The Jazz in Arles festival will offer a program of jazz concerts of the highest artistic quality, featuring artists of national and international renown, as well as regional and local artists, enabling us to showcase the different facets of contemporary jazz. This musical program will be accompanied by various cultural events in association with the Actes Sud bookshop and the Cinéma du Méjan to offer a complete artistic proposal.
This jazz festival is designed to be intimate and accessible, while at the same time presenting a demanding and talent-discovering program, edition after edition. It’s also an opportunity to hear international artists rarely heard in France.
Wednesday May 21 – 8:30pm
TRENET EN PASSANT
André Minveille: vocals
Guillaume de Chassy: double bass
Géraldine Laurent (alto sax)
“Trenet en passant”, a superb tribute by pianist Guillaume de Chassy and guests André Minvielle and Géraldine Laurent.
Thursday, May 22 – 8:30pm
LOPEZ LAUBROCK RAINEY
Ingrid Laubrock: tenor & soprano saxophones
Brandon Lopez: double bass
Tom Rainey: drums
+ MARSAVRIL 4tet
Mathieu Bellon: saxophone
Pierre Guimbail: guitar
Jasmine Lee: bass
Benjamin François: drums
Ingrid Laubrock’s trio takes center stage on the second evening of Jazz In Arles. Accompanied by the unclassifiable quartet MARSAVRIL, winners of Jazz Migration #10, the two groups will take you on a journey into their respective worlds.
Friday May 23rd 8.30pm
AIRELLE BESSON Trio
Sebastian Sternal: piano
Jonas Burgwinkel: drums
Airelle Besson: trumpet
+ KEVIN NORWOOD Duo
Cyril Achard: guitar
Kevin Norwood: vocals
The Airelle Besson Trio, with its trumpet, piano and drums, offers innovative, poetic jazz. The duo Cyril Achard (guitar) and Kevin Norwood (tenor) revisit Chausson’s work, mixing classical and jazz with emotion. A modern, sensitive musical voyage.
Saturday May 24, 8:30pm
PHOTONS 4tet
Gauthier Toux: keyboards and synthesizers
Giani Caserotto: guitar
Samuel F’hima: double bass
Julien Loutelier: drums
A musical odyssey in which Giani Caserotto, Julien Loutelier and Samuel F’hima combine their talents under Gauthier Toux’s avant-garde vision.
