Born in the United States, Cécile McLorin Salvant with strong narratives and unexpected twists, even adding a touch of humor. The artist fuses these folk traditions with jazz, blues, vaudeville or baroque music. As opera singer Jessye Norman defined, Salvant shows "a unique voice fostered by a full intelligence and musicality, which illuminates every note he sings."

At 35 years old, Salvant has received three Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for the albums For One To Love (2016), Dreams and Daggers (2018) and The Window (2019), and has won the Thelonious Monk competition (2010). ), among other recognitions

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Cécile McLorin Salvant: voice 
Glenn Zaleski: piano
Yasushi Nakamura: doublebass
Kyle Poole: drums
 

Members & music academies:

advance: 27€
onsite:  30€

General public:

advance: 32€

onsite: 35€

Marco Mezquida and Chicuelo reaffirm their artistic communion with Del alma (2024), the third album created by four hands. The Menorcan pianist and the Catalan guitarist, together with the percussionist Paco de Mode, invite you on a journey through seven songs that capture jazz, flamenco, pop, classical and folk sounds. They thus close this trilogy of new and free music, the result of their strong spiritual and musical connection between both performers and creators.

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Juan Gómez “Chicuelo”, guitar

Marco Mezquida, piano

Paco de Mode, percussion

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Members & school academies:

advance:25€ 
onsite: 27€

General public :

advance:27€

onsite: 30€

This year there is a film that has been a pleasant surprise: an anime masterpiece. An amazing musical journey, full of performances and a huge final interpretation. A sidereal experience, that explodes into a thousand pieces and with a wonderful soundtrack. How big is 'Blue Giant!'

Miyamoto Dai is an student with a passion for basketball. After seeing a live jazz session for the first time, his vision of life changed, deciding that he should dedicate himself to music. He has no natural talent, no training, and no idea what he will have to work on, but his obsession with the sax is endless.

Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa

Year: 2023

Country: Japan

Screenplay: Shinichi Ishizuka

Music: Hiromi Uehara

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This year there is a film that has been a pleasant surprise: an anime masterpiece. An amazing musical journey, full of performances and a huge final interpretation. A sidereal experience, that explodes into a thousand pieces and with a wonderful soundtrack. How big is 'Blue Giant!'

Miyamoto Dai is an student with a passion for basketball. After seeing a live jazz session for the first time, his vision of life changed, deciding that he should dedicate himself to music. He has no natural talent, no training, and no idea what he will have to work on, but his obsession with the sax is endless.

Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa

Year: 2023

Country: Japan

Screenplay: Shinichi Ishizuka

Music: Hiromi Uehara

This year there is a film that has been a pleasant surprise: an anime masterpiece. An amazing musical journey, full of performances and a huge final interpretation. A sidereal experience, that explodes into a thousand pieces and with a wonderful soundtrack. How big is 'Blue Giant!'

Miyamoto Dai is an student with a passion for basketball. After seeing a live jazz session for the first time, his vision of life changed, deciding that he should dedicate himself to music. He has no natural talent, no training, and no idea what he will have to work on, but his obsession with the sax is endless.

Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa

Year: 2023

Country: Japan

Screenplay: Shinichi Ishizuka

Music: Hiromi Uehara

Víctor Carrascosa Quintet was born in the city of Barcelona, composed by a group of well-known young musicians from the Spanish jazz scene. Through the influences of the greats of the genre such as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker or John Coltrane, among others, they transmit a sound that incorporates new textures, an innovative voice and a great musical communion. 
Recognized this year ex aequo with the Extraordinary Award for Jazz and Modern Music Interpretation awarded by the Barcelona school, they come to the festival through Jazz Obert and Joventuts Musicals de Menorca.

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Víctor Carrascosa Crespo, trumpet
Eneko Dieguez, sax
Diego Hervalejo, piano
Christian Smith, drums
Ton Felices Giralt, doublebass

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JJMM & Jazz Obert members, & music academies:

advance:12€
onsite: 15€

General public:

aadvance:15€
onsite: 18€

Activity in collaboration with the Music Conservatory of Menorca

For students between 12 and 30 years old who have been playing any instrument for at least 3 years.
To register, please contact ajcarrillos@conservatoridemenorca.org, specifying: name, age, years of studying the instrument and conservatory or music school where you have studied.

