8 - 2023
Dear jazz friends!
ARTISTS AT YSTAD SWEDEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2–5 AUG 2023
Tickets go on sale on 30 March at 10.00 at Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival (ystadjazz.se) and Teater - Ystads kommun
Four packed festival days
1 Yazz Parade through central Ystad.
1 Festival Fanfare to announce the festival on the first evening from the S:ta Maria church tower.
19 concerts with major artists. Tickets are available via ystadjazz.se and ystadsteater.se
6 Next Jazz Generation concerts. Free concerts with the young generation of Swedish jazz musicians.
2 jam sessions. Free admission with performances by the day’s artists at the marina.
JazzKidz. Free concerts for children and families
Senior Jazz. Free concerts at elderly care homes
Selected highpoints
Rhoda Scott – legendary American Hammond organist discovered by Count Basie. She will be performing with the Polish vibraphonist Izabella Effenberg and French drummer Julie Saury.
Jan Garbarek featuring Trilok Gurtu – a whole evening with the Norwegian genius Jan Garbarek on soprano and tenor sax, the Indian percussion magician Trilok Gurtu, the German jazz fusion pianist Rainer Brüninghaus and, on bass, the Brazilian Yuri Daniel. This is a special two-hour concert!
Kyle Eastwood will be appearing with his quintet. Kyle Eastwood is an American bassist, composer and arranger. He has written music for films including nine movies featuring or directed by his father, Clint Eastwood. The band consists of Kyle Eastwood (bass), Andrew McCornack (piano), Quentin Collins (trumpet), Brandon Allen (saxophones) and Chris Higgingbottom (drums).
Grégory Privat is a young classically trained pianist from Martinique. A late night solo concert in the abbey setting of Klosterkyrkan with Caribbean, classical and jazz elements.
Marilyn Mazur´s Shamania offer top-class world music when the Danish percussionist and composer Marilyn Mazur brings her international band of leading female musicians: Makiko Hirabayashi (piano & keyboards), Lisbeth Diers (congas & percussion), Lis Wessberg (trombone), Josefine Cronsholm (vocals), Lotte Anker (saxophones), Ida Gormsen (bass) and Hildegunn Øiseth (trumpet & goat horn).
Deborah Brown with Jan Lundgren Trio – the jazz festival’s artistic director, pianist Jan Lundgren, has invited the American jazz singer Deborah Brown. A longed-for return to YSJF.
Isabella Lundgren with Musica Vitae – a tribute to Dorothy Fields in Mariakyrkan, a church dating from the 1240s.
Marcin Wasilewski All Stars – a tribute to the Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda, known for, among other things, the film music for many of Roman Polanski’s films, including Rosemary´s Baby.
A concert programme with many outstanding female artists!
Plus JazzKidz and Senior Jazz concerts.
The concert venue capacities are only 120-400 people. Great experiences in small venues.
This year’s Guest of Honour – Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Group - www.garbarek.com
This year’s festival fanfare – Angela Strandberg
The trumpeter will also lead the Yazz Parade and Mama Shakers.
This year’s Jazz Artist – Karl Valve
Pop artist Karl Valve has donated a large work of art, a photo transfer on plexiglass mounted on brushed aluminium, which will be auctioned during the festival. The work of art is also this year’s art poster and cover art for the festival programme.
Karl Valve will be exhibiting his work at Gallery M1 in Ystad, 27 July- 6 August. Karl Valve
This year’s Jazz Ambassadors are two successful Ystad figures who have made an impact in Europe.
* Christina Nilsson, a celebrated international multi-award-winning young opera singer who is currently singing the title role in Tosca at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
Christina Nilsson - Braathen Artist Management AB (braathenmanagement.com)
* Anders Nilsson, COO of the ESS Group, an entrepreneur who has transformed 20 hotels and restaurants into successful experience-intensive destinations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Moments of Happiness | ESS Group®
Artistic Director – Jan Lundgren
The festival’s Artistic Director Jan Lundgren was the co-founder of the festival in 2010. He is also the Artistic Director of Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen. Read more about Jan at his new web site:
Jan Lundgren – pianist
Tickets go on sale on 30 March at 10.00
via Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival (ystadjazz.se) and Teater - Ystads kommun
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The YSJF website will present a Spotify list with music from this year’s artists: YSJF2023
The festival is arranged by the association, Ystad Jazz, in collaboration with Musik i Syd.
YSJF is supported by Ystad Municipality, Region Skåne, the Swedish Arts Council and many large and small companies in Ystad. The festival has the EFFE label.
Very best regards,
The Jazz Committee
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