The Red Sea Jazz Festival
August 23-26, 2015 at Eilat Port
The 29th international Red Sea Jazz festival returns to Eilat for four festive days, a
fine bubbly musical salute, featuring jazz artists from all corners of the world
including leading Israeli talents, concocted by internationally acclaimed musician,
musical director Eli Degibri.
23.-26. August 2015
Im August findet in Eilat das 29. Internationale Red Sea Jazz Festival statt. An 4 Festtagen
werden wieder wieder Jazz-Künstler aus allen Ecken der Welt, darunter führende israelische
Talente und international anerkannte Musiker das Publikum mit einem prickelnden Mix der
.Jazzmusik begeistern. Musikalische Leitung: Eli Degibri
The complete lineup for the 2015 Summer Red Sea Jazz Festival includes: the Ron
Carter Quartet, the Touré-Raichel Collective, the Jack DeJohnette Trio with Ravi
Coltrane and Matt Garrison, Berry Sakharof with a special performance, saxophone
virtuoso Joe Lovano, Daniel Zamir with special guest Eviatar Banai, French singer
Cyrille Aimée, the Barak Mori Trio featuring Anat Cohen, Kendrik Scott Oracle, the
Omer Klein Trio, Brass-A-Holics, the Ilan Salem Sextet, original Mexican band Sonex,
.the Ofer Landsberg Quintet, and the Leyla McCalla Trio
Since 1987 the Red Sea international Jazz Festival is held every year during late
summer in Israel's southern resort city of Eilat. The RSJF winter edition was launched
in January 2011. Every summer Eilat Port transforms to offer a magnificent music
venue with three open-air performance halls under the desert skies. In the winter
this festive international jazz event takes place indoors in various locations around
.the city of Eilat
The Red Sea Jazz Festival is a public festival supported by the Eilat municipality, the
Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Israel Ministry of Tourism, Eilat Hotels
Association, and others.
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The Red Sea Jazz Festival Young Jazz Program provides a platform for young talents
from the local jazz scene to support their international career development,
grooming them to become a significant creative force in forging the future of the
Red Sea Jazz Festival. This visionary project was initiated with the support of the RSJF
Friends Association.
The RSJF Young Jazz Program young directors are musicians Amit Friedman and Lior
Levin
This year the RSJF Young Jazz Program will focus on two major events: Summer
Workshop for young musicians and the Young Bands Competition.
The Young Bands Competition
The Red Sea Jazz Festival open stage set at the heart of the festival's compound will
host selected Israeli young ensembles, opening each evening and performing every
night during intermissions between scheduled festival performances.
An open competition to select the young bands to perform at the 2015 summer RSJF
will be held at the Zone club in Tel Aviv on June 26, 2015.
Summer Workshop
Following the success of last year, this workshop for excelling young jazz musicians
(ages 14-19) will be held for a second time. The RSJF summer workshop is scheduled
during the week prior to the festival, 19-23 August, in the Eilat Field School. A team
of musicians scheduled to perform in the 2015 summer RSJF will form the teaching
faculty, offering students daily band practice, instrument study sessions, master
classes as well as evening jam sessions.
Auditions for the RSJF Summer Workshop will be held during June.
Eli Degibri, 2015 summer RSJF Artistic Director:
"Jazz for me is much more than a musical style. Jazz encompasses so much with
numerous and diverse groundbreaking elements. First and foremost, it expresses
freedom, real freedom, the freedom of choice. Freedom to be me and the freedom
to accept the other.
Jazz is spontaneous but at the same time implements frameworks within which the
sky is the limit. It is filled with feelings such as joy, sadness, pain and euphoria,
graceful yet rough it is a maverick, uniting hearts while embracing a great many
different sub styles. Jazz is a form of dance, it is poetry in motion.
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All these and more characterize the summer jazz experience in Eilat over the last 28
years. A sense of ultimate freedom, livelihood and happiness, alongside life stories
touching the heart and soul while mingling and merging into sounds that kindle a fire
that keeps burning and inspires the audience throughout the year.
