“Radiohead of British Jazz,” contemporary saxophone virtuoso, a Wrocław band with their Slavic melancholy and an electrifying diva of soul and jazz – we have the names of artists featured at this year’s Jazz on the Odra Festival.
This year, the Culture Zone Wrocław would like to invite everybody for an entire week filled with jazz – the festival is now two days longer, and the added time was filled to the brim with music. The opening concert (20 April) at the National Forum of Music will feature the Kasia Pietrzko Trio and the Możdżer Danielsson Fresco Trio & Holland Baroque. The latter will showcase their latest release – Just Ignore It, and the concert will launch a new tour promoting the album.
Meanwhile, Mazowiecka 17 will once again host a multitude of stars of Polish and world jazz, including China Moses (23 April) – soul and jazz singer who can swing at the highest level, daughter of Dee Dee Bridgewater, an unquestioned icon of jazz music. A day later, we will have an opportunity to listen to the sounds of Chris Potter, contemporary saxophone virtuoso, dubbed “one of the best researched (and copied) saxophonists in the world” by the Down Beat magazine. The Impart stage will once again host the Wrocław-based EABS (25 April), this time showcasing their Slavic Spirits, inspired by Slavic mythology and Polish demonology – the concert will feature some mysterious guests. On the last day of the festival, we will get to see GoGo Penguin – a Manchester trio, whose work is equally influenced by rock, jazz, electronic and minimalist music. And these are just some of the concerts featured in the main programme of the festival.
Of course, there will be something new – the JAZZ’off Free Jazz Stage (21 April), presenting three versatile bands: Jerzy Mączyński – Jerry & The Pelican System, Kwaśny Deszcz and MALEDIWY. Thanks to its unwavering popularity, the Open Air Stage will be set up once again in front of Impart – for the third consecutive year. This time, free concerts will be available from Friday to Sunday (24-26 April), and the full concert programme will be announced soon. As always, you can count on a multitude of accompanying events – exhibitions, special meetings and performances in the urban space, as well as the ever-popular Jam Sessions – music-filled nights with artists and listeners.
Festival tickets and passes can be purchased at Wrocław Culture Zone ticket offices, at www.jazznadodra.pl, www.strefakultury.pl, www.eventim.pl as well as Empik and Media Markt stores across the country.
Tickets will be available on: 20 January, 12:00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets for the opening concert are now available!
Programme of the 56th Jazz on the Odra Festival
20th of April (Monday)
National Forum of Music, 7:00 p.m.
56th Jazz on the Odra: opening concert
I set: Kasia Pietrzko Trio
II set: Możdżer Danielsson Fresco Trio & Holland Baroque
21st of April (Tuesday)
Impart, small stage, 6:00 p.m.
Marianna Wróblewska with Friends: Memories
Impart, main stage, 7:00 p.m.
JAZZ’off stage
1st set: Jerzy Mączyński – Jerry & The Pelican System
2nd set: Kwaśny Deszcz
3rd set: MALEDIWY
22nd of April (Wednesday)
Impart, main stage, 7:00 p.m.
1sr set: Valeriy Stepanov Band
2nd set: Walk Away
Impart, small stage, 10:30 p.m.
Elec-Tri-City
Impart, festival club, 11:00 p.m.
Jam session
23rd of April (Thursday)
Impart, main stage, 7:00 p.m.
1st set: Piotr Wojtasik: VOICES
2nd set: China Moses
Impart, small stage, 10:30 p.m.
Kuba Banaszek Quartet
Impart, festival club, 11:00 p.m.
Jam session
24th of April (Friday)
Impart, small stage, 2:00 p.m.
Jazz Personality Contest 2020 – 1st day of the auditions
Impart, main stage, 7:00 p.m.
1st set: Peter Erskine – Alan Pasqua – Darek Oleszkiewicz
2nd set: Chris Potter & Craig Taborn Duo
Impart, small stage , 10:30 p.m.
Mariusz Bogdanowicz Quintet
Impart, festival club, 11:00 p.m.
Jam session
25th of April (Saturday)
Impart, small stage, 12:00 (noon)
Jazz Personality Contest 2020 – 2nd day of the auditions
Impart, main stage, 6:00 p.m.
1st set: 2020 Grand Prix Laureate
2nd set: EABS Slavic Spirits & Guests
Impart, small stage , 10:30 p.m.
Emil Miszk & The Sonic Syndicate: ARTIFICIAL STUPIDITY
Impart, festival club, 11:00 p.m.
Jam session
26th of April (Sunday)
Impart, main stage, 6:00 p.m.
1st set: E.J. Strickland Quintet
2nd set: GoGo Penguin
Impart, small stage , 10:30 p.m.
Daniel Toledo – Kuba Więcek – Michał Miśkiewicz – Piotr Orzechowski
Impart, festival club, 11:00 p.m.
Jam session
The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the event programme.
