Rome’s annual jazz festival returns to its dual venues, Auditorium Parco della Musica and Casa del Jazz, for its 40th edition. In the decades since its inception, the event has steadily elevated the genre – past headliners include musical icons like Miles Davis, Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Chick Corea. This year’s lineup is no exception, with an exciting roster of modern day jazz’s most prolific artists and prodigious newcomers. Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau take the stage at the festival’s on 8 November. Redman, masterful on the sax, and Mehldau, a renowned pianist, team up for a one-night-only concert in a rare opportunity to see them perform as a duo. Nicknamed the “jazz messiah” and a “genius” by everyone from Herbie Hancock to The Guardian, 21-year old Jacob Collier brings his one-man show of bass guitar, drums, Steinway piano, vocals, and multitrack recording to the Eternal City on 9 November. Other artists include Shye Ben Tzur, Johnny Greenwood, and The Rajasthan Express (11 Nov); French accordionist Richard Galliano (12 Nov); music veteran John Scofield in his show “Country for Old Men” (13 Nov); Fabrizio Consoli (19 Nov); Paola Ronci and The Hot Jambalaya (20 Nov); Omar Sosa and Yilian Canizares who seamlessly blend jazz with cuban music, rap, and hip-hop (23 Nov); and many more. Visit romajazzfestival.it for a full list of performances and venues.
ROMA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016
November 6-23
Auditorium Parco della Musica
9pm
Tickets: €10-€30
8 November
JOSHUA REDMAN/BRAD MEHLDAU DUO
9 November
JACOB COLLIER
11 November
“JUNUN” ft SHYE BEN TZUR, JONNY GREENWOOD & THE RAJASTHAN EXPRESS
12 November
RICHARD GALLIANO
13 November
JOHN SCOFIELD
14 November
LA MUSICA PROVATA DI E CON ERRI DE LUCA
15 November
ENRICO RAVA – GIOVANNI GUIDI – MATTHEW HERBERT
18 November
STANLEY JORDAN & BILLY COBHAM
21 November
EXTEMPORA
22 November
JACKY TERRASSON TRIO – special guest CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT
23 November
OMAR SOSA & YILIAN CANIZARES
Casa del Jazz, Viale di Porta Ardeatina, 55
11am or 9pm
Tickets: €10/15
6 November
RADICAL GIPSY
13 November
CRAZY STOMPIN’ CLUB
14 November
ALAIN BEDARD AUGUSTE QUARTET
19 November
FABRIZIO CONSOLI