I am excited to invite you again this year to celebrate together four evenings of the
finest selection of jazz music originating from North and South America, Africa,
Europe as well as from Israel."
Joseph Chen, CEO of Eilat Municipal Tourism Corporation, 2015 summer RSJF
production manager on behalf of Eilat municipality:
"The Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat is soon to be celebrating its 30th anniversary. This
year marks the beginning of a rejuvenating process, further maintaining
international standards of excellence while representing and leading the Israeli jazz
culture.
This year alongside a select musical program with the finest international jazz artists
we have expanded the festival realms to include additional unique projects creating
an event that encompasses the whole city of Eilat, welcoming diverse audiences to
enjoy jazz culture and much more.
I personally find that the moments I spend, listening to young talents during the
workshops and in the late night hour Jam Sessions at the beach, excite and thrill me
every year again and again and I recommend to all my friends to join me for this
uplifting experience."
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Ofer Landsberg
A Love Story with the 40sClassics
Rooted in traditional American jazz of the 40s, Israeli musician Ofer Landsberg
travels in between the musical realms of now and then. He began playing at the age
of seven and as a budding guitarist was influenced greatly by legendary musicians
such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie and Art Tatum who continue to
inspire him even today. Arriving in New York at the age of seventeen he began
performing regularly alongside various acclaimed musicians including pianist Frank
Hewitt, drummer Jimmy Lovelace, pianist Gil Coggins, and drummer Jimmy Worm
worth .He soon became an established musician in the local scene he continued to
collaborate with many musicians performing around the globe.
Landsberg (33) currently resides in London expanding his career as a performer,
teacher and a passionate composer. Together with his band he brings the great
American song book to the 2015 summer RSJF with familiar tunes from the 40s-50s
as well as original compositions inspired by the beat of the 40’s. This is by no means
a retro performance but a genuine reflection of Landsberg’s musical path, Ofer says:
"I think if you play your own truth, whether it can be categorized as a kind of music
or assigned to a certain era, it would be timeless and speak to all people who are
willing to listen."
Ofer Landsberg Guitar
Jess Michel Gertenkorn Tenor Saxophone
Yoantan Riklis Piano
Dan Weisselberg Double Bass
Yonatan Rosen Drums
Photo: Charlotte Storer
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Joe Lovano
Tradition and Innovation according to the Saxophone Virtuoso
In what seems as a prophetic photograph, baby Joe Lovano is depicted cradled in his mother’s arms
while she holds an alto saxophone, an instrument twice his size. 63 years later Lovano is “one of the
greatest musicians in jazz history” as stated by the New York Times. This Grammy award winner
saxophonist was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a music loving family. His father, a barber by day and a
great tenor saxophonist by night, and his uncles, a saxophonist and a trumpeter. As an infant he grew
up on a healthy and solid diet of wholesome jazz, began playing alto saxophone at the tender age of
five later switching to tenor saxophone. By the age of sixteen he was already a professional, putting
himself through school. While attending the Berklee College of Music in the early 70s his traditional
musical upbringing intertwined with innovative approaches. "My training was all bebop, and suddenly
there were these open forms with deceptive resolutions", he says, "That turned me on, the
combination of that sound and what I came in there with. I knew what I wanted to work on after
that." This was the beginning of a long-term journey continuing more than three decades with fruitful
collaborations constantly moving between innovation and tradition.
Throughout his abundant and successful career Lovano played with a great many musicians among
them: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Woody Herman, Mel Lewis, Paul Motian, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Elvin
Jones, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Higgins, Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell, Michel
Petrucciani, Lee Konitz, Abbey Lincoln, McCoy Tyner, Ornette Coleman, Jim Hall, Bob Brookmeyer,
Dave Liebman, Michael Brecker, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Douglas, and Stefon Harris. Within the unique
expression of jazz Lovano does not hesitate to seek new concepts and subject matters. Through this
constant quest for new forms of artistic expression, Lovano has established a successful career as a
musician, band leader and composer. His dynamic personality has led him to create dozens of
collaborations participating in various different bands while all along exploring new ways to express
his muse. He also plays the drums and holds an impressive collection of gongs. The New York Times
review writes about him, "Most jazz musicians are flexible: it's a philosophical requirement of the job.
