The 2nd Kalamata Jazz Festival 2011 returns this July to celebrate the vital force of jazz and carve out a space for creative resistance against the current socioeconomic crisis. Featuring a selection of stellar Greek musicians and their unique styles, spanning from mesmerizing vocals to complicated contemporary jazz compositions and afro-beat, the festival will permeate the city¢s select locations with its distinctive music performances.
The Festival opens with a free music event on Friday at the Railway Park. The vigorous jazz guitar So&So Quartet led by drummer Antonis Koutivas will kick off the three-day celebration, followed by the rhythmic and culminating performance of the Nigerian virtuoso guitarist Adedeji Adetayo and the Neo Yoruba People who will sway the audience to their jazz-funk and afro-beat rhythms.
On the second day, the festival moves to the Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre with the astounding fusion jazz sounds of the Giorgos Tsolis Trio, digging into the history of jazz piano and the gauzy voice of Alexandra Lerta & the Ad Hoc Quartet, breathing new life into jazz favorites from the 30s and the 40s with the accompaniment of the superb saxophonist Yannis Papanastassiou.
The final festival day at the Castle Amphitheatre opens with the sullen melodies of Broken Fingers from Utrecht, a project led by guitarist and composer Giorgos Daskalakis, before welcoming to the stage Petros Klampanis, a Greek bassist, composer and arranger based in New York who will present his latest album entitled ¡Contextual¢ along with a great lineup of talented musicians in what promises to be a spell-bounding performance. Spyros Manesis on piano, Eleni Valentis on vocals, Bodek Janke on percussion and guitar prodigy Gilad Hekselman will perform along with Klampanis.
One-day tickets for music events held at the Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre cost 12€.
The Kalamata Jazz Festival is produced by the non-profit association Mellotron and is held under the aegis of the Municipality of Kalamata and the Cultural Enterprise ¡Faris¢. The production is supported by the Kalamata Association ¡Friends of Jazz and Creative Music¢, the Youth Centre of Kalamata, the Kalamata Association of Cyclists, while its organization and development relies on the enthusiasm and commitment of festival volunteers.
Layout design: Lefteris Stamatelopoulos - Diadrasi
Sound: Alexis Gikas
Filming: Leonidas Papadopoulos
The Festival opens with a free music event on Friday at the Railway Park. The vigorous jazz guitar So&So Quartet led by drummer Antonis Koutivas will kick off the three-day celebration, followed by the rhythmic and culminating performance of the Nigerian virtuoso guitarist Adedeji Adetayo and the Neo Yoruba People who will sway the audience to their jazz-funk and afro-beat rhythms.
On the second day, the festival moves to the Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre with the astounding fusion jazz sounds of the Giorgos Tsolis Trio, digging into the history of jazz piano and the gauzy voice of Alexandra Lerta & the Ad Hoc Quartet, breathing new life into jazz favorites from the 30s and the 40s with the accompaniment of the superb saxophonist Yannis Papanastassiou.
The final festival day at the Castle Amphitheatre opens with the sullen melodies of Broken Fingers from Utrecht, a project led by guitarist and composer Giorgos Daskalakis, before welcoming to the stage Petros Klampanis, a Greek bassist, composer and arranger based in New York who will present his latest album entitled ¡Contextual¢ along with a great lineup of talented musicians in what promises to be a spell-bounding performance. Spyros Manesis on piano, Eleni Valentis on vocals, Bodek Janke on percussion and guitar prodigy Gilad Hekselman will perform along with Klampanis.
One-day tickets for music events held at the Kalamata Castle Amphitheatre cost 12€.
The Kalamata Jazz Festival is produced by the non-profit association Mellotron and is held under the aegis of the Municipality of Kalamata and the Cultural Enterprise ¡Faris¢. The production is supported by the Kalamata Association ¡Friends of Jazz and Creative Music¢, the Youth Centre of Kalamata, the Kalamata Association of Cyclists, while its organization and development relies on the enthusiasm and commitment of festival volunteers.
Layout design: Lefteris Stamatelopoulos - Diadrasi
Sound: Alexis Gikas
Filming: Leonidas Papadopoulos