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Heaven and Earth also inspired the creation of the movie As Told to G/D Thyself, directed by Kamasi Washington together with cu Jenn Nkiru, Bradford Young, Terence Nance and Marc Thomas.Īnna Calvi has been revered in the British music industry since she emerged in 2011, due to her impeccable qualities as a performer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Kamasi Washington won numerous “best of” awards from Pitchfork, NPR, Variety, GQ, MOJO and Complex, to name a few. The Epic was followed by Heaven and Earth, in 2018.
His unique style brought him collaborations with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Run the Jewels, Ibeyi and, recently, Florence and The Machine. Combining jazz with elements of hip-hop and classic soul, Kamasi Washington, together with his 10-piece band, The Next Step, managed to go beyond the standard definition of jazz music and reach a young audience, offering them the chance to discover music from a complete new perspective. In 2015, when he released his LP, The Epic, the American sax player was looked at as a revelation for modern jazz, a torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music. The 2020 edition will open with the Kamasi Washington concert. This might be one of the most important contributions we’ve brought to Romanian jazz music”, said Alin Vaida, founder and director of the Jazz in the Park Festival. We built this bridge between a Romanian jazz band and an artist and pianist renowned for his talent internationally. Moreover, the collaboration between Omar Sosa and JazzyBIT is going to be something exceptional. It’s a lineup that is well connected to the musical present and we know we took a pretty high risk, but this has been our goal since 2012, when we first started thinking about Jazz in the Park. Kamasi Washington is maybe the most talked-about jazz musician of the moment, Rolling Stone Magazine said that the last Anna Calvi album is the album of the year, and Cécile McLorin Salvant won three Grammys for the Best Jazz Vocal Album over the past five years. We didn’t focus on how popular these artists are in Romania, but on what their contribution is to 2020’s musical landscape, globally speaking.
Our wish is to be competitive on a European level and to have a 5-star lineup. “This year, we went for a really special lineup, and we hope the audience will see this. Jazz in the Park 2020 will also bring Omar Sosa & JazzyBIT, with a project especially made for this edition of the festival.ĭuring the four days of Jazz in the Park (June 25-28), the audience will get to see Tatran (IL), Bariș Demirel (TR), Arcuș Trio (RO), Bogdan Vaida (RO), Teodor Pop – Solo Piano (RO), The Mono Jacks – Acoustic (RO) and Implant pentru Refuz – Acustic (RO) as well, these being just a part of the entire lineup that will liven up the eighth edition of the festival in the Central Park of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Together with him, singer-songwriter and guitarist Anna Calvi (UK), also known for writing the musical score for the fifth season of Peaky Blinders, and jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant (US), winner of three Grammy Awards, will perform for the first time in Romania, on the festival’s Main Stage. We’re talking about Kamasi Washington (US), considered to be “our generation’s torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music” and also the jazz voice of Black Lives Matter. After winning the title of Europe’s Best Small Festival in 2019, thus gaining international recognition, Jazz in the Park is ready for a new edition, with an eclectic and mature lineup headlined by one of the most representative musicians of contemporary jazz.
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