At 60, Joe Lovano is an extreme case, moving toward universality."
www.joelovano.com
Joe Lovano Saxophone
Lawrence Fields Piano
Peter Slavov Bass
Otis Brown III Drums
Photo: Jimmy Katz
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Avishai Cohen and Omri Mor. Duet
The Festival opening show
Avishai Cohen, the influential, internationally acclaimed, bassist, composer, singer, and
former RSJF Artistic Director, who has earned his reputation as one of the world's greatest
bassists, composers and leader of his own projects over the last two decades will return to
the festival to perform a special duet opening show alongside fellow gifted pianist and
friend, Omri Mor, who is one of the most diverse, versatile and fresh voices to the current
music scene .
Expect a unique collaboration, filled with emotion, diverse dynamics and joy, from two
extraordinary musical minds .
Avishai Cohen and Omri Mor Duet
Avishai Cohen Double Bass
Omri Mor Piano
Photo by: Roberto Cifarelli
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Brass-A-Holics
A Colorful New Orleans Celebration of Groove and Dance
This performance brings together the favorite tunes of Miles Davis, John Coltrane
and Louis Armstrong alongside the popular beats of Chuck Brown, Cyndi Lauper,
Wham!, Nirvana and Kanye West. Brass-A-Holicsis a band of eight musicians creating
a surprising new sound orchestrated on the classic New Orleans brass bands trombone, trumpet, saxophone and sousaphone, joined by a set of drums,
percussion, keyboards and an electric guitar.
This concept was conceived five years ago by the founders of the ensemble inspired
by marching bands, the All-American legacy of the musical entertainment
extravaganza often seen during football games. The rich musical heritage of New
Orleans, combined with the go-go funky groove generated in Washington DC in the
60s and 70s, merges into a unique one-time experience. An upbeat performance of
rhythm and sound creating an original hybrid genre that is, the Go-Go Brass Funk.
Brass-A-Holics bring to the stage unparalleled sound in a show full of grace, style and
a powerful groove which some would consider addictive.
www.brass-a-holics.com
Winston Turner Trombone
Tannon Williams Trumpet
Robin Clabby Saxophone
Matthew Clark Guitar
Keiko Komaki Keyboard
Dwayne Sherman Percussion
Reginald Nicholas Drums
Andrew Price Bass Guitar
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Sonex
The Mexican Musical Attraction
Conceived in Jalapa, the capital of the Veracruz province in Mexico, the Sonex
ensemble has its roots deeply planted in the Son Jarocho tradition, the regional folk
music style. Nevertheless they continue to look for new rhythms and sounds,
collecting a wide range of musical influences that include traditional African, AfroPeruvian and Venezuelan music, flamenco and salsa, as well as urban trends such as
blues, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock and reggae. True world music is the result here,
reinforcing traditional essence while enriching dance movements, songs, melodies
and rhythms.
Sonex original compositions and sweeping stage presence have received much
attention leading to worldwide tours and collaborations with quite a few of Latin
America’s celebrated musicians. A decade has passed and their constant passion to
uncover new sounds has led them in only a few years to become one of the most
influential and innovative Mexican band. In recent years, they regularly represent
their country at festivals around the world, winning numerous awards and prizes.
Their song, Sobre Tus Aguas that was among more than 11,500 songs submitted,
won the Earth Day National Geographic Channel and MySpace contest.
Earlier this year they released a second album featuring collaborations with artists
from around the world through an intricate project, connecting music and people
from Latin America, the United States, the Middle East, Andalusia, and more.
Traditional and contemporary are combined through their choice of instruments as
well. The Jarana, for example, is an eight string guitar-shaped strumming instrument
from the southern region of Veracruz. Characterized by a unique sound the Jarana is
played like a percussion instrument almost imitating the dance moves of the
Zapateado, a Mexican traditional form of tap dance. With their feet planted in the
past and their vision aimed far and beyond into the future, the Sonex band members
formulate a new and refreshing music language created by the minute.
