Malta Jazz Festival 2018 Booklet by Festivals Malta

MALTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018

16-21 July Valletta

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Foreword by Artistic Director

Exhibition

Jazz week by night

Thursday Line-up

Thursday 1st Act

Thursday 2nd Act

Thursday 3rd Act

Friday Line-up

Friday 1st Act

Friday 2nd Act

Friday 3rd Act

Saturday Line-up

Saturday 1st Act

Saturday 2nd Act

Jazz Masterclasses

Midday Programme

Credits

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Curating a jazz festival nowadays is not always an easy task. In an ever-shifting landscape of blurred genres and crossed borders, it is very easy to lose one’s bearings. Where is that fine line between tradition and innovation? Is this ‘real’ jazz? To what extent can we compromise artistic integrity? Are these questions really important? These are some of the issues that have been haunting me as an artistic director for the past 10 years. I am not sure that I have all the answers to these questions, however I can say that the Malta Jazz Festival is definitely a bastion of good taste and great music.

celebration of one of the most important yet misunderstood art forms of the past century. Jazz is constantly reinventing itself, jazz is tradition, jazz is young and old, jazz is full of contradictions, but jazz is not dead. Every July we are delighted to stage this event, honouring this eminently humane art form. And this year will be a very special edition. In Malta jazz is synonymous with Valletta, and I am privileged to orchestrate a special line-up for the 2018 European Capital of Culture title. It will be one of this year’s highlights and Chick Corea’s presence is particularly significant as it reminds us of when it all started, back at Ta’ Liesse in 1991, when the foundations of Malta’s oldest running festival were laid.

Jazz’s roots are undeniably Afro-American. Jazz however has evolved through the years, alienating itself from its origins and absorbing many different influences. This has created ongoing debates about the real meaning of the word “jazz”, especially among purists. As a festival director, one of my main worries is to present a panorama of the contemporary jazz scene without deviating too much from the soul of what I consider to be “jazz”.

I would like to thank everyone at Arts Council Malta especially Francis Agius, Daryl Ebeyer, Annabelle Stivala, Lara Darmanin and Joseph Agius Attard for their hard work involved in making this event possible. I hope that some of the energy and enthusiasm we put into this event will reach out to you. Enjoy.

The Malta Jazz Festival has become an institution. During those few days the most beautiful sounds on earth converge in a

Sandro Zerafa Artistic Director

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SAIL TO BREEZY JAZZ ISLAND

Tuesday 17 July – 9 p.m. Palazzo de la Salle 219 Republic Street, Valletta Free entrance

The vitality, the variety and the intimacy of the annual Malta Jazz Festival have been captured in a photographic exhibition that documents the 27 years of its existence Entitled ‘Jazz Island: a visual journey through 27 years of the Malta Jazz Festival’ the exhibition is a new initiative: it is a celebration of the jazz artists who participated in past editions of the festival, as seen through the eyes of Joe Smith. The exhibition launches the Malta Jazz Festival on 16 July at the Phoenicia Hotel, Floriana and is open to the public from 8.30p.m. It runs until July 21. A performance featuring the cool melodies of Stjepko Gut Quintet will follow at 9.00p.m. Smith’s work has become synonymous with the Malta Jazz Festival and, as artistic director Sandro Zerafa notes, “his visual documentation of the festival since its inception has managed to capture the verve, the diversity and the intimacy of this iconic event, featuring the most important artists in the jazz world, some of which have passed into the annals of jazz history.” Smith confides how in his jazz photography he tries to “convey the pressure, tension and emotion of improvisation”. His preference for a monochrome treatment is “in tune with what jazz is all about: compression of tones and economy of interpretation”. He is also after facial expressions, mood, body language and the connection

