7ο Jazz in July Festival in Chania
From 4 to 20 July
Vamos, Chania Crete
About the festival
“Jazz in July” is one of the biggest jazz festivals in Greece and the only one in Crete since 2012. The 7th “Jazz in July festival” takes place this summer in an amazing venue over the green hills of Vamos and the unique scenery of Apokoronas, Chania landscapes that will remind you the beauty of Tuscany, Florence.
For 8 days during July, we are expected to “travel” to unexpected jazz improvisation paths of high aesthetics, experimentation and interaction from a number of musical shapes.
Percussions Camp 2018 from 2-22 July, get information here
Program 2018
July 4 @ 21:00
Groove Elation Project
Yiorgos Moutafis and Kyriaki Vidali are the founding members and composers of the original compositions. They introduce a mixture of Jazz, Latin, Funk, Boogaloo tunes, while their original compositions bring along unexpected musical tunes, inspired arrangements of standards and a fresh and surprising sound! The sextet grooves all the time with fantacy and nerve!
Members
Yiorgos Moutafis, keys, compositions
Kyriaki Vidali, guitar, compositions
Adonis Andreou, trombone
Dimitris Papadopoulos, trumpet
Panayiotis Kostopoulos, drums
Panayiotis Bourazanis, bass
July 5 @ 21:00
Diminuita Le Petit Big Band
One of the first groups which started playing gypsy jazz in Greece, since 2007. Diminuita as a trio has performed many times in jazz festivals in Greece and abroad. They have recorded two CDs so far. In 2015 the group becomes “bigger” as a Small Big Band, playing Yiorgos Papadoyiannis’ arrangements on Django Reinhardt’s, Duke Ellington’s and other composers’ of the swing era compositions, as well as their original ones of course!
Members
Dimitris Moudopoulos, trumpet
Leonidas Malakis, alto sax
Yiorgos Konstadakis, tenor sax
Alexandros Theothorakopoulos, baritone sax
Markos Agrafiotis, double bass
Effi Sarandi, rhythm guitar
Yiorgos Papadoyiannis, guitar, arrangements
July 8 @ 21:00
Makis Ablianitis Group
Makis Ablianitis is a very special case of the Greek jazz and ethnic scene. He has co-operated with most of the celebrated Greek jazzmen, as well as with some of the greatest musicians of the global ethnic scene. Sounds of the magic Mediterranean landscape, Makis’ melodies travel through the past using the modern rhythms, a very familiar musical form where the jazz tunes meet street beat and tradition.
Members
Makis Ablianitis, guitars, vocals
Fotis Mylonas, keys, bansuri (Indian flute)
Dimitris Papanikou, bass
Nikos Skomopoulos, drums
July 9 @ 21:00
Zoe Gilby Trio
The enthusiastic criticisms of the most reliable jazz magazines, lend credit to the vocal skillfulness and the composing abilities (along with her husband Andy Champion) of an important figure of contemporary jazz scene!
July 12 @ 21:00
South Incorporation Sound System
Athens, Spain, Berlin, Crete. A musical trip through different styles and influences. The sounds of a room, dreamy and ritual, country sounds and the sounds of the mystical places, musical forms “painted” on a palette, embodying elements and influences of the old musical relation in between Istanbul, Crete, Medirerranean based upon the contemporary aesthetics of jazz. A sound which is determined by the geographical spot, the improvisation which follows the form and the solid melody, performed by four great virtuosi!
Members
Achilleas Persidis, guitar
Dimitris Koliakoudakis, guitar
Yiannis Polychronakis, double bass
Zacharis Spyridakis, cretan lyra
July 18 @ 21:00
Ioannou/Vafeas Quartet
The Ioannou/Vafeas Quartet was found in 2016, after a long co-operation and frienship in beteween sax player Haris Ioannou and drummer Ioannis Vafeas. These two artists perform very often in festivals and concerts, in Cyprus and elsewhere. Being graduated from Berklee Music College in Boston, having a Ph. Diploma on Jazz Music, they both teach at the Nicosia Univercity. A contemporary jazz production, based on the authentic, traditional norms!
Members
Haris Ioannou, sax
Ioannis Vafeas, drums
Dimitris Miaris, piano
Greg Makamian, double bass
July 19 @ 21:00
Jean-Loup Longnon Quintet feat. Sibel Kose
The great and multi-awarded trumpetist, composer and arranger Jean-Loup
Longnon is a special case! His co-operations include Dizzy Gillespie, Stan
Getz, Winton Marsalis and Michel Legrand among others. His musical range extends from jazz quintet, up to Big Band and symphonic music, always using the unlimited power of bebop. He will perform in Vamos as the band leader of an international quintet. The great vocalist Sibel Köse is going to contribute the necessary “surplus-value”! From France, St. Petrograd and Istanbul to Vamos!
Members
Sibel Köse, vocals
Jean-Loup Longnon, trumpet
Kirill Bubiakin, tenor sax
Olivier Rivaux, double bass
Laurent Epstein, piano
Aleksei Shihov, drums
July 20 @ 21:00
Alex Drakos Trio
A musical performance and a dialogue in between sound and vision. Music is combined with video projection and special lighting. This combination brings out a story about the internal pursuit of each one of us. If we would like to paint that story, we would paint a circle of emotions and spirituality. Every musical tune, along with the video which comes together, is a part of the circle and all of them together make the circle as a whole. Great moments of modern jazz, an optical-acoustic project of high aesthetics!
Members
Alex-Drakos Ktistakis, drums
Petros Klabanis, double bass
Lefteris Kordis, piano, keys
More information at Jazz in July
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