Luis Felipe Luna Farias Vocals, Requinto, Dance
Camil Meseguer Vocals, Violin
Helio Martin Del Campo Vocals, Jarana, Cajon
IlanBarLavi Guitar
Jerónimo Gonzalez Bass
Renato Dominguez Drums
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Daniel Zamir Quartet with special guest Eviatar Banai
Jazz and the Spirit of an Authentic Tune
When reading the resumé of Israeli saxophonist, composer and singer, Daniel Zamir, there is
a reference stating that he performed on the same stage as Michael Brecker "Alav Hasholom", the customary Jewish saying akin to "may he rest in peace". This reference best
describes the essence of Zamir’s artistic world, Jewish Jazz fusion. He was born 35 years ago
to a secular family in Petach Tikva and moved along the usual musical training path from the
Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts to Manhattan’s New School and a promising career as
a jazz musician in New York. He recorded his first album with the Tzadik label, participated
and produced by Jewish saxophonist and composer John Zorn. As his career advanced in the
jazz scene he experienced a spiritual strengthening which led him 14 years ago to embrace
Judaism and become a faithful Chabad adherent. His musical inspiration reflects diverse
associations that create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. "My musical expression is
influenced by things that I have absorbed, from childhood to the present day, "he said in an
interview to Mako News, "and I do not censor myself."
Zamir is a multicolor versatile musician whether he performs original material, jazz classics,
Israeli folk songs adaptations or Jewish melodies. To this date he has already released nine
albums and maintains a prolific musical career in Israel and abroad. He founded the Mizmor
music academy that provides a path for religious musicians to become mainstream, and thus
created a change in the Israeli music scene. He has collaborated with many fine artists
including: Omer Avital, Omri Mor, the Fools of Prophecy, Eli Degibri, Avi Lebovich, Berry
Sakharof, Yoni Rechter, Ehud Banai, Micha Shitrit, Matisyahu, Shlomo Bar and
HaBreraHaTivit, Shuli Rand, Rami Kleinstein, Meir Banai, Assaf Amdursky, Shlomo Gronich,
Eran Tzur, Shlomi Shaban, Shay Gabso, Erez Lev Ari, Ariel Zilber, Kobi Oz, Shem-Tov Levi, and
others.
Joining him for this performance is the acclaimed Israeli singer, Eviatar Banai, who
collaborated with Zamir in the production and performance tour of the album "Missing
Here". Together they bring a common and unique "Nigun", a Jewish-Israeli melody.
Daniel Zamir Saxophone, Vocals
Amir Bresler Drums
Tomer Bar Piano
Gilad Abro Bass
Special Guest
Eviatar Banai Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Daniel Zamir Photo: ido Izak
Eviatar Banai Photo: Shachar Retzenberg
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Omer Klein Trio
Outstanding Pianist Celebrates 6th Album
Omer Klein’s musical compositions were titled “border less” by The New York Times.
The Jazz Times wrote that "what he plays makes you feel fully alive". Klein (33), an
Israeli jazz pianist and composer who currently works from Germany, has established
an internationally acclaimed career over the last decade. He began playing the piano
at the age of seven, continued his training on the bass and also taught himself to
play the guitar and drums. Combining jazz with Israeli music, Arabic music and North
African roots, Klein began his professional career on stage when he was only 16. A
graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music among his mentors were
Menachem Wiesenberg and Opher Brayer in Israel, Danilo Perez in Boston and Fred
Hersch in New York.
In recent years, Klein leads his own trio with performances around the globe and
enjoys a significant breakthrough in Europe where he is considered one of the most
promising young pianists. He collaborated with esteemed musicians such as Lee
Konitz, John Zorn, Jeff Ballard, Jonathan Blake, Marty Ehrlich, Omer Avital, Daniel
Zamir, Yuval, Anat and Avishai Cohen, Avi Lebovich, Yehudit Ravitz, Rona Kenan,
Eviatar Banai, Alon Olearchick, and more. He has won numerous awards and has
composed music for the theater in Israel and Germany.
