Opened with the a short speech from Peter F. Gontha and Jero Wacik, our ministry of tourism on introducing its new symbols ‘Wonderful Indonesia’, then our national anthem that sang by all audience, Benson opened his show with the lovely 80′s ballad “In Your Eyes”.
Benson has again played some of his special ability on scatting with his guitar tunes. Such hits like “Turn Your Love Around”, “Kisses In The Moonlight”, “Lady Love Me (One More Time)”, “Give Me The Night”, the classic “Moody’s Mood For Love”, the everlasting ballad “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You”and “The Greatest Love Of All”, plus Java Jazz Festival audience’s favorite, “On Broadway”, rolled into one amazing pack of greatest hits from one of the greatest jazz artists ever. And this time, the media had no difficulty to reported the whole show from the very beginning. Just like he said on the press conference, that jazz is never about a school of jazz, we just need some improvizations to build it inside our mind and heart. George Benson‘s two special performances this year is one of the greatest show ever held in the festival’s history.
an ambitious saxophonist and composer, Eric Darius is always hungry to do more of what he does. He consistenly evolve and grow by embracing different kinds of music from Jazz, R&B, Pop, Reggae to Hip-hop, Rock and Gospel eventhough he stated that contemporary jazz is the genre that has embraced his music. This ambitious saxophonist always lke to explore new things to keep him excited. since he was young, Darius has been exposed to music anbd also has obtained some great achievements by playing in Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and released his first album at the age of 17. He also has shared the stage with many big musicians such as: Prince, Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, Barry Mcknight, and many more. He is a kind of musician who always bringing a sense of history yet he approaches his music with fresh and modern idea. He always has a mission through his music; he wants his music to be a vehicle for change and to transcend boundaries from age to race; it is to make a difference in the world.
As the undeniable prove of how well the jazz development runs in Indonesia lately, today we have seen many growing communities all over Indonesia. One of them is Margo. At this present time they already have more than 200 artists inside. They all help one another to go higher and further with their career. While some have emerged as a successful musicians, some are going towards that direction. The contribution of Margo Friday Jazz, the regular weekly event from Margo Jazz Community has helped big time to shape these musicians until they are ready to hatch.
Margo Rising Stars is one of the group consists of young singers and musicians which represent the community in many events, big and small. They have performed in many places from Bekasi Jazz Festival to reach Bandung’s Sunday Jazz. Now they landed at the Java Jazz Festival 2011.
Margo Rising Stars is a large ship with crowded formations including brass sections. For Java Jazz Festival 2011 the lineup were Peppy Probo, Grace Sahertian, Angel Bollemeyer, Mekelin Yopiania on vocals,Satriawan Wiguna and Lia Harlan on keyboards, Rio Alief on drums, Ankadiov on bass, Aditya Bayuand Christian Dylan on guitar, plus brass and reeds section guarded by Damez Nababan, Maleaki, Yudha and Jordy Walaukarauw. That made the ensemble appeared in crowded formations. Like it wasn’t enough they got reinforced by more senior artists, the lovely jazz couple Otti Jamalus and Yance Manusama plus the hyperactive rapper Kyriz Boogiemen. This big ensemble brought some of The Police and Sting’s famous hits such as “Englishman In New York” and “Roxanne”. Otti and Yance brought “Spirit in the Material World”and “Message in a Bottle”. Having a very special theme tributing The Police, these young guns showed how smooth they could collaborate with much senior musicians. It was a nice package indeed, and we are happy to see the growth of Margo Jazz community. You’re doing great. Keep it up guys!
Attenzione! Meet the “Fiddler In The Loop”, the Italian violist who trancends the boundaries between jazz, folk and classical with his music, Luca Ciarla. Not only bridging the gap between these big worlds, he also combines the traditional and contemporary creating a new sonic landscapes. In Luca Ciarla Quartethe brought 3 other friends, Vince Abbracciante (accordion), Nicola di Camilo (contrabass) and Francesco Savoretti (drums/percussions). Together they brought their audiences into a new horizon where contemporary jazz, classical and ethnique ambiences blended in magic. As he often surprised his audiences everywhere he went, this time he did that once again at the Java Jazz Festival 2011. Grazie per la bella musica, Luca!
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