Festival director Jerzy Batycki said the gala in Bielsko-Biała’s Cavatina Hall would feature the first performance in original form of eight Shorter compositions found in the late musician’s archive in Los Angeles.
The manuscripts, marked “sessions for Miles” and “sessions for Lee,” were written for jazz sextet and orchestra. Three pieces were intended for Davis and five for Morgan.
The project will be led by British conductor Clark Rundell, while Ambrose Akinmusire will perform the trumpet parts of Davis and Morgan. He will be joined by an American sextet featuring saxophonist Dayna Stephens and the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw.
“It is thanks to Rundell that the world premieres of Shorter’s works will take place in Bielsko-Biala,” Batycki said.
The festival begins with a concert 320 meters underground in the Guido mine in Zabrze, where Maciej Kądziela’s Luname group will present premiere material with Paulina Przybysz and Czesław Mozil.
Rundell will receive the festival’s “Jazz Angel” award, while a second award will go to the State Music Schools complex in Bielsko-Biała on its 80th anniversary for its contribution to the city’s jazz scene.
Other performers include Francesca Tandoi Trio, Dave Holland with Lionel Loueke, Aaron Parks, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Steve Coleman. The festival will also host the premiere of Lars Danielsson Liberetto’s album “Echomyr,” with the first copies arriving in Bielsko-Biala on the day of the concert.
The event will take place in Zabrze, Bielsko-Biala and Czechowice-Dziedzice, ending next Sunday at a mountain shelter on Szyndzielnia peak with performances by Kapela Góralska Styry i Przyjaciele and Veeble.
Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa is one of the key events on Poland’s jazz scene and was voted the country’s best festival last year by readers of Jazz Forum, Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported.
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Source: PAP