This performance at the RSJF marks the launch of his new album in Israel, “Fearless
Friday” is Klein's sixth album release as a band leader. Klein says, "I'm very excited
about this record. It’s a kind of a summary of everything I've done so far and at the
same time it represents a step forward into the future."
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Omer Klein Piano
Haggai Cohen-Milo Bass
Amir Bresler Drums
Photo: Simon Hegenberg
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Ilan Salem Sextet
An Original and Contemporary Israeli Hard Bop Band
Israeli jazz flutist Ilan Salem introduces here new compositions written for three
wind instruments and a rhythm section. This is a classic combo ensemble akin to
Hard Bop bands with distinctive nuances of harmony and orchestration. Salem (54) is
a pillar of the Israeli jazz, one of the first Israelis who studied at the esteemed
Berklee College of Music and returned to Israel to groom a new generation of young
and promising talents. Throughout his career he worked alongside acclaimed
musicians in Israel and abroad including: Eli Meiri and Timna Brauer, Yoni Rechter,
Noa, Kenny Werner, bassist Avishai Cohen, Amos Hoffman, Nitai Hershkovitz, and
Gilad Abro. In 2011 Ilan Salem was awarded the Israel Prime Minister prize for
composition.
Salem is now returning to the deep roots of jazz and the music he composes reflects
the immense influence of jazz legends such as Louis Armstrong, Horace Silver,
Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk. Here he is joined by a group of talented young
musicians from New York and Tel Aviv, including his own son, Hillel, a trumpeter and
a student at the New School in Manhattan.
Ilan Salem Flutes
Hillel Salem Trumpet
Yonathan Yodkovich Saxophone Tenor
Eden Ladin Piano
Noam Vizenberg Double Bass
Shay Zalman Drums
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The Touré-Raichel Collective
Two Stellar Musicians between Bamako-Sénou and Tel-Aviv
The lives of international musicians are conducted between airports and long and
tedious waits. During one of these occasions, at an airport in Germany in 2008,
Israeli world music artist Idan Reichel met guitar virtuoso from Mali, Vieux Farka
Touré. While on the road from here to there and back a chance encounter gave rise
to a strong artistic friendship.
Vieux Farka Touré (31) called the Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara, is the son of the
legendary Ali Farka Touré, one of the greatest African musicians known for merging
the music of Mali and American blues. Despite his father’s objection, Vieux followed
his footsteps and built himself a reputation in the world music scene combining the
African roots sound with Jamaican dub music and jam bands. This singer and
guitarist creates a link between traditional African music from Mali, rock and roll,
reggae, pop and salsa.
Pianist and composer Idan Raichel (38), made his initial public appearance in Israel in
2002 with "The Idan Raichel Project" which has since established a tremendous
success in Israel and around the world.
The meeting between these two internationally acclaimed world music artists
resulted in the launch of the Touré-Raichel Collective which has already released two
albums, "The Tel Aviv Session" and "The Paris session". Reflecting a new found
common language the music they create develops naturally through spontaneous
improvisation revealing unbridled creativity that reinforces the magical power of
music and its ability to bridge over any differences - geographic, ethnic, political and
religious.
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Idan Raichel Piano, Vocals
Vieux Farka Touré Guitar, Vocals
Souleymane Kane Calabash
Yogev Glusman Bass, Violin
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Jack DeJohnette Trio featuring Ravi Coltrane and Matt
Garrison
An Upbeat Intergenerational Collaboration
American drummer Jack DeJohnette, an authentic representative of the giants of jazz
generation, was born in Chicago 73 years ago. He studied classical piano from the age of
four, and began playing the drums in high school. At the early stages of his musical career he
was working both as a pianist and as a drummer until he was eventually convinced by Eddie
Harris to stick to the drums. His signature drumming approach is characterized by distinct
subtlety and melodic interpretation.
Throughout his career for over five decades he has worked with a great many fellow
musicians, a shortlist of the history of Jazz in the second half of the twentieth century: John
Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Stan
Getz, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Chet Baker, George Benson, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie
Hancock, Dave Holland, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard and Betty Carter. Add to the list Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea,
Lee Morgan, Charles Lloyd, Abbey Lincoln, Sun Ra, Jackie Cologne, Danilo Perez, John
Patitucci, Jerome Harris, John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie, Bruce Hornsby,
Bobby McFerrin, Esperanza Spalding and Christian McBride.
