JAZZ À
JUAN From July 15 2001 To July 23 2001
This year, with the arrival of a new
artistic director, Harry Lapp, the 41st international jazz
festival of Antibes Juan-Les-Pins is presenting a wide
range of jazz performances, and the program includes, jazz,
blues, rock'n'roll, Afro-Cuban music...
The festival
will open on Sunday July 15th with christian celebration, with
the participation of the Insight Gospel
Singers. Free concert.
Jazz Off :
Two performances per day in the streets of Antibes and
Juan with a marching band from New Orleans The Algiers Brass Band
Opening of the Jazz Club "Round Midnight" in
the salle Méditerranée of the Casino, Saturday July 21st at
midnight. [Program tbc].
Antibes Juan les Pins
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July 15 2001 - 8:30:00 PM The Nicholas Payton Quintet -
Tribute to Louis Armstrong

Nicholas Payton,
trumpet - Tima Warfield, tenor saxophone - Anthony
Wonsey, piano - Reuben Rogers, double bass -
Adonis Rose, drums.
Nicholas Payton, born in New Orleans in
1973, started by playing in brass bands... In 1990, noticed by
Clark Terry, he receives the Wynton Marsalis prize at the
"Louis Armstrong" trumpet competion. His last album, "Dear
Louis", to be released April 24th on Verve, is a tribute to
Satchmo.
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- 8:30:00 PM Louis Primas Memories - Les
Gigolos

Patrick Bacqueville,
vocal, trombone - Michel Bonnet, trumpet - Claude
Braud, saxophone - Christophe Davot, guitar -
Jean-Marc Montaut, piano - Jean-Pierre
Rebillard, double bass - Stéphane Roger, drums.
The story of the band Les
Gigolos started in december 1996, when the Quartet
Megaswing invited Patrick Bacqueville to play at the Parisian
club "Le Bilboquet". They play three Louis Prima songs, and
from there, they decide to form a band, similar to the one
directed by Louis Prima in the 60's, under the name of
Witnesses. With the arrival of Christophe Davot and Michel
Bonnet, the band gets bigger and becomes Les
Gigolos.
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July 16 2001 - 8:30:00 PM Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock /
Jack DeJohnette

Keith Jarrett, piano -
Gary Peacock, double bass - Jack DeJohnette,
drums
Unique concert in France of this legendary
trio.
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July 17 2001 - 8:30:00 PM Afro Cuban All
Stars

Juan de Marcos
González, vocal, tres & leader - David Alfaro,
piano - Pedro Calvo Rojas, Carridad Hierrezuelo, Felix
Baloy, vocal - Felix Valdes, chorus - Luis
Lang, violin, chorus - Raùl Gutiérrez, saxophones -
Luis Alemany, Julio Padron, Alexander Abreu, trumpets -
Alberto "Molote" Muñoz, Antonio Leal, Juan Carlos
Marin, trombones - Polo Tamayo, flute - Ricardo
Muñoz, bass - Rolando Salgado, bongo - Adel
Gonzalez, congas - Jose Espinosa,
timbales
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July 18 2001 - 8:30:00 PM The Marcus Miller
Group

Bass player, singer, composer
and arranger, Marcus Miller has
participated to many recordings, with Luther Vandross, David
Sanborn... but it is by playing with Miles Davis, and
especially because of his album "Tutu", in the 80's, that the
audience becomes really aware of his talent. Marcus Miller is
a virtuoso of the bass, but also a great
arranger...
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- 8:30:00 PM Herbie Hancock's Future 2
Future

Herbie
Hancock, is a virtuoso pianist there is no need to
present anymore...
Future 2 Future, marks his come
back to a more electric formation, and is also the name of his
new album due to be released soon.
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July 19 2001 - 8:30:00 PM Joshua
Redman

At 31, American saxophonist
Joshua Redman, son of Dewey Redman,
saxophonist of Keith Jarrett, he's an accomplished artist.
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- 8:30:00 PM Branford
Marsalis

Branford
Marsalis, born in 1960, is the eldest son of the
Marsalis family. Branford (alto, soprano & tenor
saxophones) has, like his brothers Wynton (trumpet), Delfeayo
(trombone) and the youngest Jason (drums), had a great
teacher, his father Ellis (pianist). After having played a
lot of pop and funk music (with Sting...), he dedicates
himself to jazz in 1980 and records his first album in 1983...
His last album "Contemporary Jazz" has received a Grammy
Award for the best jazz album of the
year.
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July 20 2001 - 8:30:00 PM Ray
Charles

