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Jazz It Up
night with George Gerswhin'. This proposal intends to remember the great names of jazz music, as was done last year with the tribute to Duke Ellington. In the International Classic Jazz All Stars you will find musicians with a long professional career such as the Danish drummer Martin Andersen, the Catalan double bassist Queralt Camps, the French trombonist Samuel Marthé, the British trumpeter Paul Evans or the Valencian vibraphonist Arturo Serra.
On Thursday, August 24, the festival will be closed by the band Judith Owen & Her Gentlemen Callers, who are on a European tour. Residents in New Orleans (United States), their music is heavily influenced by vocalists such as Peggy Lee, Pearl Bailey, Blossom Dearie, Julie London or Dinah Washington. In addition, its scenography harkens back to the great productions of Broadway musicals and shows, with a noir touch . The singer, of Welsh origin, offers a repertoire that mixes jazz, swing and blues, which has led her to collaborate with figures from the jazz world such as Jason Marsalis, Nicholas Payton or Donald Harrison, among others.
Among the musicians in the band (Her Gentlemen Callers), the Australian guitarist Dave Bleckhorn stands out.
GANDIA will once again host a music festival this summer and will do so in conjunction with the Mediterránea Festival. From Thursday, August 17 to Saturday, August 19, thousands of people will be able to enjoy a lineup featuring Vetusta Morla, Leiva, La Casa Azul, Ojete Calor, among other groups and artists in the Parque de la Festa.
This was explained on Thursday, August 3, in a press conference by the deputy councilor for tourism and culture, Balbina Sendra who was accom