More than thirty years ago his work was already described as "multi-directional music". His
drumming, influenced by great masters such as Max Roach, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes and Elvin
Jones, also draws inspiration from sources beyond jazz. "As a child I listened to all kinds of
music and never put them into categories", he says. "I had formal lessons on piano and
listened to opera, country and western music, rhythm and blues, jazz, swing, and whatever.
To me, it was all music and great."
His wide range of styles allows for versatility while maintaining his familiar unique
expression. "Our era’s most expansive percussive talent," according to The Jazz Times,
DeJohnette moves flexibly between Hard Bop, R & B, world music, avant-garde, free
improvisation, Latin, New Age, European jazz, Indian music, African jazz, reggae, dance and
almost every style introduced over the last half century.
The Jack DeJohnette Trio keeps it all in the family featuring two children of music legends:
Ravi Coltrane (50), the second child of Alice and John Coltrane whose first name is a tribute
to the Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar; and Matthew Garrison (45), the son of Jimmy
Garrison, John Coltrane’s bassist. DeJohnetteis Garrison’s godfather and when Matt was 18
he left his family home in Europe, moved to live with DeJohnettefor two years and learned
from him as much as he could. This trio is the best of the best of American jazz carrying the
love for music from one generation to another.
www.jackdejohnette.com
Jack DeJohnette Drums
Ravi Coltrane Saxophone Tenor
Matt Garrison Bass
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Cyrille Aimée
Classic Pop Meets Classical Jazz
French singer Cyrille Aiméewas born to a French father and Dominican mother. She
grew up in a small town, an hour's drive from Paris, where the Django Reinhardt jazz
festival is held every summer. When the festival was in town she used to sneak out
from her bedroom window to join the event that attracted mainly gypsies from all
over Europe. The Romani people would play their music and sing all the time, and
soon she fell in love with the gypsy way of life. She wandered around Europe, singing
and playing on street corners across the continent with her musician friends. At 19,
she moved to Paris and was a finalist in the French version of "American Idol". But
when she was told she can sing only what they assign her to sing, her gypsy and jazz
free spirit took over and she left the competition. After a visit to the Dominican
Republic, to connect with her mother's musical roots, she settled in New York City
and began studying, working on original material, and even winning prizes in major
competitions including the Montreux Jazz Festival competition, the Thelonious Monk
Competition and the Sarah Vaughan Competition.
Cyrille (30), noted for her subtle and precise vocal expression lives in Brooklyn and
has already released seven albums. In The New York Times she is described as
"Michael Jackson brushes shoulders with Sarah Vaughanin the person of Cyrille
Aimée, a saucy, curly-haired jazz singer with one foot in tradition and the other in
electronics."
With a clear feminine voice, sincere delivery akin to Edith Piaf, and the effects of
electronic pop and gypsy styles, Cyrille Aimée creates a remarkable and uplifting jazz
experience.
www.cyrillemusic.com
Cyrille Aimée Vocals
Adrien Moignard Guitar
Michaél Valeanu Guitar
Sam Anning Bass
Raj Jayaweera Drums
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Leyla McCalla
A Haitian Heritage that mesmerized New Orleans
The streets of New Orleans are the source of creative inspiration and an anchor for
Leyla McCalla, young cellist, singer and composer. Born in New York City to a Haitian
immigrant family, she began playing the cello as a child. "I was drawn to New Orleans
because it seemed easier to access a creative space in a city that moved a little bit slower
and invents and follows its own rules", she explains. Here, at the place where she always felt
like home, Leila embarked on a journey full of musical and cultural discoveries. "The more I
learned about the history of Louisiana, its ties to Haiti and French speaking culture, the more
sense of belonging I felt and continue to feel", she says. At first she sat on street corners
around the French Quarter playing cello Bach suites to passersby. Inevitably discovered she
became a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops band, Grammy award winner in the
traditional folk album category, which led to establishing her solo career.
