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The Malta Jazz Festival is a three day musical event staged held every July on the Mediterranean island of Malta, organised by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts. The festival has been held annually since 1990 at Ta` Liesse on the Valletta waterfront. The event has featured world-renowned jazz musicians such as Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Diana Krall, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Natalie Cole, Betty Carter, Michel Petrucciani, Richard Bona and Mike Stern. In 2006, the event was controversially removed from the stewardship of (Charles 'City' Gatt ), a pioneer in Maltese jazz and the festival's founder and original musical director. For three years the festival was placed in the hands of private promotion company N'n'G, who attempted to style it into a more populist "Rock and Jazz Festival" Festival.〔() Malta Council for Culture and Arts press release〕 Subsequent line-ups almost entirely shorn of contemporary jazz content and mainly featuring a host of passé rock musicians, reformed prog rock acts and tribute bands led the festival into a period of brief decline. 2009 saw the festival return to its roots under the directorship of Maltese musician Sandro Zerafa with a line-up of world-renowned jazz musicians.〔() Times of Malta - Top Names for Revival of Jazz Festival in Valletta〕 Among the artists who performed at the 2010 festival were Bill Stewart, Ari Hoenig, Greg Hutchinson, Dave Weckl, Dave King, Mike Stern and Richard Bona.〔() City of Valletta website - Malta Jazz Festival 2010〕 The 2011 festival featured Lionel Loueke, Joao Bosco, Monty Alexander and Avishai Cohen.〔() Times of Malta - Eclectic Jazz Festival Announced〕 The 2012 festival took place on July 19, 20 and 21 and included performances by Al Di Meola, Terri Lyne Carrington, Chano Dominguez, Tigran Hamasyan, Dianne Reeves, Jeremy Pelt and Will Vinson.〔() Times of Malta - Eclectic Array for Jazz Fest〕 The 2013 festival was staged on July 18, 19 and 20, featuring the Robert Glasper Experiment, Vijay Iyer Trio, Gregory Porter, Michel Camilo Trio, Gilad Hekselman Quartet, Charles 'City' Gatt Vibraphone Quintet, Gerald Clayton Trio (featuring Logan Richardson), Cusp and Walter Vella Quartet.〔() Times of Malta - Michel Camilo returns for 2013 Malta Jazz Festival〕〔()Times of Malta - Malta Jazz Festival returns in July〕 Among the acts appearing at the 2014 festival were Warren Wolf, Tom Harrell (featuring Jaleel Shaw, Johnathan Blake, Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Escoffery and Ugonna Okegwo), Kneebody, Brecker Brothers Band Reunion (featuring Terry Bozzio), Laurent Coq's Dialogue Trio, Ada Rovatti, Barry Finnerty, Neil Jason, Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana. Mehldau and Guiliana performed as their synthesizer-oriented duo project "Mehliana". The festival took place between July 17 and 19.〔()Times of Malta - Brad Mehldau, Mark Guiliana to feature at Malta Jazz Festival〕 〔() - Official Malta Jazz Festival Facebook Page〕 The 2015 festival took place between July 16 and 19. Among the acts on stage were Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland, David Binney, Chucho Valdes, Kurt Elling, Soweto Kinch, Joe Cohn and Richard Bona.〔()Times of Malta - Grammy winners to feature at this year's Malta Jazz Festival〕 ==External links== *(Official Site of the Malta Jazz Festival ) *(Malta Jazz Festival Blog ) *(The Times of Malta ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malta Jazz Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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