“One must expand jazz to not exit it,” used to say André Hodeir, a great composer and jazz violinist who recently passed away. This year again in Juan-les-Pins, jazz will take you from blues and folk to free, passing through rock, bossa nova, funk, and… Bach. It is indeed true that it has been able to capture musicians from other cultures, assimilating other traditions, other influences, originating from the Americas, Europe, Africa, India, Asia, and other unknown lands…
So in Juan, beyond any semantic distinction aiming to oppose, separate, or clash, this present and future richness is showcased live.
On the lineup: Avishai Cohen, Diana Krall, Sting, Melody Gardot, Hiromi, Ibrahim Maalouf, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette, Marcus Miller, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Melanie Scholtz, The Butman Big Band, Garland Jeffreys, Roberto Fonseca, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Wynton Marsalis Big Band, The Temptations featuring Dennis Edwards with Scherrie & Lynda Formerly The Supremes, Romain Thivolle Big Band, Tower of Power, Hiatus Kaiyote, The London Community Gospel Choir…
The guest of honor: the always avant-garde Wayne Shorter.
To go together to the… concerts: it is there, and only there, that the true truth of an artist is revealed, there where the unique moment of sharing is lived. Unique because it is not formatted, not recorded, not predictable either. Unique because it is the day of a certain day among days, where the genius of the artists and that of the public meet.
And if, extraordinarily, at the end of your adventure, you still wondered what jazz is, Louis Armstrong, who shook the pine forest in 1967, would confirm it to you: “That’s what you’ll never know.”
Learn more: https://www.jazzajuan.com
