Visit the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena( Murcia) Jazz Festival from November 5th to 20th at the Nuevo Teatro Circo.
This is a superb programme of quality concerts, with a smattering of amazing international names, including Macy Gray, Roberta Flack, Manhattan Transfer and Eli"Paperboy" Reed.
Modern Jazz will be featured with Portico Quartet a London based group who are quickly making quite a name for themselves.
If you are a serious jazz lover then abono ticket makes this festival a bargain at only €75, with the exclusion of just one concert, that of Roberta Flack and Esperanza Spalding . there are only 250 tickets abono tickets available.
There are two free concerts in amongst this programme, the inaugural night on Friday 5th November with the Cuban maestro Marco Gonzales and his band Afro Cuban All Stars which is on Friday 5th November and then on the 10th November, Rob Mazurek's STARLICKER.
Friday 5th November, 8pm
In the Puertas de Murcia, a large space in the centre of Cartagenas' shopping streets, by the statue of the Icue
The first inaugural evening of the festival, a free concert by THE AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS
Followed by, MANHATTAN TRANSFER
NUEVO TEATRO CIRCO at 10.30pm
This will be the only concert performed in Spain by the group.
Tickets €28 each
Saturday 6th November
Wayne Shorter quartet, 9.30pm
John Patitucci
Danilo Pérez
Terri Lyne
In addition, Maceo Parker with a one-off Spanish concert
NUEVO TEATRO CIRCO
Tickets €30
Wednesday 10th November , 8.30pm
Rob Mazurek's STARLICKER
John Herndon (Tortoise)
Jason Adasiewicz
Free entry
CENTRO CULTURAL "RAMÓN ALONSO LUZZY"
Thursday 11th November, 9.30pm
Stacey Kent and the Portico Quartet, only Spanish concert
NUEVO TEATRO CIRCO
Tickets €15
Friday 12th November, 9.30pm
SAX SUMMIT
Joe Lovano
Dave Liebman
Ravi Coltrane
Phil Markowitz
Cecile McBee
Billy Hart
and MARIA DE MEDEIROS
Tickets: €18
NUEVO TEATRO CIRCO