International group founded in Amsterdam in 2015 that has performed at festivals around the world and with a good handful of awards both as a band and as a soloist. His music is based on compositions by Daahoud and occasionally by his father Abdu Salim, one of the pioneers of jazz in Spain. Although they have few works recorded in the studio, the group stands out for their live performances full of energy and a high level of communication with the audience that promises not to leave anyone indifferent.

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Daahoud Salim, piano & composition
Bruno Calvo, trumpet
Tomeu Garcias, trombone
Hendrik Müller, doublebass
Andreu Pitarch, drums
 

Members & music acadmies:

adavamce:12€ 
onsite: 15€ 

General públic:

advance:15€
onsite: 18€

With the movie director presence

The Gramophone Allstars Big Band not only celebrates their 10th anniversary with a compilation album but also with this fantastic documentary made by Jep Jorba. Reviewing these last ten years, they emphasize the highlights of their career as well as some contradictions they have encountered along the way.

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Director: Jep Jorba

Screen-play: Genís Bou, Marçal Lladó, Jep Jorba

Photography directors: Pau Ballesté, Jep Jorba

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EMSAMBLE BÉ

Part of the musicians of the "Orhestra Menorca Latin Big Band" that has dazzled us in the last two editions of Vega Jazz, will enliven the end of this interesting documentary that tells us precisely about the evolution of the emblematic The Gramophone All Stars Big Band. 

Mingu Menorca, drums
Jesus Guash, guitar
Antonio Roldán, guitar
Jose Barthelemi, doublebass

Verónica Pons, alto sax
Ignasi Pons, tenor sax
Ignasi Capó, baritone sax
Monica Sardà, voice

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onsite: 9€ 

Richard Bona, known as "The African Sting," is a chameleonic musician originally from Cameroon who has conquered international stages with his exceptional talent. With a captivating voice, bass mastery and an innate ability to compose and perform, Bona combines African rhythms with genres such as jazz, pop, bossa nova, afrobeat and funk. His seven albums reflect that commitment with African roots and desire to address global issues through music.
Apart from collaborating with Pat Metheny, Bobby McFerrin or John Legend among others, he has been awarded "Best International Artist" at the Victoires du Jazz Awards in 2004. His album Tiki was nominated for a Grammy in 2007, and he received the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

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Members & music academies:

advance: 29€

onsite: 33€

General public:

advance: 34€

onsite: 37€

Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodríguez was discovered by Quincy Jones at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Upon discovering his immense talent, Jones became his mentor when he was only 15 years old. Since then, he has played in almost all the most important jazz festivals and stages in the world, becoming an explosive and surprising personality.
Coral Way is his last work, which embodies the collective sound of Miami, fusing jazz with Latin pop and a great variety of contemporary Latin styles.

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Alfredo Rodriguez, piano & voice

Michael Olivera, drums

Yarel Hernandez, electric bass

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Members & music academies:

advance: 27€

onsite: 30€

General public:

advance: 32€

onsite: 357€

A long weekend full of swing music, with the best bands, night parties, gastronomic activities and active tourism.

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1st May

Menorca Swing Tour (Es Mercadal-Fornells)

Welcome (Ciudadella Nautical Club) - DJ Martí Segalàs

2nd May

Swing Party Xalada Rural Edition - Sala Canal Salat - Carolina Reapers - MeLX Swing All Stars - Dj Martí Segalàs

3th May

Swing Parade old town of Ciutadella - MeLX Swing Marching Parade

SwingVermut Plaça des Pins de Ciutadella - Big Band des Mercadal

Vintage Party - Sala Canal Salat - MeLX Swing All Stars - Carolina Reapers - Dj Martí Segalàs

4th May

Swing Brunch - La Terrassa del Jazzbah Port de Ciutadella -La Dolce Swing Trio - DJ Martí Segalàs

Cloenda - Jazzbah Port de Ciutadella - DJ Nati Brow

COMBO ESTUSSY

Students from the Higher Preparatory School (PAG) of the School of Music and Performing Arts of Ciutadella, directed by Professor Lluis Gener, offer a repertoire from the Jazz tradition with their own arrangements. Young musicians, who are the present and the future of the profession in Menorca.

