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Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival - Jazz à Juan

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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.

Left: Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings - 2008

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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

 

Left: Women of Chicago Blues - 2008

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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: 49th Jazz Festival 10th and the 19th July 2009 (To be confirmed)

Further information from: The Aniibes - Juan Les Pins website

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Riviera reality from French Property News September 2006

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