The what’s on: Euro jazz fests
Viersen Jazz Festival VIERSEN, GERMANY 25-27 Sept
The 38th International Jazzfestival Viersen features Momi Maiga, WDR Big Band featuring Chris Potter and Bob Mintzer, Sebastian Gahler Electric Project, Simin Tander, Hanno Busch Quartet, Till Brönner Trio, Norlyz, Athina Kontou’s Mother, Arne Jansen & Stephan Braun and Fatcat, among others. The WDR Big Band and Chris Potter will present John Coltrane 100, with arrangements featured spots and direction by Bob Mintzer, marking what would have been Coltrane’s 100th birthday.
Jazz Madrid MADRID, SPAIN late-Sept-November
Ledisi, Al Di Meola Acoustic Trio, Kenny Garrett, Stacey Kent, Bill Evans and the Vans Band All Stars, Hiromi, Adrian Younge, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Nate Smith, Avishai Cohen Quartet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Hamilton de Holanda, Theo Croker, Bilal, Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers, Immanuel Wilkins 4tet, Arturo O’Farrill Trio, Jasmine Myra 5tet, Bria Skonberg, Mammal Hands, Shai Maestro, Stanley Jordan, João Bosco/Guto Wirtti, Kariem Riggins, Emma-Jean Thackray, Joscho Stephan Transatlantic Guitar Trio, Joe Armon Jones, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Ife Ogunyobi 6Tet, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Yellowjackets, The Head Hunters, Alabaster Deplume, Michael Mayo and more. Larger concerts take place at the Teatro Fernán Gómez, CentroCentro and Condeduque. More intimate, late-night club sets are centred on Sala Villanos and Café Central.
Like a Jazz Machine DUDELANGE, LUXEMBOURG 8-11 Oct
James Carter, Mammal Hands, Rymden, Daniel Migliosi and more
Roma Jazz Festival, ROME, ITALY 1–24 Nov
Themed as “Rileggere Miles, ripensare il jazz” (“Re-reading Miles, rethinking jazz”) the festival marks the Miles Davis centennial. The main line-up includes Paolo Fresu, Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Hamilton De Holanda & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Erik Truffaz & Antonio Lizana, Gregory Hutchinson, Jeremy Pelt Quintet and Jason Miles among others.
Kurt Elling, pictured, plays in Rome this autumn with the Yellowjackets whose new Weather Report themed album recorded live at a festival in Slovakia is a must
