Under the name AtalaJazz Mágiko Festival, the Atalaya Club yesterday presented a new cultural offering at a press conference ahead of the 23rd Mágiko Film Week. With this cultural event, the sociocultural association completes its full program of music and film for the month of August.
The Atalaya Club is embarking once again. Andrés Villa and María Cano, members of the association, presented the first AtalaJazz Mágiko Festival on Tuesday, which will take place on August 7, 8, and 9 in the courtyard of the association's facilities. A lineup of renowned musicians and groups from the jazz world will star in the three days of live music.
Festival starts on Wednesday, August 7
As expected, the festival opens on Wednesday the 7th with two jazz icons from Cieza, the duo formed by Antonio Aroca and Pascual Martínez. This veteran duo, with a broad approach to jazz, encompassing different sounds and styles, and bridging the gap between rhythm and harmony, establishes a fascinating dialogue between two instrumentalist friends who have known each other for over thirty years.
On Thursday the 8th, a traditional hot jazz band of international renown, the Potato Head Jazz Band, composed of six musicians of different nationalities, will perform. Considered by many to be the best band of this style in the country, this group, with over 20 years of existence and eight albums released, remains faithful to a very personal style and sound, respecting early 20th-century jazz while adding their energy and good humor live.
Festival finale on Friday, August 9
The festival closes on Friday the 9th with singer Marta Llenas and pianist Enrique Simón, one of the most inspired jazz duos on the Spanish music scene. With their dizzying rhythms, devastating swing, the warm sounds of the saxophone, and the mysterious intimacy of the double bass, they perform at this festival in a quintet formation alongside other great musicians from Cieza, Pedro Vázquez on drums, Joserra Zamora on saxophone, and Antonio Peñalver on double bass.