Chick Corea & Touchstone, Niño Josele and Diego Amador, on the bill

S.C. Madrid, October 2005

Within the aim of “tackling the complexity and diversity of jazz” which moves the 2005 Madrid Jazz Festival, there's room for the jondo side of things. Flamenco jazz is going to be widely represented in this twenty-second edition, which is to be held from November 1st to December 1st at several stages in the city. The star concert of flamenco jazz is going to be offered by Chick Corea, who presents his album ‘Rhumba Flamenco’ together with Jorge Pardo, Carles Benavent and Rubem Dantas on November 5th at the Madrid Cultural Center (Centro Cultural de la Villa).

	Niño Josele y Paquito D'Rivera (Foto: Daniel Muñoz)

Also joining in on this current is guitarist Niño Josele, who on Saturday, November 12th will provide a peek of some of the versions of pianist Bill Evans which will make up his next album, promoted by Fernando Trueba and Bebo Valdés. Taking part in the project are Marc Johnson, Horacio el Negro and Joe Lovano, among others. This upcoming record already has an anecdote. When he found out about this project at the press conference of the festival's presentation, Paquito D’Rivera yelled at the Almería-born guitarist for not having called on him for the recording. And he nearly interviewed him on the subject: “That's tremendously interesting, kid. You have to tell me why it sounds as if Celia Cruz were sung by Pavarotti”. Those attending burst out laughing with the Cuban saxophonist, who opens the festival.

There will be more flamenco. Diego Amador will offer his ‘Piano jondo’ concert on Friday the 11th, while Son de la Frontera will refresh Diego del Gastor on Sunday the 20th. In the 10th Ciudad Lineal Jazz Festival, Enrique Heredia ‘El Negri’ will do a live presentation of his first solo album, ‘El último beso’, a tribute to Agustín Lara. And appearing at concert halls spread throughout the city will be other groups such as La Shica, Jose Luis Montón's La Banda del Aire and Pedro Ojesto Trio with Ramón el Portugués, among others.

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