with the audience. “For me,” he muses, “these musicians are not actors on a stage but fellow artists whose bravura reveals without constraints the pain of love”. Speaking about the exhibition, Annabelle Stivala, Director Festivals Malta, notes: “As the Malta Jazz Festival celebrates 28 years of jazz music, Festivals Malta endeavours to develop the festival further with concerts around Valletta throughout the day, together with this new initiative which is a unique celebration of jazz artists who participated in past editions of the festival. We are very enthusiastic about ‘Jazz Island’, which is curated at the highest level, and which will leave a legacy for this special festival.” The Phoenicia’s General Manager Charles Azzopardi says: “Joe Smith is an inspiring photographer who has been following the Malta Jazz Festival since its inception. The Phoenicia is delighted to host this exhibition as part of the Jazz Festival. We hope this exhibition will bring a new audience to Smith’s work, which, as a supporter and promoter of Maltese culture, we are very happy to feature.”

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A homage to Clark Terry The Stjepko Gut Sextet featuring Bertil Strandberg Monday 16 July – 9 p.m. Rotunda, Phoenicia Hotel, Floriana Free entrance

Stjepko Gut Quintet Stjepko Gut, a former Clark Terry protegé and one of Europe’s best kept jazz treasures, is also one of the patrons of the Malta Jazz Festival. Gut was a member of the Lionel Hampton All Star Band and he has toured and recorded extensively with Clark Terry, Horace Parlan, Clifford Jordan, Jimmy Heath, Curtis Fuller, Nicholas Payton, Kenny Washington and many other jazz icons. An excellent educator, he was a member of the faculty for the Graz Institut for Jazz for years. He will be performing in Malta with the cream of the crop of the French jazz scene – Hugo Lippi on guitar, Olivier Zanot on saxophone, Philippe Aerts on bass and Philippe Soirat on drums. LINE-UP: Stjepko Gut – trumpet, flugelhorn Olivier Zanot – alto saxophone Hugo Lippi – guitar Philippe Aerts – double bass Philippe Soirat – drums MALTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018

Writer Chuck Berg said, “Clark Terry is one of contemporary music’s great innovators, and justly celebrated for his great technical virtuosity, swinging lyricism, and impeccable good taste. Combining these with the gifts of a great dramatist, Terry is a master storyteller whose spellbinding musical ‘tales’ leave audiences thrilled and always awaiting more.” He is one of the most recorded musicians in the history of jazz, with more than 900 recordings. Terry’s discography reads like a Who’s Who In Jazz, with protagonists that include greats such as Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster, Aretha Franklin, Charlie Barnet, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Billy Strayhorn, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Gerry Mulligan, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Milt Jackson, Bob Brookmeyer and Dianne Reeves. Stjepko Gut was a close friend and a protégé of Clark and he is one of the greatest ambassadors of the Clark Terry heritage. He has collaborated with him on various occasions. The Stjepko Gut ensemble will be joined by the unique Bertil Strandberg on trombone. LINE-UP: Stjepko Gut – trumpet, flugelhorn Olivier Zanot – alto saxophone Hugo Lippi – guitar Philippe Aerts – double bass Philippe Soirat – drums Bertil Strandberg – trombone

Wednesday 18 July – 9 p.m. Offbeat 106 Merchants’ Street, Valletta Free entrance

The Annual Malta Jazz Festival Jam Session

The Malta Jazz Festival is glad to be teaming up with Offbeat, Malta’s great jazz venue in the heart of Valletta. Jam sessions are important events in festivals as they bring together the jazz community and give the opportunity to musicians from different generations, countries and communities to share the stage through the magical language of jazz. The Stjepko Gut quintet will perform a set and then jazz musicians will be invited to sit in.

Wednesday 18 July – 9.30 p.m. Storeroom 7, Ix-Xatt Ta’ Xbiex Ta’ Xbiex Free entrance

The Ranch This jazz band will take audiences on a journey bursting with emotion, from the subtle and magical, to the absolute insane. The Ranch pride themselves in presenting gigs that are a unique blend of their tight bond and devoted dedication. Their performances are a sharing of energy that leave an impact on all who are ready to join the ride.

LINE-UP: Banjo Rancho – drums Patryk Cutajar – guitar Alan Portelli – bass Egle V Lape – vocals

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Yotam Silberstein 2018 looks especially bright for Yotam, with the new Album out and building world tours with stops planned across Europe, South America, North America, Japan, Asia and Australia.

