CCCB jam sessions, “within arm’s reach”

Making the musical present, live. Six jam sessions involving musicians from different backgrounds and generations, who come together to create a once-only conjunction. The magic of spontaneous complicity. An opportunity to experience it, within arm's reach.

 

10 September
JAZZ SÍ CLUB TALLER DE MÚSICS
The Taller de Músics is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It was one of the first centres in democratic Spain to train new generations of jazz musicians who are now internationally renowned. Inseparable from everyday life in the Raval district, it has been a pioneer in the defence of live music. Pianist Joan Díaz, head of studies at the new school of further music studies, is one of the facilitators of the jams that take place every week at the school's club, Jazz Sí.

Web: http://www.tallerdemusics.com/jazzsi-club/

17 September
GRÀCIA JAM SESSIONS
The jams that take place in small bars like Heliogàbal and Continental in the district of Gràcia, and at Harlem Jazz Club, Robadors23, Monasterio, and Jazz Clot Underground in other parts of the city, offer a natural acoustic context that has proved popular with a very broad public. Every Tuesday at Heliogàbal, guitarist Andreu Zaragoza is right behind bringing new sounds to the public.

Web: http://www.andreuzaragoza.com/

24 September
WHAT THE FUCK AT JAMBOREE
One of the city's most emblematic clubs, Jamboree in Plaça Reial, produces one of the jam sessions with most character, from trad jazz to the very latest avant-gardes, and from renowned musicians to an endless source of upcoming exponents. Famous musicians from all over the world have been dropping into these inspired What The Fuck sessions, organized by Aurelio Santos every Monday for eight years.

Web: http://www.wtfjamsessions.com/

1 October
ESCOLA DE BELLATERRA
For 20 years, Bellaterra School of Music has been a focus for learning jazz. Many of the musicians who trained there in the 1970s are now involved in training the latest generations. Between Barcelona and Terrassa, the two jazz focuses, the Friday night jams in Bellaterra have grown up in a complex-free, familiar atmosphere, providing a stage for upcoming young musicians.

Web: http://www.bellaterramusica.com/

8 October
RE-GENERACIÓ 3
Jam sessions are served up every night at Re-Generació 3, a meeting place for jazz musicians. A way of working and welcoming people. The first generations of musicians to graduate from the ESMUC (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya) come together under the organizational umbrella of pianist Jordi Berni to champion live music in a venue that sets out to provoke and revolutionize jazz in the city.

Web: http://www.regeneracio3.es/

15 October
NOVA JAZZ CAVA- JAZZ TERRASSA
Terrassa's Club d'Amics de les Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary. For 38 years, hundreds of musicians from all over have been stepping onto its stage: the Jazz Cava, since 1985 known as the Nova Jazz Cava. This venue has become the jazz mecca of Catalonia, witnessing the performances of the great jazz musicians of history and bringing them together with great Catalan

Web: http://www.jazzterrassa.org/