2011
Jazz Festival (51st) - took place between 14th and the 24th July 2011
The following programme information has been sent to us by Jazz à Juan Révélations
2011 - Office de Tourisme et des Congrès - Direction Artistique 11, Place Général-de-Gaulle
- BP 37 - 06601 ANTIBES Cedex - France Ce programme est non contactuel et peut
connaitre des - The programme is not binding and changes could be made
14
au 24 juillet 2011(14th to 24th July 2011) at Antibes Juan-les-Pins Pinède Gould
Jeudi
/ Thursday 14 juillet / July : JAZZ A JUAN REVELATIONS
Vendredi
/ Friday 15 juillet / July : BITCHES BREW BEYOND HERBIE HANCOCK - WAYNE SHORTER
- MARCUS MILLER: « Tribute to MILES » produit par Marcus Miller
Samedi
/ Saturday 16 juillet / July: KEITH JARRETT TRIO
Dimanche
/ Sunday 17 juillet / July: JAMES HUNTER - B.B. KING
Lundi
/ Momday 18 juillet / July: LES « BEST OF du OFF » dans les rues d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins
Mardi
/ Tuesday 19 juillet / July: ROBERT RANDOLPH - CARLOS SANTANA
Jeudi
/ Thursday 21 juillet / July: RAPHAEL SAADIQ - BEN L’ONCLE SOUL & IMANY
Vendredi
/ Friday 22 juillet / July: RAUL MIDON & RICHARD BONA QUARTET - GILBERTO GIL
Samedi
/ Saturday 23 juillet / July: HAROLD LOPEZ NUSSA TRIO MANU KATCHE PROJECT
Dimanche
/Sunday 24 juillet / July: Soirée gospel: CRAIG ADAMS
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Frail but still singing the blues -B.B. King captures the audience at last night’s
Jazz à Juan concert... The rain droplets that sprinkled audience members were
not enough to disrupt the festivities in Juan-les-Pins last night. Although the
51st annual Jazz à Juan festival had officially kicked off on the famous 14th
of July, it was not until yesterday that the magic truly descended. Read on
to this article from the Riviera TimesHere
After a few weeks in America, we set off for the festival of Antibes, in
the South of France. We blew them away. In 1963, Miles Davis was in for
a shock: In Antibes, an immense poster of me was stuck up near my hotel.
I thought: what a world it is; I don’t get that in New York but here, thousands
of people come especially to listen to you and treat you like a brother.
Another
family reunion this year in Juan, honouring with pomp one of the greatest trumpet
players in the history of jazz, who passed away twenty years ago. All the artists
performing on the legendary stage in the pine grove will have a thought for Miles
Davis, from Jamie Cullum ( I discovered the festival through recordings
of Keith Jarrett and Miles Davis ) to Marcus Miller ( He
taught me to be myself ), without forgetting of course those with whom he lived
the great adventure Jazz à Juan : Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.
And also all those who, at some point during their career, crossed the sunlit
path of this blue note mutant. They will all come together again for this festival,
an annual celebration.
Because
Juan, as Joshua Redman said so well, is « a true festival, not a series
of concerts, a real community which meets up each year in a particular place,
at a particular time. Everyone is there sharing a same passion, living jazz physically.
» On the main stage of course, but also all around, in the streets and during
the "afters", where the jazz gains its true dimension : Juan-les-Pins,
it’s not just a stage, it’s a legend for me: Juan-les-Pins, it’s what Carnegie
Hall is to classical music. Every time I’ve heard Juan mentioned, it’s been the
height of greatness of jazz. (John McLaughlin)
Click on image to the left for the full Press File in English
supplied by the Office de Tourisme & des Congrès
Click
on an image below to enlarge(below left 2011 programme
- below right Dossier de Presse en français - Press Release with information about
the artists appearing)
xxxxxxThis information
in the 2011 programme is given without responsibilty of this website, you should
check out details in full with the Office de Tourisme d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins
Wedding
Blues - According to a report in the April / May 2011 Edition of the
Riviera
Reporter "So why do they honk? It’s the wedding season
soon and on Saturdays especially you get reminded of this as convoys of cars take
to the road carrying the newly married and their guests ... with much blaring
of horns. An old French custom? Not exactly: it was started by jazz saxophonist
Sidney Bechet when he got married in Juan-les-Pins."
Images
from the 2011 festival (click on image to enlarge)
20.30
in Pinède Gould in Juan-les-Pins Pinède Gould is to jazz musicians what the Scala
of Milan is to opera singers: an important milestone in their career and a very
special performance venue. Doyen of European jazz festivals, “Jazz in Juan” is
a veritable mixing pot of styles and the latest trends. Popular music and off-beat,
young artistes who have gone on to great fame, the classics and modern pieces…
Many are the greats who have trodden the boards of the stage since the first festival
in 1960 in the mythical Pinède Gould. Once again this year, th ey come to Juan
to enchant and excite their audiences with the most brilliantperformances
on offer today. Contact Tourist Office. 11 Place de Gaulle, 06600 Antibes. Tel
: 04 97 23 11 11.