THURSDAY, 19 JULY

Yotam Silberstein – guitar Glenn Zaleski – piano Petros Klampanis – bass Daniel Dor – drums

Yotam will also be performing in a lot of the great festivals this year. In just ten years since arriving in the Big Apple, internationally acclaimed Yotam Silberstein has earned his place among the jazz elite by Recording and Performing with such luminaries as James Moody, The Health Brothers, Paquito D’Rivera, Monty Alexander, Christian McBride, John Patitucci, Roy Hargrove, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, to only name a few. As artistically gifted as he is technically proficient, Silberstein is featured on a wide variety of critically acclaimed releases including “Resonance” and “Brasil” on the Jazz Legacy Productions label and Monty Alexander’s Grammynominated “Harlem-Kingston Express Live!” As well as David Sanborn and Marcus Miller’s new Album “Time and The River (Sony 2015) And John Patitucci’s new trio album “Irmaos De Fe” In addition, Yotam Silberstein has toured as a leader in major clubs and festivals in the US, Europe, South America, Japan and Asia. Yotam is also the winner of the Sundance Time Warner award for film music.

Yotam Silberstein Quartet City Gate, Republic Street Valletta - 8.00 p.m. A Tribute to Count Basie – The MCO Big Band plays Kansas City Suite Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Republic Street Valletta - 9.15 p.m. Karim Ziad ‘Ifrikya’ In front of Law Courts, Republic Street Valletta - 10.30 p.m.

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A Tribute to Count Basie – The MCO Big Band plays Kansas City Suite A jazz big band consisting of seventeen musicians from the Malta Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Paul Abela, will be joined on stage by special guests Stjepko Gut (trumpet) and Gabriele Comeglio (saxophone) in a concert at Pjazza Teatru Rjal on 19th July as part of the Malta Jazz Festival 2018, where they will be performing the Kansas City Suite by Benny Carter written for the famous Count Basie Orchestra. Benny Carter wrote Kansas City Suite in 1960 picturing the elements of Kansas City stomp jazz, and tailored for the big brash sound of the Count Basie band. To Benny Carter, the different streets and places in Kansas City, where so many of the jazz greats lived and worked, and where so much of jazz history was written, evoked a mood, a rememberance of things past. He has, for this reason, titled the selections of this suite after these very same streets and places. The Kansas City of the ‘20s and 30s is now a legend, and the music that saw its beginnings there has since developed and moved into the mainstream of today’s jazz. in collaboration with

Karim Ziad ‘Ifrikya’ The story of Karim Ziad is about a musician, an unsatisfied traveller, drummer, singer, composer, arranger, bandmaster and a big human roots and values researcher. Ziad was born on 1966 in Algiers. His passion has always been music. In the 1980s he played with bands like Sweet Jazz and the first oriental hard rock band, Khinjar. It was in 1989 that he moved to Paris where he studied at the Fontenay Sous-Bois conservatory and the school of Emmanuel Boursault and Guy Lefèbvre. A gifted drummer, he soon became an icon on the Maghreb scene.

LINE-UP: Trumpets Reno Cassar Adrian Brincat Roger Azzopardi Effie Azzopardi Stjepko Gut

Ziad later began his world tours, with Joe Zawinul, Vince Mendoza , the metropole orchestra and the WDR symphony orchestra. For the past 10 years, Ziad has been programming the Essaouira Gnaoua Festival.

Saxophones Gabriele Comeglio – Alto Sax 1 Alfred Debattista – Alto Sax 2 Carlo Muscat – Tenor Sax 1 Joseph Muscat – Tenor Sax 2 Godfrey Mifsud – Baritone Sax Trombones Bertl Strandberg Jonathan Abela Dominic Darmanin Aurelio Belli Joseph Borg

LINE-UP: Karim Ziad – drums, vocals Michel Alibo – bass Omri Mor – piano Aziz Sahmaoui – guembri, vocals David Aubaile – keyboards, flute Vincent Mascart – saxophone

Paul Abela – piano Marc Galea – guitar Diccon Cooper – double bass Joseph Camilleri Jnr. – drums

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The biggest flavour under the sun.