Her debut album came out last year and includes compositions to Langston Hughes poems,
and Haitian folk songs as well as original materials. Langston Hughes (1902-1967), an
American poet, social activist and writer known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, a
black activist cultural movement that operated until the mid-30s, who is considered one of
the first jazz poetry artists. "I always really appreciated and loved the way that he uses
words", she describes how Hughes became her source of inspiration."I found that the more
that I was putting the music to the poems the more they became like stories and took on
this whole life. Almost like characters that I understood, that I had come to understand."
McCalla draws musical inspiration from a variety of sources, from Bach and classical music,
through the American folk music and traditional music from Haiti, to the musical traditions
of Louisiana, with old Cajun fiddle tunes, trad jazz banjo, and the sounds and dance beats of
Mardi Gras New Orleans. She plays several instruments however her outstanding eloquent
expression as a cellist and a vocalist creates a caressing sound which is unparalleled. "Music,
it hits your ears right away. You either like it or you don’t",McCalla says, "But I want people
also feel like they understand what I’m trying to say."
www.leylamccalla.com
Leyla McCalla Vocals, Guitar, Cello, Banjo
Dan Tremblay Guitar, 5String Banjo
Bria "Free" Bonet Viola
Photo: Chris Colbourn
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Ron Carter
The Great Americana Bass
With appearances in more than 2,500 albums, Ron Carter is one of the most
recorded bassists in the history of American jazz. Carter is the bass master. He is
original, prolific and influential, as well as a composer, arranger, teacher, author and
a Grammy Award winner. He began playing cello 68 years ago, when he was ten.
Encountering difficulties when his family moved to Detroit due to racist stereotypes
expressed by other classical musicians, he switched to bass. In the 60s, Carter was a
member of the renowned Miles Davis quintet, playing alongside Herbie Hancock,
Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams. Later he worked with a great many musicians
including: Thelonious Monk, Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderley, Sam Rivers,
Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver, Tommy
Flanagan, Billy Joel, Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, the Kronos Quartet,
Dexter Gordon, and Wes Montgomery.
Carter is a brilliant melodic and rhythmic player, and a master of every as pectand
technique of the acoustic bass. As he moves from hard-bop, post-bop, straight AHead Jazz, and the third stream that combines jazz and classical music, Carter
encompasses the essence of elegance and style. Throughout his abundant and
interdisciplinary career he combines both writing, teaching, conducting, and master
class performances as well as holding senior positions such as artistic director of the
Thelonious Monk Institute, and Professor at the Department of Music in the City
College of New York. Carter says, "I think that the bassist is the quarterback in any
group, and he must find a sound that he is willing to be responsible for."
www.roncarter.net/JazzMaster
Ron Carter Bass
Renee Rosnes Piano
Payton Crossley Drums
Rolando Morales-Matos Percussion
Photo: Beti Niemeyer, Takehiko Tokiwa
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Kendrick Scott Oracle
A Drummer's Prophetic Vision and the Art of Asking the Right Questions
"The oracle doesn't give answers, just questions for you to think about", is the motto
of Oracle, the band led by American jazz drummer and composer, Kendrick Scott.
The name Oracle that seeks to express both vision and worldview was inspired by
two sources. First by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers whose music was aimed to
influence people and challenge their ideas about music. The second source is the
Oracle character in The Matrix science fiction action media franchise, whose
questions help the protagonist Neo, "the One", to find the answers within himself.
Kendrick Scott was born 35 years ago in Houston, Texas. His strong link to music was
instilled at home and at church, with the encouragement of his family. He attended
the local High School of the Arts and since 2002, when he graduated from the
Berklee College of Music, he began his professional career performing alongside
esteemed musicians such as: Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano, Kenny Jarrett, Dianne
Reeves, Liz Wright, Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, James Moody, and Benny
Green.
