Festa do Jazz'23

Festa do Jazz is the biggest jazz festival celebrating Portuguese Jazz, taking place in Lisbon annually since 2003, produced by Associação Sons da Lusofonia.

Each year, the festival invites jazz actors from across the country to come together as a collective force that is vital to the fabric of Portuguese culture and society. Festa do Jazz provides a platform for associations, performers, schools, and researchers to come together and debate important topics and developments.

The main focus of the concert program is Portuguese jazz and consists of two main pillars for the main concerts. Alongside the presentation of new works by established artists, often in collaboration with international artists, Festa do Jazz has also been the main stage for emerging Portuguese jazz artists.

Apart from the main concert program, the National Encounter of Jazz Schools has been a vital part of the festival in order to reveal great national talent in the earliest stages of their careers, before they graduate from jazz schools. Promoted since the first edition of the Festa, the Encounter emerged also as an effective strategy for developing new audiences. It serves as an annual snapshot of the variety of students, teachers and other agents that contribute to and benefit from jazz education in Portugal. The close relationship between Festa do Jazz and jazz education in Portugal illustrates how the festival has been a formal response to a growing movement.

The presence of Portuguese jazz labels at Festa do Jazz shows how established and independent Portuguese jazz labels form an extremely dynamic sector. The contribution of promoters as judges for contests, guest curators, or speakers in public debate sessions places them at the core of the festival. And by hosting so many different artists, Festa do Jazz does not only offer an excellent sample of the multidimensional, diverse and dynamic reality of Portuguese jazz, but by doing so, provides it with a privileged and annual platform.

 

 

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PROGRAM

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December 1st

9 p.m.
Erik Truffaz - Rollin’ & Clap!    |       CCB - Main Auditorium
Erik Truffaz – trumpet
Alexis Anérilles – Piano
Antoine Vidal – Bass
Julien Charlet – Drums

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December 2nd

4:30 p.m.
Clara Lacerda Quintet    |       CCB - Small Auditorium
Clara Lacerda - Piano/Composition | Afonso Silva -
Saxophone/Flute | João Pedro Brandão -
Saxophone/Flute | Demian Cabaud -
Double bass | Marcos Cavaleiro - Drums

5:30 p.m.
João Paulo Esteves da Silva Trio    |       CCB - Small Auditorium
João Paulo Esteves da Silva – Piano
Mário Franco – double bass
Samuel Rohrer - Drums

9 p.m.
JAZZOPA    |       CCB - Small Auditorium
Samuel Dias (drums)
Francisco Nogueira (bass)
Kiko Sá (trumpet)
Débora King (piano)
Jery Bidan (guitar)
Ricardo Rosas (saxophone)
MC: Vileiro and YA
SIN | Spoken word: Vanessa Parish Crooks and Luís Perdigão.

10:30 p.m.
Concert by Decateto Porta-Jazz/Robalo/FDJ with Hans Koller    |       CCB - Small Auditorium

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December 3rd

4:30 p.m.
Lokomotiv (25 years old)    |       CCB - Small Auditorium
Carlos Barreto – double bass
Mário Delgado – Guitar
José Salgueiro - Drums
Ricardo Toscano - Saxophone

5:30 p.m.
Eduardo Cardinho “Not Far From Paradise”    |       CCB - Small Auditorium
Eduardo Cardinho – Vibrafone
Diogo Alexandre – Drums
Iúri Oliveira – Percussions
João Mortágua - Alto Saxophone
José Diogo Martins – Keys
Frederico Heliodoro - Bass

9 p.m.
NOUT | CCB    |       Small Auditorium
Delphine Joussein – flute
Rafaëlle Rinaudo – harp
Blanche Lafuente - drums

10:30 p.m.
Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos & Bernardo Tinoco    |       CCB - Small Auditorium
Bernardo Tinoco - saxophone
Matosinhos Jazz Orchestra | Conductor João Pedro Brandão.

 

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PARALLEL PROGRAM

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December 2nd and 3rd

Who stole the... Jazz! - Former Riding Hall of the Coach Museum
Theater Play - days 2 and 3 at 11am and 7pm
It is a unique theater and music show about the history of Jazz.

Jam-sessions - CCBA – CASA DO COMUM DO BAIRRO ALTO
Days 2 and 3 from 10:30 pm

National Meeting of Jazz Schools
Days 2 and 3 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm - At the Old Riding School of the Coach Museum

Between concerts at CCB
• Seminar Presentation We Insist! - Social Inclusion Seminar through improvised music
• Presentation of the "Jazz Panorama" Project
• RTP/Jazz Festival Awards

Masterclass with John O’Gallagher
Day 3 at 11:30 am in the new Coach Museum Auditorium