Yotam Silberstein Quartet City Gate - 20:00 A Tribute to Count Basie – The MCO Big Band plays Kansas City Suite Pjazza Teatru Rjal - 21:15 Karim Ziad ‘Ifrikya’ In front of Law Courts - 22:30

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FRIDAY, 20 JULY The Blue Tangerine – Ta’ Liesse, Valletta – 8.00 p.m. Christian McBride’s New Jawn – Ta’ Liesse, Valletta – 9.15 p.m. Bokanté – Ta’ Liesse, Valletta – 11.00 p.m.

The Blue Tangerine Christian McBride’s New Jawn

The Blue Tangerine is a Franco-Maltese collaboration stemming from the Fringe Youth Jazz Orchestra initiative, a project created by the Malta Jazz Festival. Its main aim is to create synergies between local and international musicians. After the success of their first concert in July of 2016, the musicians decided to keep the project alive and have since played a series of concerts in France, including a date at the Sunset-Sunside club in Paris. All the members of this nine-piece ensemble have a solid jazz background. Their repertoire is inspired by Brazilian music; notably compositions by the great Hermeto Pascoal and his ‘Universal Music’, as well as by Pixinguinha, a master of ‘choro’ music during the early 20th century. The band also performs original music written and arranged by their leader, Vincent Jacqz.

Powered by a relentless energy and a boundless love of swing, Christian McBride’s path has seen a continuous positive arc since his arrival on the scene. With a career now blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia native has become one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in the music world today. His latest grouping, Christian McBride’s New Jawn, is a killer unit, tight, soulful, in the pocket and in the groove. Jawn is Philly slang to describe just about everything and anything, but most importantly to understand why McBride named his new band so, it is probably this: ‘Jawn’ is one Philly thing New York can’t lay claim to. Raised in a city steeped in soul, McBride moved to New York in 1989 to pursue classical studies at the Juilliard School. There he was promptly recruited to the road by saxophonist Bobby Watson. Call it a change in curriculum: a decade’s worth of study through hundreds of recording sessions and countless gigs with an ever-expanding circle of musicians.

LINE-UP: Angela Vella Zarb – vocals Florent Hinschberger – trumpet Philippe Lopes de Sa – ténor and soprano saxophones Benoit Crauste – alto saxophone Michel Bérélowitch – trombone Karl Galea – guitar Dean Montanaro – electric bass Joseph Camilleri – drums Vincent Jacqz – piano, compositions and musical direction 16

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He has since become a five-time Grammy winner and can be likened to a force of nature, fusing the fire and fury of a virtuoso with the depth and grounding of a seasoned journeyman. Whether behind the bass or away from it, Christian McBride is always of the music. From jazz, to R&B, to pop/rock, to hip hop/neo-soul, to classical, he is a luminary with one hand ever reaching for new heights, and the other extended in fellowship—and perhaps the hint of a challenge—inviting us to join him. 17 MALTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018

LINE-UP: Christian McBride – leader/bass Nasheet Waits – drums Marcus Strickland – tenor sax Josh Evans – trumpet

