The 18th annual Jazz Canarias Festival returns to Lanzarote on the 3rd and 4th of July, with free concerts featuring artists such as Mezzoforte and the Diego Barber Quartet. This international festival takes place across five of the seven islands in the archipelago. And is being organised by the Canary Islands Government who are keen to encourage tourists who are enjoying their holidays in Lanzarote to attend.
As 2009 is the fiftieth anniversary of Miles Davis’ legendary recording ‘Kind of Blue’, one of the leading concerts will see these tracks revisited by Jimmy Cobb’s So What band, in Tenerife and Gran Canaria on 10th and 11th July respectively.
The first Lanzarote concert takes place on Friday 3rd July in Teguise and features the Icelandic group Mezzoforte. Formed in 1977 by four friends, the band has developed its own style of jazz funk fusion and continues to perform and write music today.
Their best known album ‘Garden Party’ was released in 1983 to much acclaim throughout Europe and since then they have notched up eleven albums in total.
Musically the band acknowledges its influences range from Miles Davis to Earth, Wind and Fire and Weather Report, with newer tracks reflecting a more mature sound.
Ozou, on the other hand, are relative newcomers to the jazz scene. The duo, who met in a Parisian bar, combine the vocal talents of Tatiana Heintz and the guitar playing of Gilbert Trefzger. Tatiana had previously worked with artists such as Mick Jagger and Keziah Jones, whilst Gilbert has collaborated with Nitin Sawhney and Jamaican vocalist Roy Ellis. They will be accompanied by percussionist Andrew Borger.
Mezzoforte and Ozou will be appearing from 21.00 in the historical centre of Teguise. On Saturday 4th July, the second free concert will be held at the San Bartolomé Municipal Theatre. This concert features the Diego Barber Quartet and the Patricia Kraus Quartet.
Diego Barber was in fact born in Lanzarote, where he began his studies in music. His training in classical guitar continued in Madrid and Salamanca, where he attained his degree. Although his studies and earliest forays into public performance have been in classical guitar, since his arrival in New York he has begun composing jazz for the guitar. His first disc, entitled ‘Calima’, has received critical acclaim and he will be performing this work in Lanzarote – fittingly, as Barber has clearly been inspired by the calima sand storms that the island occasionally experiences.
Patricia Kraus is a soprano singer who has developed her own eclectic style of music, which blends electronics, rhythm and vocals. In 2008 she toured, performing a range of blues, soul and jazz tracks, accompanied by pianist Gherardo Catanzaro, who will be appearing with her in Lanzarote. The concert begins at 21.00.
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