Sarajevo Jazz Festival

Jazz Fest Sarajevo

Location(s)	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Years active	1997 - present
Date(s)	First week of November
Genre	Jazz Improvised music Crossover World

The Jazz Fest Sarajevo is an international music festival, held annually in the first week of November in Sarajevo.

History

Jazz Fest Sarajevo is an annual celebration of contemporary music based on jazz and improvised music. It has been a regular attraction since 1997, and has grown considerably in popularity. The week long event features well-known jazz musicians from around the world but also invites new and prospective artists for performances in several venues around the city. Since the festival's inception, it has presented hundreds of musicians from 60 countries in more than 200 concerts.

Venues

Main Stage (Bosanski kulturni centar) Strange Fruits Stage (Pozorište Mladih) Solo Stage (Dom Armije) Groove Stage, Next Generation Stage, Late Nite Stage

Artists

Eddie Parker Trio - 1997 Fun-Da-Mental - 1997 Boilers Quartet - 1997 Jiri Stivin - 1998 Berndt Luef & Jazztett Forum Graz - 1998 Joe Zawinul - 1999, 2003 Django Bates - 1999, 2005, 2008 Bojan Z - 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006 Markus Stockhausen- 1999, 2000, 2006 Dhafer Youssef - 1999, 2003, 2006 Sephardic Tinge - 1999 J-Life - 1999 Christy Doran - 1999 Vienna Art Orchestra - 2000 Arild Andersen - 2000, 2001, 2005 Richard Galliano - 2000 Irene Schweizer - 2000 Triocolor - 2001 Kirsten Braten Berg - 2001 Aldo Romano Louis Sclavis Henry Texier - 2001 Paolo Fresu - 2001 Dave Holland & Chris Potter - 2001 Erik Truffaz - 2001 Der Rote Bereich - 2002 Dennis Rollins - 2002, 2006 Stefano di Battista - 2002 Lonnie Plaxico - 2002 Tamara Obrovac - 2002 Renaud Garcia-Fons - 2002, 2009 Maria Joao - 2002, 2007 Kenny Wheeler John Taylor - 2002 Terje Rypdal Staale Storlokken Paolo Vinaccia - 2002 Denys Baptiste - 2003 E.S.T. - 2003 Soweto Kinch - 2003 Nils Wogram - 2003 Carlo Actis Dato - 2003 Muthspiel & Mutshpiel - 2003 Dejan Terzic - 2003, 2006, 2007 Antonio Farao - 2003 Nguyen Le - 2003 Gerardo Nunez - 2003 Anouar Brahem Barbaros Erkose - 2003, 2009 Bireli Lagrene - 2004 Dusko Goykovich - 2004 Renaud Garcia-Fons - 2004 Joachim Kuhn Jean Paul Celea Wolfgang Reisinger - 2004 Ravi Coltrane - 2004 Al Foster - 2004 Carlos Bica Ana Brandao - 2004 Victor Bailey Bennie Maupin - 2004 Roscoe Mitchell - 2004 Wadada Leo Smith Ikue Mori - 2004 Steve Coleman - 2004 Muriel Zoe - 2004 Susie Ibarra Jennifer Choi Craig Taborn - 2004 Kudsi Erguner - 2004 Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra Carla Bley - 2005 Jack De Johnette John Patitucci Danilo Perez Jerome Harris - 2005 John Scofield Steve Swallow Bill Stewart - 2005 Tom Harrell - 2005 Jon Hassell - 2005 Matt Darriau Paradox Trio - 2005 Arve Henriksen Jan Bang - 2005 Dafnis Prieto - 2004, 2005 Ferenc Snetberger Arild Andersen Paolo Vinaccia - 2005 Jazz Jamaica - 2005 Han Bennink - 2005, 2008 Graham Haynes Hardedge - 2005 Magic Malik - 2005 Underground Mark Helias Chriss Speed Frank Mobus- 2006 Nils Petter Molvaer - 2006 Richard Bona - 2006 Joao Bosco Gonzalo Rubalcaba - 2006 Cristina Branco - 2006 Yuri Honing - 2006 Oliver Lake Reggie Workman Andrew Cyrille - 2006 Mark Turner Larry Grenadier Jeff Ballard - 2006 The Grande Mothers Re:Inventend - 2006 Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - 2007 Mercan Dede - 2007 Bugge Wesseltoft - 2007 Jacky Terasson - 2007 Jazzland Community - 2007 Rabih Abou-Khalil - 2007 Sidel Endresen - 2007 Marc Ribot - 2007 Joshua Redman Omar Avital Gregory Hutchinson - 2007 Dianne Reeves - 2008 Brad Mehldau Larry Grenadier Jeff Ballard - 2008 Misha Mengelberg - 2008 Manu Katche - 2008 Dave Douglas Mark Feldman Scott Colley - 2008 Omar Sosa - 2008 Jazzanova - 2008 Nicola Conte - 2008 Depart - 2008 Susanna Wallumrod - 2008 Kurt Elling - 2009 Ernie Watts - 2009 Trilok Gurtu - 2009 Karim Ziad - 2009 LTJ Bookem - 2009 Jojo Mayer - 2009 and many more...

External links

• Official website