Jazz Festival to Get Ljubljana into a Swing
Selected jazz music from all over the world will get the capital into the swing once again as Ljubljana's 48th annual Jazz Festival gets under way between 28 and 30 June at the Cankarjev dom arts centre and the Krizanke open-air theatre.
The festival will feature artists such as bassist and producer Bill Laswell and his band Material, which includes electro-trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, pianist Bernie Worrell and percussionists Aiyb Dieng and Hamid Drake.
Another highlight will be German experimental artist Markus Popp and his mixture of avant-garde classical music and innovative electronic beats, and Cuban pianist and composer Omar Sosa with his Afro-Cuban trio.
Jazz buffs will also be able to listen to a nine-man band of saxophonists Lee Konitz, and Steve Coleman with his band Five Elements, whose approach to music is influenced by philosophy, history and religion of ancient cultures from around the globe.
The festival is considered to be one of the smallest jazz festivals in Europe, however it is also one of the festivals with the longest tradition and will be, as in previous years, held at different venues.
Ahead of the festival, jazz students from Ljubljana will be warming up the atmosphere with jazz delights on the banks of the river Ljubljanica every night until the end of June.
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