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From 5 to November 20 Cartagena Jazz Festival returns, and this year with a special reason, celebrates its thirtieth anniversary.
Thirty years have passed since a group of friends, headed by its director, Francisco Martín, begin the journey of one of the oldest festivals and longevity of the Spanish geography.
In this year's celebration will pass through Cartagena great musicians, including saxophonist Wayne Shorter, the great lady of soul Roberta Flack and actress and singer Maria de Medeiros.
We present only three of the more than twenty groups that form part of the program, which will celebrate its anniversary occasional novelty.
The complete schedule will be announced on 23 September.
As is customary, the programming remains unorthodox, with room for all kinds of proposals jazz.
Where there will be big names, but also new players, and where will the jazz hands with other proposals.
The festival will continue as the main stage of the Nuevo Teatro Circo Cartagena.
One of the first figures to appear on the Cartagena Jazz Festival will be Wayne Shorter, and will on 6 November.
Since the influential magazine Down Beat, shortly after breaking into the pop scene hardbop, proclaimed him "Saxo New Star" in 1962, Wayne Shorter (Newark, 1933), has traveled widely and intensively journey to become one of the greatest composers and jazz musicians alive.
Wayne Shorter is many things.
The most important jazz composer alive, according to the unanimous agreement of critics and fans.
The only saxophonist able to break through himself, at a time when John Coltrane was a required reference.
Remarkable improviser, philosopher, movie buff, passionate reader of science fiction.
Shorter was the object of desire of Miles Davis until he could steal his former employer, drummer Art Blakey, and the star of crowds like Weather Report.
Winner of 9 Grammy Awards, both as composer, solo performer or group, and honorary doctorates from the Berklee College of Music, Wayne Shorter has taken his muscular saxophone or lyrical, but always placed at the forefront of your time, formations as crucial as the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey, the second Miles Davis quintet, the legendary Weather Report or VSOP, luxurious meeting of former employees of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.
Bold musician, who has passed with flying colors from the post-bop to avant-garde atonal, through the merger of the leading rock albums for the future of jazz as "Speak No Evil" (1965), Wayne Shorter in 2000 formed a quartet with Danilo Perez (piano), John Patitucci (bass) and Brian Blade (drums) with which, after several years without recording, gave birth anthology works as "Footprints life", "Joy" and "Beyond the sound barrier" that follow mature proclaiming his extraordinary creativity.
Maria de Medeiros has just finished filming the first animated film not directed by the Iranian Marjane Satrapi, known for her film Persepolis.
Since his debut in the film world, has participated in some 60 films, most notably "Pulp Fiction", "Airbag," "Henry and June", "Babel", "My Life Without Me ',' Golden Balls "," Meeting Venus "or, more recently, 'The storyteller', but she is more than an actress is an actress-singer, as she calls herself, and is in a condition of this second career, but has also led a film, which comes to the Cartagena Jazz Festival on 12 November.
Debuted in 2007 with the album A little more blue, which is that music is his birthplace.
His father was a great composer Portuguese.
Chico Buarque lover, Nino Rota, Victor Jara and Joan Manuel Serrat brings experience as an actress to the songs, choosing as the dramatic of these.
For her singing, no longer acting.
Come to the festival to present his latest album peninsulas, and continents.
"It's a journey from the Mediterranean coast to South America. Just trying to get the service of words", said in a recent interview. His talent is limitless. Their music has no boundaries.
A few days later, will be in Cartagena on November 20 that suggestive voice that enthralled everyone with his universal and song Killing Me Softly with His Song, Roberta Flack.
In his only concert in Spain, Cartagena will host the prestigious singer, who met fame with his own version of The first time ever I saw your face, including in the soundtrack of the movie Play Misty for Me, starring Clint Eastwood 1971, single that became one of the biggest hits of the year.
That same year he joined Donny Hathaway to record an album that would extract hits like Where is the love or the classic version of Carole King You `ve got a friend.
But his biggest success came to him in 1973 with the theme Killing Me Softly with His Song.
The singer has developed a very personal career and is currently engaged in long world tour in which specially focuses on jazz.
His intense activity was crystallized two years ago, when fulfilled the dream of founding the Roberta Flack School of Music, a program running in Hyde Leadership Charter School in New York, attended by one hundred and fifty children are taught Bronx vocal and instrumental.
Roberta Flack, singer identified with one of the finest voices and urban American jazz and soul of the 70, has earned a place among the top 100 women of rock `n` roll, according to the American press, which place up to Tina Turner or Aretha Franklin.
Black music icon, is considered the grande dame of soul.
His success was reaffirmed juveniles decades later, as their seniority has established itself as a large genus.
His career is especially evident in their live performances.
Source: Mar de Músicas
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