The club, which is starting its 25th concert season, has been reconstructed and is now reopening to jazz musicians from both the domestic and foreign scene. The season will introduce bands as well as individuals such as Ostrich Quartet, Ambrose Akinmusire, Robert Balzar Trio, Vilém Spilka Quartet or Nuf Said.
The Alterna Club has released the concert programme until November of this year on its new website. Besides the reconstruction and the new website, the club has also become non-smoking (with the exception of the A2 bar). This year’s Jazz On mainly consists of a series of Sunday concerts, which start with the performance of the recent finalists of the European Jazz Competition 2015, the Ostrich Quartet. Furthermore, the Robert Balzar Trio will be introduced together with their new drummer Kamil Slezák. The local Brno scene will be represented by the musical ensemble Vilém Spilka Quartet.Beside the Czech bands, foreign guests will also perform there, for example during one of the concerts which will take place on Tuesday evening, the American ensemble Nuf Said will be introduced, which has a repertoire on the border between funk-soul and jazz. In addition the band MUFF, which is shifting to free jazz, electronic and rock after 14 years of its existence, will be there. One of the most anticipated concerts of the series will be the performance of the phenomenal trumpet player Ambrose Akinmusire and his quartet (USA). Ambrose Akinmusire, just 25, has already performed along the side of names such as Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks or Esperanza Spalding. He was later discovered by the president of the most prestigious label Blue Note, and he has already published two albums under this label - When The Heart Emerges Glistening and The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint. Other concerts will include Mike Parker's Trio Theory or MadHAs. Jazz On 2015 begins on Sunday 20 September at 6 p.m. at the Alterna Club.
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