Jazz Festival Vienna
Dorretta Carter (2007)
The Vienna Jazz Festival has been a summer jazz festival that has been held in Vienna every summer since 1991 .
Musical orientation and venues
The main focus of the festival's program is on mostly international jazz stars, but also on soul , blues , pop and rock . Newcomers of the genre and local up-and-coming artists can also be seen.
The central venues are the Vienna State Opera and the Wiener Stadthalle for large-scale concerts. Further performances will take place in the jazz clubs Porgy & Bess and Jazzland , on the stages of WUK , Reigen and Summerstage as well as in the arcade courtyard of the Vienna City Hall and on the Rathausplatz in front of it. The MuseumsQuartier , the Wiener Konzerthaus and the Austria Center Vienna have also been used . The annual district heating Open Air on the premises of the Spittelau waste incineration plant is also part of the festival. The concerts on the Summerstage and the Rathausplatz can be attended with free admission. The festival is supported by the City of Vienna. In 2020 the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The founder and organizer is Fritz Thom , who also heads the International Jazz Festivals Organization , in close collaboration with Heinz Krassnitzer (1953–2013).
history
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- 1st Jazz Fest Vienna - June 25 to July 28, 1991
Participating artists (selection): Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie , Pharoah Sanders , Gilberto Gil , The Zawinul Syndicate , Yellowjackets , James Brown , Miriam Makeba , Archie Shepp , John Zorn , Charlie Haden , Jan Garbarek , John Scofield , Pat Metheny , Manhattan Transfer , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Konstantin Wecker , Carlos Santana - 2nd Jazz Fest Vienna - 2nd to 13th July 1992
participating artists (selection): Jean-Paul Bourelly , Modern Jazz Quartet , Dirty Dozen Brass Band , Jack DeJohnette , Stéphane Grappelli , Wynton Marsalis , Roy Hargrove , McCoy Tyner , The Lounge Lizards , Paul Motian , Jimmy Smith , Dr. John , Maceo Parker , Willy DeVille , Tuck & Patti , Chuck Berry , Bobby McFerrin , Paolo Conte , Nigel Kennedy - 3rd Jazz Fest Vienna - 1st to 15th July 1993
participating artists (selection): Ray Charles & The Raelettes , Al Jarreau , Dionne Warwick , Etta James , Bill Withers , Jon Hendricks , Kronos Quartet , Herbie Hancock , Randy Crawford , Laurie Anderson , Michel Petrucciani , Mike Mainieri , Archie Shepp and Jasper van't Hof , Tânia Maria , Brecker Brothers , Carla Bley , Ray Brown , Hans Salomon , Little Milton , Charles Lloyd , Oscar Klein , Ahmad Jamal , Joris Dudli - 4th Jazz Fest Vienna - 1st to 15th July 1994
participating artists (selection): Oscar Peterson , Nina Simone , The Pointer Sisters , Jimmy Scott , Natalie Cole , BB King , Ornette Coleman , Joe Henderson , Joshua Redman , Max Roach , Oleta Adams , Meshell Ndegeocello , Al Green , Carleen Anderson , Aziza Mustafa Zadeh , Mari Boine - 5th Jazz Fest Vienna - 1st to 12th July 1995
participating artists (selection): Chick Corea , John McLaughlin , Milt Jackson , Jazzmatazz , Ry Cooder , Neneh Cherry , Ben Harper , Homesick James , David Honeyboy Edwards , Robert Cray , Heli Deinboek , Hans Dulfer , The Rounder Girls , Ann Peebles & Mavis Staples Group, Robben Ford , Jovanotti , George Clinton & Parliament , Bo Diddley , Incognito , Blemishes - 6th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 28th to July 13th 1996
participating artists (selection): Dave Brubeck , James Moody , Betty Carter , Wayne Shorter , Marla Glen , John Mayall , Manu Dibango , The Roots , Johnny Griffin , Paquito D ' Rivera , Hans Theessink , Papa Wemba , Mojo Blues Band , Toni Stricker , Defunkt , Deborah Harry , Paco de Lucía , Al Di Meola - 7th Jazz Fest Vienna - 2 to 13 July 1997
