Autumn offers

It's October again and, like every autumn, the autumn festival season has started on the Balkans, which this year offers a strong musical program. Once again, we look at the more important jazz festivals, which take place in several consecutive weeks from mid-October to early November in Skopje, Plovdiv, Belgrade and Sarajevo.
An interesting detail this year is the participation in all festivals of musicians who usually play with John Zorn. This fact guarantees an exceptional musical experience, as we have seen personally many times over the years. So:
Skopje Jazz Fest will take place from the 19th to 22nd October and as usual will offer a precise and varied program. After many interesting concerts, on October 20th, we can hear the New York female duo Sylvie Courvoisier - piano and Mary Halvorson - guitar. Skopje jazz fest.
Next week, from the 24th to the 29th of October, the 39th edition of the Belgrade Jazz Festival will take place. Among this year's names are the great John Scofield as well as virtuoso pianist Leszek Mozdzer. Musicians who leave listeners breathless with their live gigs. The trio of trumpeter and long-time collaborator of John Zorn - Dave Douglas - completes the group. Belgrade jazz fest.
On October 27th, the next edition of Plovdiv Jazz Fest opens in Plovdiv, this year with a focus on guitar. The same night is the concert of one of the most talented contemporary guitarists and a member of John Zorn's last formations - the prodigy Julian Lage, whom we have talked about here many times. We highly recommend this particular event because every encounter we've had with Lage's music has left unforgettable memories in our hearts. Tickets for the concert can be found here.
In the first days of November, Sarajevo Jazz Fest is back again with an exceptional program focused on new, different music. Our first choice is the return of the super-trio Brian Marsella, Trevor Dunn, Kenny Wollesen - three amazing musicians we've seen and heard in Sarajevo over the last few years as part of John Zorn's projects. Apart from them, the festival will offer more interesting concerts, and among the participants, there are both well-known and new names. Sarajevo jazz fest.
And we're packing our bags for the road…
September 2023
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