Bokanté For the newly-formed international music ensemble Bokanté, connection is the foundation upon which all things are built. Rich in the sound of both delta and desert, the unusual but evocative instrumentation blends musical worlds to convey an urgent message of social awareness against the rising tide of exclusion and human indifference. The word bokanté means ‘exchange’ in Creole, the language of vocalist Malika Tirolien’s youth growing up on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Now living in Montreal, she stands among eight musicians from four continents, each one accomplished in their own right and well-versed in music far beyond that of their point of origin. Two-time Grammy award-winning guitarists Michael League, Chris McQueen, and Bob Lanzetti (all from Snarky Puppy), percussion legend Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon, Sting), pedal and lap steel virtuoso Roosevelt Collier (Lee Boys, Karl Denson), and unplaceable percussionists André Ferrari (Väsen) and Keita Ogawa (Banda Magda, Yo-Yo Ma) come together to create a diverse ensemble rich in groove, melody, and soul. The band’s debut album, Strange Circles, goes from Zeppelin-esque blues stomp to folkloric Caribbean kaladja over the course of its 10 tracks, blending the extensive and varied knowledge of the individual players with a strong, yet empathetic, lyrical approach. Singing in both Creole and French, Tirolien’s words draw nuanced pictures of the struggles we face in our world today – racism, the refugee crisis, a dying planet, apathy towards human suffering – and offer words of thankfulness for those things which unify us, as well as hope for the future of our race. Through it all, Bokanté is a vibrant image of what it wishes to see in the world: connection, unity, and love through exchange. 18

LINE-UP: Malika Tirolien – voice Michael League – guitar & voice Chris McQueen – guitar & voice Bob Lanzetti – guitar Roosevelt Collier – steel guitar Jamey Haddad – percussion Keita Ogawa – percussion André Ferrari – percussion MALTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018

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Chick Corea Trio

SATURDAY, 21 JULY

The Chick Corea Akoustic Band reunites Chick Corea with long-time brothers-inmusic John Patitucci and Dave Weckl, bringing the whipshot runs and lyrical flights that they pioneered in Corea’s Elektric Band back to a classic acoustic piano trio. Expect Chick Corea’s signature boundless energy on piano and brilliant song writing, Patucci’s unparalleled mastery on the bass, and Weckl’s unmistakable brilliance on drums. This is the Akoustic Band’s first tour in more than 20 years.

Chick Corea Trio – Ta’ Liesse, Valletta – 8.30 p.m.

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João Bosco – Ta’ Liesse, Valletta – 10.30 p.m.

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MALTA JAZZ WEEK MASTERCLASSES

João Bosco João Bosco has been loved in his home country of Brazil for decades, since the 1960s when he first began composing and performing. In the early 1990s, Bosco mounted a major tour of the US, and since then he has become increasingly popular internationally, regularly performing at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Despite his growing popularity outside of his homeland, Bosco remains thoroughly attached to Brazil to the point of never leaving it for extended periods. His music, though rooted in Brazil’s classic samba and bossa nova traditions, combines rock and roll, jazz and other ethnic styles in an eclectic brew that is as inventive and challenging as he is.

The masterclasses will be held at the OFFBEAT Music Bar in 106 Merchant’s Street, Valletta.

In 2017 Bosco received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Latin Recording Academy at the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. His new album, Mano Que Zuera, was released at the end of 2017.

LINE-UP: João Bosco – lead guitar/vocals Ricardo Silveira – guitar Guto Wirtti – bass Kiko Freitas – drums 22

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Hugo Lippi – guitar

Olivier Zanot – saxophone

Monday 16 July – 5 p.m.

Thursday 19 July – 5 p.m.

In the space of a few years, Hugo Lippi has established himself as one of the most important guitarists of the European scene. He has worked alongside musicians as diverse as Michel Legrand, Sarah Mckenzie, Eric Legnini, Melody Gardot, Christian Escoudé, Florin Niculescu, Warren Wolfe, Gregory Hutchinson, Donald Edwards and Fabien Mary to name a few. He has also performed worldwide in the most prestigious venues including Montreux Jazz, Jazz in Marciac and Juan les pins.

After studying musicology in Nice, Olivier Zanot moved to Paris and graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique He has played and/or recorded with various jazz artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Laurent Coq, David El-Malek, Karl Jannuska, Sandro Zerafa, Yoann Loustalot, Fabien Mary, Pierre Christophe, David Doruzka, Laika Fatien, Stan Lafferiere, Gérard Badini, Franck Amsallem, Sylvain Beuf, Pierre De Bethmann and Nikki Yanofsky. He has performed in France, England, Japan, Brazil, Portugal, Czech Republic, Belgium, Malta and Germany. He is an active teacher.

