Christian McBride Trio

"Certain musicians arrived on the scene who were just complete. Paul Chambers would one of them. Tony Williams would be one. They had everything already in place, and they were innovative. Maybe I was too busy being fragmented to develop that. There's a positive side to playing in many genres, which I like to do. But to play my own devil's advocate, maybe it took away my ability to focus on one particular way or style. In any case, that's who I was, and still am."

Eddie Gomez, NYC 2012

Christian McBride Trio

Christian McBride_contrabajo

Christian Sands_piano

Ulysses Owens_batería

Auditorio del Conservatori del Liceu, Barcelona, 16.11.13

Jack DeJohnette Group & Don Byron

"Aquel sonido me gustaba, pero yo no conocía los acordes. Los acordes son la base de toda música, la base sobre la que improvisan los instrumentistas del jazz.

- ¿Qué es lo que tengo que hacer? - pregunté

- Tú escucha el sonido de mi guitarra y toca lo que te pida el cuerpo.

Johnny empezó a rasguear el blues, y empecé a tocas cosas que sonaban bien y daban la impresión de encajar con la guitarra. Seguimos tocando, y poco a poco fueron saliéndome cosas que tenían sentiodo y no desentonaban con lo suyo. Le pregunté si creía que iba a poder convertirme en músico de jazz.

- Tienes los dotes naturales, y ésa es una gran suerte - dijo él.

Me propuse convertirme en el mejor instrumentista del mundo. Me propuse convertirme en músico de jazz."

Una vida ejempler - Art Pepper

Programa de "Jazz porque sí" dedicado a Jack DeJohnette

Jack DeJohnette Group & Don Byron

Jack DeJohnette_batería

Don Byron_clarinete y saxo tenor

George Colligan_piano, teclados y corneta
Jerome Harris_bajo eléctrico

Sala Barts, Barcelona, 15.11.13

Bugge Wesseltoft Ok World Ensemble

"In popular culture, music is representative of something other than music. That’s the part that, as a musician, you have to get used to, the idea that the music is a metaphor, whereas in jazz and what we’re doing, the music is the music..... The music can be a metaphor for life, or a metaphor for death, or it can be a metaphor for things like that, emotional responses. But the idea of the music being a metaphor for success, for currency, for popularity, for the thing that makes us all feel like we’re all with the times - it’s a strange concept to me." Branford Marsalis

Bugge Wesseltoft Ok World Ensemble

Bugge Wesseltoft_piano

Josemi Carmona_guitarra
Shri Sriram_bajo y flauta
Khaled Yassine_Vivek Rajgopalan_Amade Cossa_percusiones
45 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona

Teatre Joventut, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08.11.13

Sylvain Cathala trio

"El jazz es una forma expresiva muy cercana a la conversación hablada, al diálogo. Es debatir, escuchar, reflexionar sobre la marcha, argumentar, saber estar, combatir y superar miedos, aprender de los que saben más, etc." Jorge Cabadas , músico y pedagogo

"A painter paints on canvas, but musicians paint on silence. We provide the music and you provide the silence." Stokowski to noisy crowd

"Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, a way of being, a way of thinking." Nina Simone

"Hipness is not a state of mind, it's a fact of life!" Cannonball Adderley

"You've heard about jazz music, they say it comes from different cities and different states. I say jazz comes from anywhere the human being has a soul and has a heart." Willie "The Lion" Smith

"Hopefully you can get something that will spark your imagination and take you somewhere that's enjoyable to you." Billy Childs

"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends, fads and popular opinion." Jack Kerouac

"When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them." Don Cherry

"The expression of freedom that is Jazz improvisation mirrors the ethos of the best parts of society." Paul Kreibich

Sylvain Cathala trio

Sylvain Cathala_saxo tenor

Sarah Murcia_contrabajo
Christophe Lavergne_batería
45 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona

Institut Français, Barcelona, 05.11.13

Richard Bona

Richard Bona

Richard Bona_voz_bajo eléctrico

Tatum Greenblat_trompeta
Adam Stoler_guitarra
Etienne Stadwijk_teclados
Ludwig Afonso_batería
45 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona

Sala Barts, Barcelona, 20.10.13