For the first time in Cartagena, one of the great voices of current jazz, the Korean Youn Sun Nah.
It is the latest jazz singers, has a seductive and sensual voice.
He will perform this Friday, November 22 at the New Circus Theater in what will be the penultimate day of the 39th edition of the Cartagena Jazz Festival.
A day later, the closing of the festival will be starring the great bluesman Lucky Peterson, the great blues star after the death of BB King.
He comes to celebrate his 50 years in music.
This will conclude an edition of what is one of the longest-lived festivals in the Region.
It is the latest jazz singers.
Youn Sun Nah (Seoul, 1969) has a seductive and sensual voice that does not leave indifferent and has led her to be considered one of the great voices of contemporary contemporary jazz.
His career is unstoppable;
After having conquered his country, where he is a celebrity, he has achieved a privileged position throughout Europe, being headliner in festivals as prestigious as those of jazz in Montreaux or San Sebastián.
In France, it is considered the 'sacred Diva' and music stores in the French capital worship its figure with shelves overflowing with its records.
In 2009 he deserved the Chevalier Award for Arts and Letters, and comes to the Cartagena Jazz Festival for the first time to present his latest work.
2019 has been a new turning point in his career: the contract with the Arts Music division of Warner Music Group and the launch of the Immersion album, in which, as a preamble to his visit, there is a reverent theme of Spanish musical literature : Asturias by Isaac Albéniz.
Febrile guitarist, huge organist, and first-rate vocalist, Lucky's many talents are truly outstanding, and are the ones that have led him to become one of the greatest exponents of the electric scene, with a sound full of flavors and, about Everything, powerful as few.
Educated in the air of the great classics, he is the son of 'bluesman' James Peterson and was raised in the legendary club 'The Governor's' in New York, owned by his father, where he learned with Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and other myths of blues .
Guitarist, keyboardist and singer, Lucky Peterson has become one of the greatest exponents of the current blues scene, also enshrined by giants of the genre such as Etta James, Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Littler Minton.
In addition to establishing himself through his recordings, Peterson has made a name through his direct electrifying, two of the necessary attributes to be a legend.
His concerts are of maximum energy and intensity.
After BB King will leave us, he is considered to be the largest in the R & B / Soul that remains active.
He comes to celebrate his 50 years dedicated to music.
Lucky Peterson (voice, guitar, Hammond B3 and piano) will be accompanied by his band The Organization (consisting of guitar, keyboards, bass and drums) and his show will feature Texas singer - Tamara Tramell - who plays a mixture of southern soul and modern R&B that also combines with sassiness pop.
On Saturday, November 23, the day will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Plaza del Icue with La Big Band of the SAM, a band that was officially born in March of this year, within the Musical Artistic Society of Santa Cecilia de Pozo Narrow, with the aim of bringing jazz and other genres such as swing, funk ... to the public.
Despite the youth of this formation and its members, they have already performed numerous concerts in the Region of Murcia, with collaborations with artists such as José María Vidal (voice of Karmacadabra) and Rubén Villahermosa (voice of Río Viré), among others .
Currently the artistic director and founder of this group is the young Cartagena from Juan A. Rubio.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena