Festival Tent Series
JAYME STONE + MANSA SISSOKO with HOT TODDY TRIO
Featuring: Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
Embark on a musical history from Africa to Appalachia, with Juno Award winning banjo player Jayme Stone and Malian kora master and griot singer, Mansa Sissoko – one that draws on more than jazz, bluegrass and African music for it’s inspiration.
JOE LOUIS WALKER with GARRETT MASON
Featuring: Joe Louis Walker
The Maritimes better be ready when the rambunctious blues singer and guitarist Joe Louis Walker hits the stage. As part of a non-stop high energy opening Jazz Fest weekend, Walker explores the styles of Delta and Chicago blues, Memphis soul, gospel and even rockabilly.
Beyond Brazil
Featuring: Beyond Brazil
Beyond Brazil explores the exciting folkloric styles of Brazilian music with special tribute to Brazil’s legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim. Full of energetic, percussion-dominated grooves and syncopated-guitar harmonies, this stellar East Coast ensemble will get your hearts warmed up for a Saturday afternoon dance party in the festival tent!
AFRICAN CONNEXION III
Featuring: African Connexion III
In tribute to the wonderfully rich tradition of authentic African music on Canada's East Coast, this third installment of African Connexion will take the festival to a triumphant level on its closing evening.
JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET with V16
Featuring: John Abercrombie
Still at the apex of an incredible career as one of the world's most acclaimed jazz guitarists, Abercrombie makes a long awaited return to Halifax to deliver his ever evolving and boundary demolishing brand of jazz.
SHUFFLE DEMONS with IDLERS
Featuring: Shuffle Demons
Consider this: 3 saxes, bass, drums, one goatee, 6 albums, 5 Casby Awards, 2 Toronto Musician Awards, 1 Juno nomination, 7 videos, 700,000 km, 3800 concerts, 6500 conga lines, 1 cockroach, 12 Beer my dears, 100,000 rubles, 1 Spadina Bus, 21 countries, 15 European tours, 20 Canadian tours – that’s 25 years of the Shuffle Demons.
CARLOS DEL JUNCO AND THE BLUES MONGRELS with SISTERS EUCLID
Featuring: Carlos Del Junco, Sisters Euclid
Cuba's Carlos's sophisticated sound is at once sensitive, soulful, and sexy while never leaving out the rawness inherent in the blues. Sisters Euclid, one of the most exciting jazz - bordering on blues quartets on the Canadian music scene, sets the stage, featuring acclaimed and ever innovative guitarist, Kevin Breit.
ALEX CONDE FLAMENCO JAZZ with MARIA OSENDE FLAMENCO COMPANY
Featuring: Alex Conde Carrasco, Maria Osende Flamenco Company
The roots of flamenco (Seguiriyas, Bulerias, Tangos and Rumbas) and the spirit of vanguard jazz are fused in the Alex Conde Flamenco Jazz project. With a flamenco guitar player from Minnesota, a singer-dancer from Spain, a bass player from Israel and a percussionist from Colombia, cultural fusion is alive and hot in Halifax at the festival's outdoor stage.
KENNY GARRETT PRESENTS
Featuring: Kenny Garrett Presents
Saxophonists who occupy the rank of legend include John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins… and Kenny Garrett. Opening night of the 2009 Atlantic Jazz Festival explodes with this international luminary.
JANE BUNNETT'S EMBRACING VOICES with ¡BOMBA!
Featuring: Jane Bunnett's Embracing Voices
Jane Bunnett orchestrates an event, not just a concert. Expect enormous emissions of Cuban-jazz energy and rhythm with 13-member Haitian choir Grupo Vocal Desandann and some of Canada's leading jazz musicians.
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