participating artists (selection): Herbie Hancock / Michael Brecker / John Scofield , Dionne Warwick , John Cale , Kronos Quartet , David Byrne , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Don Alias , Bobby McFerrin , Zap Mama , Clark Terry , Elvin Jones , Wynton Marsalis , David Murray , Sigi Finkel , Big Jay McNeely , Marcus Miller , Andy Bartosh - 8th Jazz Festival Vienna - 2nd to 10th July 1998
participating artists (selection): Al Di Meola feat. Aziza Mustafa Zadeh , Dino Saluzzi , Gary Burton , George Benson , Terry Callier , Chick Corea , McCoy Tyner , Manhattan Transfer , Take 6 , Oscar D'León , Jorge Ben Jor , Joe Zawinul , Herbie Hancock , Karl Ratzer , Carl Craig , Wolfgang & Christian Muthspiel - 9th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 17 to July 11, 1999
participating artists (selection): Ray Charles , Brad Mehldau , Al Jarreau , Abbey Lincoln , Wynton Marsalis , Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft , John McLaughlin , Remember Shakti , The Supremes , The Temptations , James Brown , Count Basic , Hot Pants Road Club , Waldeck , Fontella Bass , Christina Zurbrügg , Rubén González , REM , Patti Smith - 10th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 13th to July 9th, 2000
participating artists (selection): John Abercrombie , Joan Armatrading , Patricia Barber , George Benson , Věra Bílá , Ketil Bjørnstad , Michael Brecker , Georg Breinschmid , Regina Carter , Natalie Cole , Klaus Dickbauer , Benny Golson , Peter Green , Johnny Griffin , Briggan Krauss , Otto Lechner , Pat Metheny , Kurt Ostbahn , Fritz Pauer , Wolfgang Puschnig - 11th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 19 to July 8, 2001
Participating artists (selection): Alegre Corrêa , David Byrne , Ron Carter , Billy Cobham , Holly Cole , Paco de Lucía , Teddy Ehrenreich , Viktor Gernot , Herbie Hancock , Franz Hautzinger , Greetje Kauffeld , Kollegium Kalksburg , Kool & The Gang , Paul Kuhn , Andy Manndorff , Marcus Miller , Tricky - 12th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 24th to July 7th, 2002
participating artists (selection): Isaac Hayes , Eumir Deodato , Charles Lloyd , Wayne Shorter , Sofa Surfers , Seelenluft , Taj Mahal , Koop , Jazzanova , Tony Allen , Calexico , Hubert von Goisern , Chaka Khan , Bonnie Tyler , Dana Gillespie , Axel Zwingenberger - 13th Jazz Fest Vienna - 23 June to 13 July 2003
participating artists (selection): Shirley Horn , Take 6 , Marcus Miller , João Gilberto , Mercedes Sosa , Bugge Wesseltoft , re: jazz , dZihan & Kamien , Mari Boine , Johnny Winter , Bob Geldof , Dorretta Carter , Žagar , Miriam Makeba , Vienna Art Orchestra , Elly Wright - 14th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 28th to July 14th 2004
participating artists (selection): Rebekka Bakken , Holly Cole , Erich Kleinschuster , Toni Stricker , Patti LaBelle , Steve Winwood , Bill Wyman , Barbara Hendricks , Bobby McFerrin , Lucio Dalla , Manfred Mann , Procol Harum , Angie Stone , Gilberto Gil , Till Brönner , Benny Golson , Martin Spitzer , Anna Maria Jopek - 15th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 28 to July 29, 2005
participating artists (selection): Terry Callier , Michel Legrand , Solomon Burke , Ravi Shankar , Elvis Costello , Joe Sample & Randy Crawford , Stacey Kent , Diana Ross , Lizz Wright , Willi Resetarits , Barclay James Harvest , Oskar Aichinger / Franz Koglmann , CocoRosie , Thievery Corporation , Vusi Mahlasela , Jamie Cullum , Amos Lee , Vienna Art Orchestra - 16th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 29 to July 16, 2006
Participating artists (selection): Tok tok tok , Raul Midón , Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto , Chick Corea , Gotan Project , Sérgio Mendes , Herbie Hancock , Randy Newman , Percy Sledge , Neville Brothers , Candy Dulfer , Level 42 , Herbert Joos , Madeleine Peyroux , Gianmaria Testa , Richard Galliano , Mina Agossi , Yaron Herman , Karolina Strassmayer , Maja Osojnik , Airto Moreira , Badi Assad , Dhafer Youssef - 17th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 25th to July 12th 2007
