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The American musician John Zorn opens this Thursday the Jazz festival in August, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, in an edition entirely devoted to him.
The festival celebrates the 35th edition August 5 and, for the first time, dedicate all programming to a single musician. John Zorn will be in Lisbon for new performances and his repertoire will be performed by other musicians and formations.
In Lusa, programmer Rui Neves describes John Zorn, 64, as "a Renaissance man who cares about everything."
Saxophonist, producer, arranger, publisher, John Zorn opens the festival today. at the Foundation's Open Amphitheater, playing with guitarist Thurston Moore,
On Saturday, John Zorn returns to the stage with the Masada Quartet, accompanied by Dave Douglas (trumpet), Greg Cohen (bass) ) and Joey Baron (drums).
In this "festival dedicated to John Zorn", as described by the organization, in total there will be 18 concerts with "several of the best musicians of the New York scene", and five films will be screened, of which "John Zorn (2016-2018)", which Mathieu Amalric will perform in Lisbon
Marc Tabot, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith, Julain Lage, Trevor Dunn, the quartet Mary Halvorson, Asmodeus and John Medeski Trio are some of the names that join the poster to interpret compositions by John Zorn.
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