Tomatito, Leonor Watling with Leo Sidrán and the Málaga Philharmonic star in the final stretch of the festival, which starts this Thursday with the award to the Almería guitarist.
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Photo: Ayuntamiento de Almería
The Almeriajazz festival faces its final stretch with seven events spread between this Thursday, November 5, and Sunday, November 8. The most immediate date is tonight's: Tomatito and his group perform at 20.30 at the Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla, on a day when the Almería guitarist will receive the 'Georgia Jazz Club en memoria de Serafín Cid' Award, according to the Ayuntamiento de Almería.
Tickets for the concerts that require them can be bought on the website almeriaculturaentradas.es, at the municipal box office at the Apolo and at the corresponding box office from one hour before the start of each performance.
From the Apolo to the Auditorio
On Friday, November 6, at 20.30 at the Apolo, Leonor Watling and Leo Sidrán present their joint project, which mixes jazz, pop and folk. The organisers say tickets are about to sell out.
On Saturday, November 7, also at 20.30 and at the Auditorio, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga joins José Carra Grupo and Arturo Serra to revisit the music of Brazilian composer Ivan Lins.
On Sunday, November 8, there are two events. At 12.00, the Banda Municipal de Música de Almería offers the concert 'Una mirada al jazz en paralelo: Andalucía – Estados Unidos' at the Apolo, with free admission. And at 19.00, Clasijazz Liberation Music Orchestra closes the festival at the Auditorio with a tribute to Carla Bley and Charlie Haden.
An award for a career
The recognition of Tomatito honours his artistic career and his link with jazz and improvised music, as well as his role as an ambassador for Almería. On stage he will be accompanied by José del Tomate on second guitar, Bernardo Parrilla on violin, the singing and clapping of Makarines, Kiki Cortiñas and Morenito de Illora, and the percussion of Johny Cortés.
The programme is organised by the Área de Cultura, Educación, Museos y Tradiciones del Ayuntamiento de Almería, with the coordination of Manantial de Músicas. All the festival information is at almeriajazz.com.
