35th International Jazz Festival Saalfelden
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Before friends of contemporary jazz will flock to the most important East German jazz festival - precisely, the 38th Leipzig Jazz Days - with its incomparable program, Saalfelden, idyllically located in the Pinzgau Saalach Valley, once again calls the true jazz devotees from the Leipzig region and beyond to the event that can no longer be missed in the European music calendar.
A guiding principle of this year's festival is to use the openness and individuality of jazz to subtly undermine the overwhelming spirit of surveillance.
Among the musicians eager to experiment and discover new things in delightful venues and hospitable atmospheres are Philipp Nykrin, Marc Ribot, Amir ElSaffar, Henry Threadgill, Jason Moran and Get The Blessing. The final concert, entitled "Voodoo Sense," will feature the Joachim Kühn Trio (Majid Bekkas, Ramon Lopez) with Archie Shepp as guest.