Philippe Soirat, Philippe Aerts – Double bass and drums

Stjepko Gut – trumpet

Tuesday 17 July – 5 p.m.

Friday 20 July – 5 p.m.

Philippe Soirat was born in Menton in 1961. After self-taught beginnings he studied at both the Monaco Conservatory and the Nice Contemporary Music Centre. He settled in Paris in 1986 and moved in the informal jazz school made up of meetings and experiments among musicians. Concerts came thick and fast and he has accompanied most musicians on the French and international jazz scene.

Stjepko Gut studied jazz trumpet at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, Switzerland, and at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. As a conductor, he won first place in the first Austrian Big Band Competition. He is one of the most famous jazz brass players from Serbia. He was a member of the Lionel Hampton All Stars for two years. He has been a member of faculty at the Graz Institut for Jazz since 1984, and is Guest Professor at the Jazz Department of Belgrade Music Academy.

Philippe Aerts, who hails from Brussels, Belgium, started playing double bass at the age of 14, playing with dixieland bands. Very soon he found himself playing with the best Belgian jazz musicians at that time: Diederik Wissels, Jan De Haas, Félix Simtaine, Michel Herr Philip Catherine, and so on. Philippe Aerts has performed with many great artists from the USA.

Gut has given workshops and masterclasses at numerous universities around the world. He also appeared as a member of the group Trumpet Jazz Summit in 1999 with Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Terrell Stafford, Roy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton.

Vincent Jacqz – piano Yotam Silberstein – guitar Wednesday 18 July – 5 p.m. In just 10 years since arriving in the Big Apple, internationally acclaimed Yotam Silberstein has earned his place among the jazz elite by recording and performing with such luminaries as James Moody, The Health Brothers, Paquito D’Rivera, Monty Alexander, Christian McBride, John Patitucci, Roy Hargrove, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller.

MALTA JAZZ WEEK MIDDAY PROGRAMME Monday, 16th July Vinny Vella – keyboards Andreana Debattista – voice Anthony Saliba – bass Joe Micallef – drums

Thursday, 19th July Galea - Montanaro Smith Trio

Tuesday, 17th July The Lieder Project

Friday, 20th July Jes Psaila Project

Mariele Zammit – vocals Joe Debono – piano Joseph Camilleri – drums

Jes Psaila – guitar Luke Briffa – drums Andre Micallef – bass Daniel Sant – Keyboards

Wednesday, 18th July Anthony Camilleri Trio

Saturday, 21st July The Malta School of Music Jazz Ensemble

Saturday 21 July – 11 a.m. Vincent Jacqz began his career as a professional jazz pianist in Paris in 1985. He won second prize at the Concours International de Jazz de La Défense in 1988 and placed first prize at the Concours du Festival de Sorgues in 1989 as a soloist. In 1990, he was awarded the Bourse Lavoisier from the French Ministry of Culture, which afforded him the opportunity to move to New York City. During the five years he lived in NYC, Vincent played in clubs like The Blue Note, The Village Gate and Small’s with musicians such as Reggie Workman, Ted Curson, Victor Jones and Peter Bernstein. In R&amp;B settings he has played at The National Black Theater and at the world famous Apollo Theater, both in NYC. He returned to France in 1996, and played with the Ted Hawk’s trio, the Bob DeMeo’s trio, the Ricky Ford quintet. Since 1999, he has played keyboards at the world-renowned cabaret The Lido de Paris. Vincent is currently director of Jazz Studies at l’Ecole De Musique Actuelles, one of the biggest professional music schools in France. MALTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018

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Anthony Camilleri – Piano Diccon Cooper – Bass Joseph Camilleri – Drums

Warren Galea – guitar Dean Montanaro – bass William Smith – drums

Samuel Grima – double bass Michael Vella Zarb – drums Daniel Sant – piano Angie Vella Zarb, Nadine Axisa & Mariele Zammit – vocals 25

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Director Festivals Annabelle Stivala

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Artistic Director Sandro Zerafa

Festival Manager Daryl Ebejer

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