Bilbao Jazz District 2023 – BASQUE
Bilbao City Council will hold a new edition of the program these months Bilbao Jazz District 2023. On this occasion, will start on friday february 3 and will continue throughout six Fridays until March 10.
This programme, organized in collaboration with Bilbao Jazz Club, about the different neighborhoods of the Villa concerts, with leading artists in the genre. In this edition, the concerts will be given by the following bands and artists: Mikkel Ploug Trío, Antonio Mazzei Trío, Capital Trío, Mariano Díaz & Javier Malosetti Band, Scatter The Atoms That Remain, and Víctor de Diego. “All of them share their love for jazz through varied, current and quality proposals”, they have pointed out.
All concerts will start at 7:00 p.m. and they have tickets already on sale is www.bilbaokultura.eus a price of five euros.
Bilbao District Jazz Program 2023
- Friday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m. Municipal Center of Rekalde. MIKKEL PLOUG TRIO. Mikkel Ploug · guitar / Sean Carpio · drums / Jeppe Skovbakke · double bass. The Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug is one of the great international figures of contemporary guitar. His album “Faroe” (2018) was nominated for the Grammy for “Best Instrumental Jazz Album”. He has worked as a leader and accompanist with musicians such as Mark Turner, Loren Stillman, Bill McHenry and Joachim Badenhorst, among others.
• Friday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m. JC Arriaga Conservatory. ANTONIO MAZZEI TRIO. Antonio Mazzei piano / David Mengual double bass / David Xirgu drumsa. Award-winning pianist, composer, and producer; Antonio Mazzei is one of the most important musicians in his country, Venezuela. After more than a decade as a prominent pianist on the New York scene, he currently resides in Barcelona. Mazzei has participated in multiple projects and has collaborated with artists such as Paquito D’Rivera, Joel Frahm, Clarence Penn, Janis Siegel; and Rubén Blades, among others
• Friday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. Municipal Center of Begoña, CAPITAL TRÍO. Román Filú alto sax / Javier Moreno double bass / Mareike Weining drums. The Capital Trio is led by double bass player Javier Moreno, a jazz player with an important career, including collaborations with musicians such as Gerald Cleaver, Tim Berne, Dino Saluzzi, Tony Malaby, Carmen Linares and Javier Ruibal. In the last decade he has lived mainly in New York, with intermittent stays in Rome, Paris or Buenos Aires.
• Friday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. Otxarkoaga Municipal Center. MARIANO DIAZ AND JAVIER MALOSETTI BANDA. Mariano Díaz · piano / Lucio Lupano · guitar / Dani Pimenta · drums / Javier Malosetti · double bass. Javier Malosetti, one of the luxury references of Argentine jazz rock presents us with this refreshing quartet co-led by another Argentine maestro, Mariano Díaz. Pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer, Díaz has worked with musicians such as Pedro Iturralde, Perico Sambeat, Jorge Pardo, Sonny Fortune, Frank Lazy, Gerardo Núñez…
• Friday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. Bertendona Institute. DISPERSE THE ATOMS THAT REMAIN.Mariano Díaz · piano / Lucio Lupano · guitar / Dani Pimenta · drums / Javier Malosetti · double bass.From New York comes this musical project promoted by two great names: the renowned and experienced drummer, composer and conductor Franklin Kiermyer; and the young and extraordinary pianist Davis Whitfield, assistant director of the Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra of New York.
•Friday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. Bidebarrieta Library. VÍCTOR DE DIEGO EN TRANE.Víctor de Diego· tenor and soprano sax / Toni Saigi piano / Giuseppe Campisi double bass / Andreu Pitarch drums. The saxophonist from Bilbao who lives in Barcelona, Víctor de Diego, presents his new project La música de John Coltrane, a repertoire based on the compositions of the great saxophonist and composer. The quartet is made up of young but experienced musicians from the state scene who interpret the songs from a personal perspective that includes original arrangements.