65. Jazz festival Ljubljana

Again, with the Križanke open-air theatre as a unique opening night venue and the CD Park as the festival’s main hub. Jazz against reactionary ignorance. Invariably, over and over again.

• Wednesday, 10 July 2024 Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) After having expanded his understanding of jazz into so called stretch music form and innovating his own musical instruments, Chief Adjuah’s latest release is a throwback to the origins: the music of his ancestors. Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective with Atom String Quartet Blanchard has scored the music for majority of Spike Lee’s films and is the first African-American composer whose opera has been staged at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.
• Double concert, Križanke Thursday, 11 July 2024 John Scofield / Dave Holland Duo A partnership between two of the most respected names in the last half century’s highest echelons of jazz. Double bassist Dave Holland and guitarist John Scofield have each made their mark as undisputed masters of their instruments and performers who have defined (and crossed!) many a chapter of the genre. Their joint tour features the two artists’ original compositions with the indispensable sprinkle of jazz standards. Gallus Hall