A former “young lion”, the saxophonist, composer and elemental jazz musician Joshua Redman, is now a “lion in the best years”. He is completely at home in his musical territory, and although he likes to push beyond its limits, he still remains mainly a jazz lion.

This is demonstrated by his most stable project, the Quartet, which earned him fame in the 1990s. The features that make this incredibly well-together band instantly recognizable include the unique and irresistible tone of Redman’s saxophone, the unbridled GregHutchinson´s drumming, the soulful and earthy Reuben Rogers´ double bass, and Aaron Goldberg’s piano balanced and empathic accompaniment. The quartet has released a fresh album Come What May, which loosely follows the golden era of the band on the Beyond and Passage of Time albums. Redman, approaching his sixth decade is on optimum creative form, demonstrating with his refined taste, open-hearted approach and global experience why jazz is still such a major force in music.

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Fire and water, many may say after seeing the names Chris Potter and Bill Frisell in one band. Their connection, however, promises an optimum counterbalance of the yin and yang forces, especially when supported by a backing duo in the form of pianist Craig Taborn and drummer Eric Harland.

Potter is considered to be one of the world’s technically unrivalled naturals of the saxophone.  At his Brno concert in 2017, however, he confirmed that he can wear a variety of musical masks, and in the presence of the calm power of the guitar grandmaster, he will certainly be revealing another one. Unlike Potter, Frisell is referred to as a sound seeker, a precise minimalist who loves detail. In Brno, Bill Frisell will finally make a proper premiere, following the unfortunate infamous improvisation with a siren on the outdoor stage. Alongside Pat Metheny and John Scofield, he is one of the most influential guitarists of the sixties and is synonymous with the term “style innovator”. His view of jazz is unique, so the encounter of four original personalities promises an unusual experience. They do not actually meet in this line-up every day!

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Avishai Cohen regularly returns to Brno with various types of projects. However, we find him at his most authentic in the chamber jazz trio. This year he is coming with a line-up that is considered the strongest ever. The drummer Mark Guiliana and the pianist Shai Maestro will play alongside him.

The name Avishai Cohen is frequently heard in Brno. Over the last fifteen years, he has been able to win the hearts of a number of fans with his concerts spanning various genres, from a symphonic project to the 1970s pop-jazz line-up.  However, he originally found success with a trio that paved his way to the heart of the jazz elite. Together with Guiliana and Maestro, he recorded Gently Disturbed in 2008. It is with this very same ensemble and repertoire that Avishaiis returning to Brno. Mark Guiliana, the innovator behind the drums, and the phenomenal Shai Maestro on piano remind us again of what Avishai Cohen’s music is all about – fantastic sound, precise interplay, complicated but exciting poly-rhythms and grooves, romantic moods of his compositions, individual virtuosity fully employed in support of the whole. This is exactly what the Gently Disturbed trio is all about- they only meet in exceptional cases, and now will have their premiere in Brno. This time, the reason is not only the Brno concert, but also Cohen’s 50th birthday, to which hismanagement gave him a unique series of 50-50-50: fifty concerts in fifty countries across the continents. The only one in the Czech Republic takes place at the JazzFestBrno.

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What is the recipe for popularity with listeners? An angelic voice, charismatic presentation, earthy and soulful songs, and a great backing band. Lizz Wright offers all this in anexceptionally balanced combination, spiced up with the tradition of African-American spirituals and blues.

Born in Georgia, USA, she grew up in the family of a pastor who introduced her to gospel music. She made a spirited entrance to the jazz scene at the beginning of the millennium, when she recorded her still admired debut Salt. Since then, five other highly regarded albums have been released. With an increasing number of her own compositions, the artistic truth of Lizz Wright is increasingly revealing itself and her unique ability to blend original colours from the musical palette whilst leaving space for gospel, folk, jazz, pop and blues is increasing. Her project with the Brno Philharmonic and the Baroš-Dorůžka-Šoltis rhythm section provides an extraordinary opportunity to hear, for the first time in the Czech Republic, the resonant voice of Lizz Wright against the background of orchestral colours.

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Most fans associate the guitarist and composer Pat Metheny with the popular Pat Metheny Group. However, the musical presence of the twentyfold Grammy winner is reflectedmost of all in the Side-Eye project, which introduces the bandleader’s great musicians of the next generation.

Pat Metheny does not need any lengthy introduction- his significance for jazz is undeniable. He began performing publicly as a teenager, and when he came to the Berklee College, where he wanted to study, he immediately found work as a teacher and a contract with the Gary Burton band – all down to his talent. In the Side-Eye band, Metheny provides space for keyboard player James Francies, and the drummer Marcus Gilmore. Metheny’s support for younger colleagues is legendary, as he returns the favour he received from his elders in his youth.  He is also well aware that the new blood will help his music: “I am inspired by the way they cope with the musical challenges of some of my older songs. At the same time, I was intrigued by the options where the music could go if I wrote new compositions just for them, ” Metheny confirms.

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