From August, 1 to 4, as part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad, the "Aquajazz" Sochi Jazz Festival will take place. The event will include prominent jazz musicians from Russia and the United States.
The headliners this year include the trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis quintet and world-famous vocal group and winner of 10 Grammy Awards Take 6. The best Russian jazz bands from across the country will come to Sochi including Ural Dixieland, Sergey Korenev Project, Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan under the direction of A. Vasilevskiy, Visit jazz orchestra, the Adam Teratsuyan Septet, Sochi Big Band and Sergey Pron's ProJazz group.
Other participants at the festival include the star of the Russian TV show "The Voice" Polina Zizak, plus well-known trumpet players, saxophonists and pianists.
By tradition, the festival will start with a jazz parade led by Igor Butman in the Riviera Park on August, 1. On August, 2 and 4 on stage of the Zimny theater, chamber concerts will take place, and on August, 3, a gala concert entitled "Igor Butman and the future of jazz" will be staged in the Festival Concert Hall. Recognized young talents will for the first time come together on one stage to perform in a musical team representing the new generation. At the end of the evening, the combined Moscow Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Igor Butman will play a fiery jam session.
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