16th Edition · Cala Gonone, Golfo di Orosei
Cala Gonone
Cala Gonone
Jazz Festival 2003
Line-up of the 16th Cala Gonone Jazz Festival (2003). Venues: P. Ticca Amphitheatre. Featured artists: Wynton Marsalis, John Abercrombie, Randy Brecker and Regina Carter.
The line-up day by day
P. Ticca Amphitheatre
Programme — Day by Day
Wednesday 23 JulyP. Ticca Amphitheatre9:30 pm
Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Victor Goines (tenor sax, clarinet), Wess Anderson (alto sax), Ron Westray (trombone), Aaron Diehl (piano), Reginald Veal (bass), Herlin Riley (drums)
Born in New Orleans in 1961 and the son of the pianist Ellis Marsalis, he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1980 and signed with Columbia the following year. Artist profile →
Thursday 24 JulyP. Ticca Amphitheatre9:30 pm
John Abercrombie (guitar), Mark Feldman (violin), Marc Johnson (bass), Joey Baron (drums)
Born in Port Chester, New York, in 1944 and died in 2017, he studied at the Berklee College of Music and from 1969 worked in New York, joining the groups Dreams and Billy Cobham's band. Artist profile →
Friday 25 JulyP. Ticca Amphitheatre9:30 pm
Randy Brecker (trumpet), Bill Evans (tenor sax), Ronnie Cuber (baritone sax), Dave Kikoski (keyboards), Mitch Stein (guitar), Chris Minh Doky (bass), Jonathan Blake (drums)
Born in the Philadelphia area in 1945, he studied at Indiana University and worked in New York big bands before joining Blood, Sweat & Tears and Horace Silver's quintet. Artist profile →
Saturday 26 JulyP. Ticca Amphitheatre9:30 pm
Big Band of the Scuola Civica di Cagliari
22 musicians, conductor Paolo Carrus, soloist Giuseppe Murgia (alto sax)
Regina Carter (violin), Werner “Vana” Gierig (piano), Chris Lightcap (bass), Alvester Garnett (drums), Mayra Casales (Latin percussion)
A violinist from Detroit, she studied classical violin from childhood and moved to jazz in high school. She began with the all-female group Straight Ahead and then launched her solo career. Artist profile →
Sources & notes
The festival is organised by the cultural association L’Intermezzo (Nuoro), which also directs its artistic programme.Festival website: calagononejazzfestival.com
Programme taken from calagononejazzfestival.com · official artist photos are not reproduced for copyright reasons; see the festival website.
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