Steve Coleman, Mary Halvorson o Perico Sambeat Plays Zappa II, at the XIII Jimmy Glass Contemporary Jazz Festival. Between 13 of October and 30 November, other great international figures such as Vincent Herring also perform, Seamus Blake, James Francies o Lawrence Clark, among many others.
The Jimmy Glass celebrates the thirteenth edition of its International Contemporary Jazz Festival with a selection of great figures and stars of jazz, grouped in just over a month and a half, which will constitute, one more time, a surprising example of the prestige and international commitment of the Valencian club. Groups of different tendencies and different origins, from both the United States and Europe, including the Valencian Community, They will show the current international jazz through nine concerts in the official section and thirteen in their Off Festival section to present their most recent works.
Lawrence Clark Quintet
Saxophonist Lawrence Clark (Camden, New Jersey) He performs for the first time in Jimmy Glass as the leader of a luxury quintet, which features famous trumpeter Duane Eubanks, pianist Theo Hill, double bassist Joris Teepe and veteran drummer Darrell Green. Clark received a scholarship to attend Berklee in Boston, where he changed the alto saxophone for the tenor. In Boston he and his peers had the opportunity to network and perform at local jazz clubs.. After spending several years there, He moved to New York to develop a higher level of musicality. Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Smalls, Smoke Jazz and Supper Club and the Apollo Theater are just a few of the New York establishments where he performed on numerous occasions.. This saxophonist also received the New Jazz Works Grant, the Chamber Music America en 2020.
