Katowice JazzArt Festival 2013

The second edition of JazzArt Festival held in Katowice will present to the audience an extremely diverse programme. We will listen to a lot of jazz in its various forms, but as usually with contemporary music its affinities will be wide: from classical music or avant-garde to electronic, world music and pop. Most importantly there will always float over this musical melting the omnipresent spirit of improvisation. Not without reason, the theme of this festival is a phrase uttered by Telonious Monk "JAZZ TO FREEDOM". Jazz always has been open, able to assimilate different musical threads of which it created a new artistic quality. During 18 concerts in 7 locations in Katowice will perform both recognized jazz stars and artists only applying for such status. Among the foreign guests we may count artists of such a calibre as Manu Katche, Roberto Fonseca or Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble. Polish jazz scene will be represented by, among others, Tie Break with Michał Urbaniak or Marcin Masecki. The organizer of the Katowice JazzArt Festival is Cultural Institution Katowice - City of Gardens.

26.04.2013 (Friday) 
18.30 New Tide Orquestra (Rialto)

21.00 Tie Break & Michał Urbaniak (Rialto)
22.30 Jon Irabagon Organ Trio (Hipnoza)

27.04.2013 (Saturday)
18.30 Erik Truffaz 4tet (Rialto)
20.30 Led Bib & Elektro Guzzi (Hipnoza)
22.00 Piotr Damasiewicz ImproGraphic (Gugalander)

28.04.2013 (Sunday)
18.30 Julian Gembalski & Hop-Beats (Rialto)
20.30 Roberto Fonseca (Hipnoza)
22.00 Boeing: Masecki & Górczyński (Gugalander)

30.04.2013 (Tuesday)
18.30 Manu Katche (Rialto)
20.30 Sons of Kemet (Hipnoza)
21.00 Jakub Kościuszko (Katofonia)
22.00 Marek Kądziela Das Quartet (Rajzefiber)

01.05.2013 (Wednesday)
20.30 Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble
22.00 Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit (Hipnoza)