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Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2017

By Luciano Rossetti
November 14, 2017
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"Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz" is one of the few Italian festivals with a clear artistic vision featuring original programming. In the small village of Sant'Anna Arresi attendees won't find musicians who play the festival circuit, rather ones who present rare projects, commissioned by the festival to match a theme. For the 2017 edition, Artistic Director Basilio Sulis was inspired by the annual report on civil rights published by Amnesty International. The 32nd edition therefore was themed after Max Roach's "We Insist! Freedom Now."

Here are photos from the performances of the Ivory Coast's Dobet Gnahorè with her group, the Sylvie Courvoisier-Kenny Wollesen Duo, "Lean Left" (Andy Moore, Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love and Terrie Ex), the Aly Keita-Hamid Drake Duo, Joe Chambers as solo artist and as band leader of "M'Boom Repercussion," the "Summit Quartet" (Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Luc Ex, Hamid Drake), Marilyn Mazur with her project "Shamania," the very interesting Duo of Tiziano Tononi-Susie Ibarra with their project "Drums, Gongs & Bamboo," Tyshawn Sorey (winner of the 2017 MacArthur Foundation's Genius Grant), Kassa Overall, the "Liquid Stone" Trio (Michele Uccheddu, Caterina Genta, Emanuele Balia) and the spectacular Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber that celebrated their 30th anniversary with two great performances.

Once again, an outstanding festival in the fantastic setting of South Sardinia.

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Pasquale Mirra - Hamid Drake - Luciano Rossetti

Cene Resnik - Note a margine

Luciano Rossetti Exhibition

Dobet Gnahore - Boni Gnahore

Tyshawn Sorey

Burnt Sugar Arkestra - Julie Brown

Tyshawn Sorey Trio

Summit Quartet

Joe Chambers

Burnt Sugar Arkestra

Dobet Gnahore - Colin Laroche De Feline

Burnt Sugar Arkestra - Shelley Nicole

Liquid Stone Trio

Dobet Gnahoré Group

Warren Smith

Mats Gustafsson

Summit Quartet - Hamid Drake

Susie Ibarra - Tiziano Tononi

Pietro Tonolo

Sylvie Courvoisier

Drake-Abrams-Tonolo Trio

Tyshawn Sorey

Mats Gustafsson - Ken Vandermark

Kenny Wollesen - Terrie Essels

Susie Ibarra - Tiziano Tononi

Summit Quartet - Danielle Oosterop

Summit Quartet

Aly Keita

M'bomm Repercussion

Lean Left - Andy Moore-Ken Vandermark-Terrie Essels

Daryl Johns

Tyshawn Sorey

Dada Powell - Kassa Overall

Burnt Sugar Arkestra

Burnt Sugar Arkestra - Mikel Banks

Burnt Sugar Arkestra

Marilyn Mazur "Shamania"

Burnt Sugar Arkestra

Burnt Sugar Arkestra- Lewis Barnes

Pietro Tonolo - Marc Abrams

Lean Left - Terrie Essels

Kassa Overall - Dada Powell - Kool AD - Saba Moeel

Warren Smith

Kenny Wollesen

Kool AD - Saba Moeel

Burnt Sugar Arkestra

Sylvie Courvoisier - Kenny Wollesen

Ray Mantilla - Warren Smith - Diego Lopez

Hamid Drake - Aly Keita

Kassa Overall

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