The Raeletts & The Ray
Charles Orchestra
Since 1961, Ray Charles regularly comes back to the
to communicate all his emotion.
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- 8:30:00 PM Dianne
Reeves

Dianne
Reeves was still a teenager when legendary trumpeter
Clark Terry discovered her, when she was singing in the Big
Band of her school. But it is only in 1976, at the age of 20,
that she starts her professional career. Her first album
"Dianne Reeves" will be released in 1987, after having toured
with Billy Childs, from the Night Flight, Phil Moore and
Sergio Mendes, and recorded for other artists. Her second
album, "For Every Heart", is recorded with Harry Bellafonte in
1985. She mixes jazz with reggae and rhythms rooted in the
world music... She has just released an album in tribute
to the great Sarah Vaughan, The Calling for the Blue Note
label...
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July 21 2001 - 8:30:00 PM Gilberto Gil & The Milton
Nascimento E Grupo

Gilberto Gil, vocal,
guitar - Milton Nascimento, vocal, guitar - Paulo
Guimaraes, flute - Lincoln Continentino & Claudio
Andrade, keyboards - Dudu Caribé, guitar -
Arthur Maia, bass - Marco Lobo & Gustavo de
Dalva, percussions - Lincoln Cheib & Jorge
Gomes, drums.
Le groupe Gilberto Gil - Milton Nascimento e grupo
is born from the encountering of two stars of the popular
Brazilian music. Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento
incorporate in their repertoire musical influences from all
over the world : electric rock, bossa-nova... The mixing of
all these styles allow them to open up on the world, without
forgetting the poetry, beauty of the texts... inspired by
their country.
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July 22 2001 - 8:30:00 PM Lucky
Peterson

Lucky Peterson, lead
vocal, guitar, hammond B3 organ - Rico Mc Farland,
guitar - Chuck Louden, drums - William Harris
III, bass - Bill Eden, saxophone - James
Exum, trombone - Franck Saffiotti, trumpet
Lucky Peterson started his
career at six years old ! Famous producer Willie Dixon, signs
him in 1971, and an album is soon released. The album hit
title, "1-2-3" allows Lucky Peterson to be on top of the
charts. In parallel, he pursues his musical training, playing
with bluesmen passing in his father's club, like Lightnin'
Hopkins and Jimmy Reed. Hired by Little Milton in the Mighty
All Stars, in 1981, he takes the direction of the orchestra
less than free months after his arrival, and tours in the
States and in Europe. Since, Lucky Peterson has become a major
blues artist.
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- 8:30:00 PM Chuck
Berry

Living legend of the rock
music, coming from the rhythm and blues, Chuck Berry, is one the greatest creators
of a music that has been for a long time, a music for white
people: the rock'n'roll. Since his last hit, Maybellene, Chuck
Berry has influenced a lot this music. On stage, he plays
great guitar solos...
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July 23 2001 - 8:30:00 PM The Dave Brubeck
Quartet

Dave BrubeckRobert Militello, alto, tenor & soprano
saxophones, flute, clarinet - Michael Moore, bass -
Randy Jones, drums
At 80, pianist and composer
Dave Brubeck is a living jazz
legend. He has played with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillepsie,
Stan Getz... The music of his quartet is influenced by the
ethnic musics the musicians have discovered while travelling
on tour around the world.
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- 8:30:00 PM Franck Sinatra Jr & The
Woody Herman Orchestra

Frank
Sinatra Jr has studied music at the university of
Southern California, to become pianist and conductor. But
singing has soon caught up with him... He has performed in
many prestigious venues in the United States, Canada, Japan
and in England. Contrary to his sister Nancy, Frankie Jr.
never had the sucess he deserved, and today his talent, and
his voice - reminding the voice of his father's - is
rediscovered... The Woody Herman
Orchestra brings back to life the legend of Woody
Herman (1913-1987), his orchestra, and it is only fair
that saxophonist Frank Tiberi, his long time accomplice, keeps
alive this
tradition...
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