Carme Riera, sax
Armando Lo re, piano
Lluís Gener, doublebass
Guillem Pons, drums
  
KINKFOLK

Kinkfolk is a funk fusion project based in Donostia, formed by young prominent performers from the Guipuzcoan scene with the Menorcan Edi Saborit on drums. Originated within the Musikene's undergraduate and the jazz master's studies, the group has managed to forge a powerful and distinctive sound, influenced by the most classic funk, the acid sound of bands like Jamiroquai and Funky Knuckles and the fusion music of the 70s (Casiopea, Brecker Brothers).

In its brief but intense career, Kinkfolk has already performed at renowned festivals, the 58 Donostiako Jazzaldia, the Elorrio Jazz Blues Festival and the In-Festival of Burgos.

Álex Haro, tenor sax
Xabier Arriola, trumpet
Ander Caro, trombone
Victor Villa, guitar
Jorge Hidalgo, keyboards
Pablo García, bass
Edi Saborit, drums
 

Members & school academies:

advance:  9€ 

onsite: 12€  

OUR FIVE BAND

Sextet of talented and experienced Menorcan musicians, with a deep admiration for the

rich jazz tradition. They present a diverse repertoire that ranges from jazz classics to their own contemporary compositions influenced by this iconic genre.

Josep Lluís Pons, trumpet
Bartomeu Mora, trombone
Carme Riera, sax
Pere Arguimbau, guitar
Lluís Gener, doublebass
Guillem Pons, drums
 

THE GRAMOPHONE ALLSTAR BIG BAND
Gira 10 anys - We'll be around

The Gramophone Allstars celebrate their 10th anniversary as a big band at their best, a perfectly oiled musical machine with a formula that does not fail: 16 musicians on stage, Jamaican rhythms, jazzy arrangements and voices full of soul. Since 2014 they have recorded several works, always combining their own songs with spectacular reinterpretations of classics and hidden gems. Everyone get up, they're coming!

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Lluc Casares, alto sax 
Pere Miró, baritone sax
Genís Bou, Pau Vidal, tenor sax & flutes
Raül Gallego, Oriol Vallès, Pep Tarradas, trumpets
Albert Costa, Sidru Palmada, trombones 
Xoan Sánchez, percussion 
Adrià Plana, electric guitar 
Eloi Escudé, keyboards
Tito Bonacera, bass
Aleix Bou, drums
Kathy Sey, Yolanda Sey, voices

PEP GARAU SEXTET

The Trumpeter Pep Garau's sextet was formed in 2019 in Mallorca. Their first album, recorded live at the A Jazz de Mar Festival in Portocolom in 2020, includes six of their own songs and two covers. Four years later, the Mallorcan musician presents a new album accompanied by Tomeu Garcias on trombone, Toni Vaquer on piano, Joan Garcias on double bass, Benji Habichuela on percussion and Andreu Pitarch on drums. On this occasion, the compositions navigate between Latin and jazz, influenced by masters such as Bebo Valdés, Jerry Gonzalez or Carlos Henriquez, among others.

Pep Garau, trumpet/flugelhorn
Tomeu Garcias, trombone
Toni Vaquer, piano
Joan Garcias, doublebass
Benji Habichuela, percussion
Andreu Pitarch, drums

One of the oldest dixie music groups in our country (they come from Sedaví in Valencia, one of the towns affected by the last cut-off low) they come with a festive repertoire to offer us their most educational project. With it they will transmit us the key elements to understand the evolution of this music, from work songs, gospel, Blues, Swing, Be Bop, cool jazz or fusion.

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ORIGINAL DIXIELAND SEDAJAZZ

Latino Blanco, sax
Fede Crespo, trumpet
Jorge Riera, banjo
José Reillo, percussion
Jordi Moragues, tuba

Members & music schools:

advance: 6€ 
onsite: 8€

General public:

advance:  8€
onsite: 10€