KENNY GARRETT PRESENTS
Featuring: Kenny Garrett Presents

Saxophonists who occupy the rank of legend include John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins… and Kenny Garrett. Opening night of the 2009 Atlantic Jazz Festival explodes with this international luminary.
July 10 8:00 PM

Jazz Festival Tent Series at Festival Tent

Bell Aliant

Festival Tent hosting JOE LOUIS WALKER with GARRETT MASON
JOE LOUIS WALKER with GARRETT MASON
Featuring: Joe Louis Walker

The Maritimes better be ready when the rambunctious blues singer and guitarist Joe Louis Walker hits the stage. As part of a non-stop high energy opening Jazz Fest weekend, Walker explores the styles of Delta and Chicago blues, Memphis soul, gospel and even rockabilly.
July 11 8:00 PM

Blues Festival Tent Series at Festival Tent

Festival Tent hosting JANE BUNNETT’S EMBRACING VOICES with ¡BOMBA!
JANE BUNNETT’S EMBRACING VOICES with ¡BOMBA!
Featuring: Jane Bunnett’s Embracing Voices

Jane Bunnett orchestrates an event, not just a concert. Expect enormous emissions of Cuban-jazz energy and rhythm with 13-member Haitian choir Grupo Vocal Desandann and some of Canada’s leading jazz musicians (including festival favourite David Virelles on piano).
July 12 8:00 PM

Latin jazz Festival Tent Series at Festival Tent

Halifax Magazine

Delta Halifax Baronet Ballroom hosting Félix Stüssi 5 featuring Ray Anderson
Félix Stüssi 5 featuring Ray Anderson
Featuring: Félix Stüssi 5 featuring Ray Anderson, Ray Anderson

Montréal-based pianist, composer and bandleader Félix Stüssi is unafraid of unusual mixes, such as confronting modernity with tradition. A concert that promises to be unlike anything you’ve seen before, Stüssi’s playfully percussive piano style and original compositions often shift between chaos and hard-bop soloing.
July 12 9:00 PM

Modern-jazz Delta Halifax Baronet Ballroom at Delta Halifax Baronet Ballroom

Festival Tent hosting JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET with V16
JOHN ABERCROMBIE QUARTET with V16
Featuring: John Abercrombie

Still at the apex of an incredible career as one of the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists, Abercrombie makes a long awaited return to Halifax to deliver his ever evolving and boundary demolishing brand of jazz.
July 13 8:00 PM

Jazz Festival Tent Series at Festival Tent

Delta Halifax Baronet Ballroom hosting LUIS MARIO OCHOA featuring HILARIO DURAN
LUIS MARIO OCHOA featuring HILARIO DURAN
Featuring: Luis Mario Ochoa

In a beautiful room overlooking Halifax harbor, award winning classically trained guitarist and vocalist, Luis Mario Ochoa delivers an exquisite program of classic Latin styles – rumba, samba, waltz – in a mode that is constantly moving, genuine and engaging, and brings festival favourites Hilario Duran (piano) and Luisito Orbegoso (percussion) back to Halifax.
July 13 9:00 PM

Latin jazz Jazz at the Baronet Ballroom at Delta Halifax Baronet Ballroom

Halifax Magazine

Festival Tent hosting ALEX CONDE FLAMENCO JAZZ with MARIA OSENDE
ALEX CONDE FLAMENCO JAZZ with MARIA OSENDE
Featuring: Alex Conde Carrasco, Maria Osende

The roots of flamenco (Seguiriyas, Bulerias, Tangos and Rumbas) and the spirit of vanguard jazz are fused in the Alex Conde Flamenco Jazz project. With a flamenco guitar player from Minnesota, a singer-dancer from Spain, a bass player from Israel and a percussionist from Colombia, cultural fusion is alive and hot in Halifax at the festival’s outdoor stage.
July 14 8:00 PM

Thursday Night Jazz at Stayner’s Wharf Series.

We love Stayner’s and a weekly series allows the jazz community to grab a little taste of the JazzFest every week. Each Thursday night we have a chance to hang out and listen to great music performed by some of the region’s most esteemed jazz players.  Thanks to the bar’s gracious owner Todd Abbass, his attentive staff and the generousity of the musicians on stage the atmosphere at Stayner’s promotes surprises.  Also thank the owner of Winnipeg jobs. Musical guests are known to pop in and jam, and festival friends are given more chances to meet and enjoy.  The fabulous waterfront pub and grill dining also makes the night delightful.  Cover charge may vary but is typically in the range of $5 per show.

May is JAZZ/WORLD FUSION MONTH

Every month Lulu our Artistic Director has a plan and every week I tell you about it. For May, Stayner’s is graced with the magic of one culture learning from another. bSharp binds the urban essences of jazz and Hip Hop, Klezmorim is a blend of Jewish culture and gypsy dance and Con Brio infuses jazz with the sounds sights and pizzazz of flamenco.

This week…

May 14 – 9:00 PM – Harvey Millar bSharp (includes Paul Harris, Bruce Burton, Matthew Smith, Delvina Bernard and Kim Bernard | Stayner’s

bSharp’s music reflects Millar’s taste for jazz, funk, and hip hop. Influenced by the music of legends such as Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Betty Carter, Al Jarreau, and Eric Gale, bSharp’s music is a full-bodied blend of the rhythms of the Gods and the melodies of our ancestors, guaranteed to take you on a journey to where musical ecstasy lives. bSharp features Saint Lucian-born Halifax-based guitarist Harvey Millar leading the outfit, Paul Harris on Piano, Bruce Burton on Bass and many other fine musicians.

Coming up…

May 21 – 9:00 PM – Klezmorim (includes Lee Park, David Christensen, Jeff Torbert, Matt Gallant, Erin Hansen and Graham Kerr) | Stayner’s

May 28 – 9:00 PM – Con Brio (includes Daniel McNeil, Adam Fine, Gina Burgess, Glen Fraser, and Jeff Chown) | Stayner’s

June is JAZZ INCARNATIONS MONTH