Moldejazz
The Molde International Jazz Festival ( MIJF ), Molde Jazz is one in July in the port city of Molde held annually in Norway since 1961 jazz festival of international standing.
Bulk
The festival was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club as a weekend festival and received state support since 1964. Over time, it grew to an annual attendance of 80,000 to 100,000 for a duration of one week. In addition to jazz musicians from the rock, pop music, blues, and world music occur. About half of the approximately 140 concerts (2013 ) are free.
Here were common Jan Garbarek, Karin Krog, Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen and John Scofield on.
Tradition is a daily parade of jazz musicians along the lines of New Orleans Street Parades, and for years the New Orleans musician Lionel Batiste led to this.
It is with the Kongsberg Jazz Festival and the Oslo Jazz Festival is one of the three major Norwegian jazz festivals. The Norwegian jazz prize prizes Buddy (named after Buddy Bolden ) was temporarily given here.
The concerts will be broadcast on Norwegian radio and television. Accordingly, there is already a movie from the 1962 festival ( with Karin Krog, Arne Domnerus Orchestra, Idrees Sulieman, Lucky Thompson).
Some compositions have been given and composed specially for the festival in order. Molde Canticle of the Jan Garbarek and the composition Break of Day in Molde ( 1969) by Karin Krog by Ida Lupino by Carla Bley are known.
2001 to 2012 it was led by Jan Ole Otnæs (* 1951).
Jazz musicians at the festival
Under the occurred here known jazz musicians were:
- Benny Bailey (1961 /70)
- Lucky Thompson (1962),
- Dexter Gordon ( 1963/64/65/71/72 )
- Sonny Stitt (1963 /81),
- Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen ( 1964-68, 70-74, 81, 84-85, 88-90, 93, 2000 and 2002 ),
- Benny Golson (1964 ),
- Jimmy Witherspoon (1964 ),
- Tete Montoliu (1964 )
- George Russell ( 1965),
- Kenny Drew senior ( 1965-68/75/86 )
- Wayne Shorter (1966, 2007, 2012),
- Charles Lloyd ( 1966),
- Don Byas (1966 ),
- Jack DeJohnette ( 1966/77/81/86/97/2006 )
- J. J. Johnson ( 1966),
- Keith Jarrett (1966, 1972, 1973, 1986),
- Roland Kirk (1967 ),
- Ben Webster (1967 /69),
- Freddie Hubbard ( 1967/84/92 )
- Phil Woods ( 1968/69/72/79/98 )
- Don Cherry ( 1968/79/82/84/87 )
- Joe Henderson (1968 /84),
- Clark Terry ( 1971/73/99 )
- Herbie Hancock ( 1971/88/97/98, 2002/10 ),
- Weather Report / Joe Zawinul ( 1971/89/99 )
- Chick Corea (1972, 2000/ 07)
- Ralph Towner ( 1973/75/77/78 )
- Eubie Blake ( 1973),
- Gary Burton (1974, 7/10/2002 )
- Wallace Davenport ( 1975/77/78 )
- McCoy Tyner ( 1975/96/2006 )
- Max Roach (1977 /83),
- Carla Bley ( 1978/93/99 )
- Bill Evans Trio with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera (1980 )
- Lester Bowie ( 1982/89-92/95 )
- Art Blakey ( 1983/90 )
- Jaco Pastorius (1983)
- Stéphane Grappelli (1984)
- Miles Davis (1984 /85),
- John Scofield ( 1984-87, 89-90, 92/95/97/99, 2006, 2012),
- Modern Jazz Quartet (1985)
- Oscar Peterson / The Manhattan Transfer (1987)
- Ornette Coleman (1987, 2008),
- Dizzy Gillespie (1989 ),
- Terri Lyne Carrington (1990, 2011)
- Milt Jackson ( 1998),
- Dianne Reeves (2003/ 11)
- Branford Marsalis (2004),
- Joshua Redman (2006/ 09),
- Sonny Rollins (2010),
- Bobby McFerrin (2010 )
- John McLaughlin (2011),
- Joe Lovano (2012 )
- Marcus Miller ( 2013)
Other musicians
Artist in residence
It was since 2000 the establishment of an Artist in Residence:
- 2000: Chick Corea
- 2001: Pat Metheny
- 2002: Paal Nilssen -Love
- 2003: Michael Brecker
- 2004: Håvard Wiik
- 2005: Arild Andersen
- 2006: Joshua Redman
- 2007: Terje Rypdal
- 2008: Marilyn Mazur
- 2009: Arve Henriksen
- 2010: Nils Petter Molvaer
- 2011: Dave Holland
- 2012: Jon Balke
- 2013: Jason Moran