The jazz of Carla Bley and Charlie Haden plays at the closing of Almerijazz

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Clasijazz Liberation Music Orchestra closed the 34th edition of the festival on Sunday at the Auditorio Maestro Padilla, with Jorge Rossy presenting the repertoire.

AlmeríaYa newsroom · Published on November 10, 2026 at 09:42

Seis músicos con piano, saxo, trompeta, contrabajo, trombón, batería y guitarra tocan en un escenario con fondo azul. — Photo: Ayuntamiento de Almería

The Auditorio Municipal Maestro Padilla hosted this Sunday the last concert of the 34th Almerijazz 2026 Festival. On stage, the Clasijazz Liberation Music Orchestra, an international ensemble, paid tribute to composer and pianist Carla Bley and to double bassist and composer Charlie Haden. During the performance, Jorge Rossy, a member of the ensemble, brought the audience closer to the creative universe of both musicians, reviewing their careers and the personality of their compositions. The repertoire moved through different jazz sonorities and showed the richness of a legacy that continues to inspire new generations of performers. In the final stretch, Rossy announced the performance of «La Pasionaria», a composition by Charlie Haden written for the Liberation Music Orchestra. The musician recalled having heard this work live at the Palau de la Música de Barcelona, in a concert in which the ensemble performed a selection of popular songs and compositions linked to the Spanish Civil War.

Musicians from several generations on stage

The project combined young performers with new musical perspectives alongside others with long careers, which brought a diversity of nuances to the group's sound identity. The ensemble was made up of Esther Quevedo, on piano; Steve Cardenas, on guitar; Ursula Wienken, on double bass; Jorge Rossy, on drums; Chris Cheek, on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones; Julián Sánchez, on trumpet and flugelhorn; and Marina Calleja, on trombone. The festival, organised by the Área de Cultura, Educación, Museos y Tradiciones del Ayuntamiento de Almería with the coordination of Manantial de Músicas, has been running since last November 1. This edition has had the collaboration of the Centro Fundación Unicaja Almería, the support of Cervezas Estrella de Levante and Vera Import, and the friendly entities Clasijazz, El Faro del Jazz and Plataforma Jazz España, of which Almerijazz is part, as indicated by the Consistorio.

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