participating artists (selection): Juliette Gréco , Omara Portuondo , Brian Wilson , Paul Anka , George Benson / Al Jarreau , Dionne Warwick , Willy DeVille , Roger Chapman , Archie Shepp , Mina Agossi , Gato Barbieri , Bobby Hutcherson , David Murray , Vienna Teng , Sabina Hank , Wolfgang Reisinger , Sheila Jordan , Andy Manndorff , Monika Stadler , Taj Mahal , Dorretta Carter , Holly Cole , Simphiwe Dana , Malia - 18th Jazz Fest Vienna - 27 June to 17 July 2008
participating artists (selection): Bobby McFerrin with Thomas Quasthoff and Gert Voss , Sinéad O'Connor , Helen Schneider , Abdullah Ibrahim , Caetano Veloso , Roberta Flack , Sérgio Mendes , Tower of Power , Lila Downs , Kari Bremnes , Café Drechsler , Curtis Stigers , Hans Salomon , Hazmat Modine , The Last Poets , Chico Freeman , Nicolas Simion , Madita , Melody Gardot , Stella Jones - 19th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 29th to July 9th, 2009
participating artists (selection): Omara Portuondo , John Scofield , Marianne Faithfull , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Dusko Goykovich , Lionel Loueke , Willi Landl , Helge Schneider , Solomon Burke , Ruthie Foster , Harri Stojka , Chaka Khan & George Duke , Georg Breinschmid , Walter Trout , Madeleine Peyroux , Dan Levinson - 20th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 30th to July 9th 2010
participating artists (selection): Jamie Cullum , Benny Golson , Irmie Vesselsky , Paul Zauner , Alegre Corrêa , Max Nagl , James Carter , Gilles Peterson , Melody Gardot , Karl Ratzer , N'Dambi , Al Green , Jeff Beck , Imelda May , Nikki Yanofsky , Terry Callier - 21st Jazz Fest Vienna - June 15 to July 17, 2011
participating artists (selection): Cesária Évora , Marianne Faithfull , Ben Sidran , Saxofour , Marilyn Mazur , Richard Thompson , Sabina Hank , William Fitzsimmons , Al Di Meola , Earl Klugh , Terje Rypdal , Palle Mikkelborg , Pee Wee Ellis , Madeleine Peyroux , Chucho Valdés , Tia Fuller , Bettye LaVette , Mike Stern , Charles Bradley , Magnus Öström , Cyndi Lauper , Liza Minnelli - 22nd Jazz Fest Vienna - June 17 to July 9, 2012
participating artists (selection): Harri Stojka , Georg Breinschmid , Tania Saedi , Till Brönner , Benjamin Koppel , Count Basic , Bobby McFerrin , Scott Hamilton , Richard Bona , Herbie Hancock , Özlem Bulut , John Scofield , Silje Nergaard , Keith Jarrett , Mother's Finest feat, Lonnie Liston Smith , Ambrose Akinmusire - 23rd Jazz Fest Vienna - June 17th to July 10th 2013
participating artists (selection): Bryan Ferry , Bonnie Raitt , Charles Bradley , Bobby Womack , Rebekka Bakken , George Benson , Randy Crawford & Joe Sample , China Moses , Marlon Roudette , Trilok Gurtu , Victor Wooten , Eliane Elias , Tomasz Stańko , Lou Donaldson , Harri Stojka , Bobby McFerrin , Paolo Conte , Helge Schneider , Eric Burdon - 28th Jazz Fest Vienna - June 15 to July 10, 2018 participating artists (selection): Norbert Schneider , Thomas Quasthoff , Till Brönner & Dieter Ilg , Melody Gardot , Kris Kristofferson , Caro Emerald , Die Mayerin , Ina Regen
- The Jazz Fest 2020, originally planned for June 23 to July 12, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Web links
Commons : Jazz-Fest Wien - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jazz Fest Wien 2020 canceled. In: ORF.at. April 15, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Summer will be hot at the JazzFest.Wien 2018 . OTS bulletin of April 5, 2018, accessed April 6, 2018.
- ↑ Jazz Fest Wien 2020 canceled. In: DerStandard.at . April 15, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 .