The
49th Festival
- July 11th to 20th 2009 featured::Saturday
July 11 Sidney Bechet Memory All Stars Special Guest : Bob
Wilber Dr Michael White Sextet Sunday July 12 Marva
Wright & The BMW'S Allen Toussaint Monday July 13 Roy
Hargrove Big Band RH Factor - MC Solaar Tuesday July 14 - Evening
TSF Revelations Grace Kelly Bria Skonberg Tineke Postma Céline Bonacina 2nd part
: The winner of Jazz à Juan Revelations 2008. Virginie Teychené Wednesday
July 15 Jeff Beck S.M.V.- Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller
& Victor Wooten Thursday July 16 Alice Russell Joss
Stone Friday July 17 Eli «Paperboy» Reed Jamie Cullum
Saturday July 18 Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack
DeJohnette Sunday July 19 Soirée Gospel - Tonya Baker
11
to 19 July 2009 The « Off » Jazz in Juan Festival
As
usual this year, the Tourist Office has organised jazz in the streets and venues
around the town, including concerts in hotels in Juan-les-Pins and the Eden Casino
during the 49th edition of “Jazz in Juan”. There are many exceptional groups and
solo artists. Contact Tourist Office. 11
Place de Gaulle, 06600 Antibes. Tel : 04 97 23 11 11.
The
annual jazz festival (Jazz à Juan) takes place at
Juan Les Pins in July. It is held in the Pinede (pine grove). It was in 1960 that
the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival was officially launched. Stéphane Grapelli played
at the first festival. The town is now twinned with the French quarter of New
Orleans, USA. The Pinede is between the
Mediterranean and Le Provençal that was once a famous hotel till the 1960's and
stood empty for more than 40 years and is currently being converted into luxury
apartments.
The
view from this open air theatre is superb, as in the photo above of Ahmad Jamal
playing in 2006 with the Mediterranean backdrop and the coast running past Golfe
Juan towards Cannes.
The
48th Festival
- July 10th to 20th 2008 featured: Ruthie Foster, James Blunt (10th July),
Didier Lockwood, Thomas Dutronc (11th July), James Morrison & Joe Chindamo
Quartet, Al Jarreau (12th July), Yaron Herman, John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension
(13th July), Sashird Lao, Nicole Henry (14th July), Solomon Burke, Sharon Jones
& The Dap Kings (15th July), Roy Hargrove, Marcus Miller (16th July), Nathalie
Soles, Diana Panton, Stephu Haik, Virginie Teychene (17th July), Keith Jarrett
with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette (18th July), Women of Chicago Blues, Bill
Wyman & The Rhythm Kings (19th July) and on the final night - 20th July Nicole
Slack Jones & The Soul Sisters.
Our
correspndent attended the 2008 festival for the Keith
Jarrett Trio ( Keith
Jarrett - Gary Peacock - Jack Dejohnette) who were making a regular visit to the
Festival. "The music was superb and the sound quality in the auditorium down
to the final piano note. A most enjoyable evening".
Jazz
à Juan organisers hit the top
Jazz
festival notes record pitch in sales
07.08.2008
/ Building on the success of the previous year, the organisers of the Jazz à Juan
festival in Juan-les-Pins have just received the results for this year’s festival
– and its good news!
This year, an increase of 5% was noted in the number of paying visitors with a
sale of, on average, 1753 tickets each evening. Only the youth ticket sales were
down, decreasing from 5 to 2.5%, as the organisers chose not to apply a reduced
price on the evening James Blunt performed.
On
the other hand, the four evenings of the festival ticked all the boxes for jazz-lovers
as more than 70% of the tickets were sold, particularly for the performances by
James Blunt and Al Jarreau.
The first year with Internet booking was a clear success with more than 37% of
the total ticket sales purchased from the comfort of festival goers homes at the
click of a mouse.
The choice of performers this year has led many to chapeau the festival committee
for their balanced programme of new stars, established artists and jazz legends,
which undoubtedly helped the Jazz à Juan festival see one of its most successful
years to date. Source The Riviera Times
The
47th Festival - July 2007 featured: E.S.T., The Roy Hargrove Acoustic Quintet, Norah Jones,
Richard Bona, Gilberto Gil, Taj Mahal and Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock & Jack
DeJohnette.
Our
correspndent attended the 2007 festival and reported "The Norah Jones concert
was superb: not only did she sing and play piano beautifully but she has also
added guitar to her repertoire. The evening was a huge success but, like most
things that are especially good, flew past too quickly." 2007
The
46th Festival - July 2006 featured: BB King & Keith
B. Brown, Ahmad Jamal & Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Fats Domino's True Spirit -
Matthieu Boré, Freddy Cole & Diana Krall, Gospel & Negro-spirituals Concert, Tracy
Chapman, Jamie Cullum / Lizz Wright, Martial Solal & Wayne Shorter, The Children
of Django / Richard Galliano / New-York Trio and Keith Jarrett - Gary Peacock
- Jack Dejohnette
Please
note: Camera are prohibited at many of the festival concerts and you might have
to surrender your camera to security staff.
Dates for your diary: 52ème
Festival de Jazz à Juan du 12 au 22 juillet 2012 - 52nd Festival de Jazz 12th
to 22nd July 2012
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information from: The Aniibes - Juan Les Pins website
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