In St. – Petersburg february 20, 2015 will be held festival "Triumph of Jazz" in Palace of Culture of Gorky.
The beginning of the festival: 19:00.
International Festival "Triumph of Jazz" for the fifteenth time collects the stars of world and national jazz scene, to celebrate their anniversary!
In the beginning of the new millennium, the world famous saxophonist Igor Butman and became famous also as an outstanding jazz producer. In 2000, he laid the first stone, perhaps of the largest and most successful Russian jazz global event. "Triumph of Jazz" has become something more than just a sensation, it became a real cultural phenomenon. For the glorious history of the festival sophisticated public of Moscow and St Petersburg could see and hear the musicians, whose appearance in Russia yet 15 years ago was hard to imagine – at the invitation of Igor Butman to music lovers were brought legends of the world jazz scene, uniting generations and cultures: Elvin Jones, Gary Burton Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, Mike Stern, Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell, Lee Ritenaur, Joshua Redman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ahmad Jamal, Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Gino Vanelli, Lee Konitz, Take6, Lenny White, Roy Heynz, Dave Holland and many other superstars, on the rights to represent the jazz of planetary scale. The emergence of "Triumph" gave a huge impulse for development of jazz culture and education in Russia for 15 years of the festival in our country has grown a new generation of amazing jazz musicians.
Headlining of the jubilee "Triumph of Jazz" will be fivefold winner of the "Grammy", the author of the music for the cult film by Spike Lee and many other masterpieces of American cinema trumpeter Terence Blenshard and his newest group E-collective, as well as twelve-nominees and double winner of "Grammy" – legendary team with more than thirty years of history YellowJackets.
In addition, to the public will be submitted singers of the band of Herbie Hancock, American vocalist Lisa Henry and powerjazz Trio of drummer Oleg Butman.
15 years of the festival – is not so much, on the one hand, compared to the long-lived (ex, Jazz a Juan and the Montreux Jazz Festival), on the other hand, over the years the festival has got an impressive audience, their own traditions and legends, retaining title of the main holiday for Russian jazz.