He participated in the recordings of nearly twenty albums, and released his first
Oracle album in 2006 through his own record label. Oracle has released three
albums since. Kendrick Scott is a drummer who has high quality technique, great
intuition, an open-mind, a distinct melodic sense and flavorful style allowing him to
adjust to a wide range of musical challenges. As a composer he is a fine architect of
exquisite melodies creating a wonderful base for inspiring and enlightened
improvisation."I really thought the best way to describe my music was not with one
word or category", he says, "But it is jazz. It does have a lot of jazz influences. I
developed some words, like: the music is lyrical. It has space. The music has
momentum. It has a lot of contour."To use more familiar words, one could say that
Scott takes the spirit of hard bop that led Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in the 50s
and parades it proudly into present day with distinct aromas of post-bop and straight
A-Head Jazz.
His music is played with passion and sincerity uncovering a variety of complex
emotions, feelings that are meant to lead the audience through a journey of selfdiscovery to the more comprehensive truth. Oracle seeks to communicate a message
of truth through questioning the obvious by motivating the audience to inquire
profoundly into the meaning of existence.
www.kendrickscott.com
Kendrick Scott Drums, Joe Sanders bass, John Ellis Sax, Michael Moreno Guitar,
Taylor Eigsti Piano Photo: Jimmy Katz
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Booking opens on June 20, 2015 for tickets and vacation packages.
Please fill out the form and our representative will contact you.
First 200 registrants will receive a 20% discount.
2015 summer Red Sea Jazz Festival ticket program includes:
Platinum Pass – for all concerts including closed events and special finalé concert*
Gold Pass - for all concerts - not including special finalé concert
Silver Pass – 2 Days Pass for all concerts - not including special finalé concert*
Bronze Pass - 1 Day Pass for all concerts - not including special finalé concert*
Tickets for individual concerts are available at various prices.
* The finalé concert is a festive concluding event with special performance by Berry
Sakharof in the presence of distinguished guests
Summer 2015 Red Sea Jazz Festival – Ticket Prices
Platinum Pass – 1,500 NIS
(admission to all concerts, including the Berry Sakharov special performance)
Gold Pass – 1,350 NIS
(admission to all concerts, not including the Berry Sakharov special performance)
Silver Pass – 750 NIS
(2 Days free admission to all concerts, not including the Berry Sakharov special
performance)
Bronze Pass - 395 NIS
(1 Day free admission to all concerts, not including the Berry Sakharov special
performance)
Individual Concert Ticket Prices
The Berry Sakharov Special Performance – 220 NIS
Visiting Artists Concert - 180/220 NIS
Local Israeli Artists Concert – 150 NIS
Estimated concession rates:
Student / senior citizen - 20% -30%
Resident of Eilat - up to 20%
Youth (under 18) - 40%
See full program details and other information on the Red Sea Jazz Festival website
www.redseajazz.co.il
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We invite you to book your 2015 summer RSJF complete experience package with
Kishrey-Teufa, attractive tailor made hospitality packages that include flights, hotel
accommodation, and RSJF tickets.
Prices
(Double Bedroom per Person)
Starting at 949 NIS - 3 stars hotel accommodation (2 nights breakfast included) +
RSJF Bronze Pass
Starting at 1,189 NIS - 4 stars hotel accommodation (2 nights breakfast included) +
RSJF Bronze Pass
Starting at 1,359 NIS - 5 stars hotel accommodation (2 nights breakfast included) +
RSJF Bronze Pass
* Selected one way flights can be booked for 259 NIS (to and from Sdeh Dov Airport
and Ben Gurion Airport)
Ticket Booking: Zappa Reservation Center, call *9080
Festival Management: Eilat Municipal Tourism Corporation
Production Management: Forum Factor
Festival Chairman: Eilat Mayor, Meir Yitzchak Halevi
The Red Sea Jazz Festival is held with the support of the Eilat municipality, the Israel
Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Israel Ministry of Tourism, the Israel Ministry for
the Development of the Negev and Galilee, the Eilat Hotels Association, the Eilat
Port, and commercial endorsements.
For more information please contact:
Yaron Cohen 050-7789393 co.n.yaron@gmail.com
Hagit Novick Solomon 050-2343030 hagitnovik@gmail.com
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