Ondřej Štveráček (CZ) - tenorsaxofon
Gene Jackson (USA) - drums
Klaudius Kovac (SK) - piano
Tomáš Baroš (CZ) - double bass

One of the best Czech hardbop and postbop-influenced jazz quartets featuring Gene Jackson, an American drummer who has earned his stripes by rhythmically leading and inspiring some of the world's most influential jazzmen. For 9 years, Gene Jackson played in a trio and a quartet alongside the iconic Herbie Hancock. He also shared the stage with other jazz legends such as Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Kenny Davis, Joe Lovano, and Elvis Costello.

http://www.genejacksonmusic.com
http://www.ondrejstveracek.com

Tickets 390 CZK presale / 450 CZK at spot

Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui - singing
Yacir Rami - oud
Camille Passeri - trumpet
Damian Nueva - double bass
Inor Sotolongo - percussion

Born in Casablanca and based in Marrakech, Oum is one of the most influential North African singers and composers. She is currently considered the star of North African music and the ambassador of Moroccan culture. In her songs, she seamlessly blends the elements of afrobeat, soul, jazz, gospel, Sufi music and the musical influences of Berber desert music. As a lyricist, Oum writes mostly in one of the dialects of the Maghreb, the Hassani language. Supported by her French band, Oum will perform in the Czech Republic for the first time ever, exclusively at the Jazz Goes to Town festival. Her show will be the highlight of this year's instalment!

http://oum.ma/

Tickets 390 CZK presale / 450 CZK at spot

Martin Küchen - alsaxophone
Magnus Broo - trumpet
Mats Äleklint - trombone
Johan Berthling - double bass
Alexander Zethson - piano
Mattias Ståhl - vibraphone
Andreas Werliin - drums

The Czech premiere of Angles 7, an ensemble which brings together the best and most creative Swedish musicians from the jazz, experimental, rock and classical music scene. Fronting this ensemble is the renowned saxophonist Martin Küchen. Under his leadership, this orchestra creates extremely captivating, multilayered and deeply moving music. Although their compositions are very well thought out, they still leave a lot of space for both controlled and free collective improvisation. This performance will definitely be one of the highlights of this year's instalment of Jazz Goes to Town, so make sure you won't miss it!

http://martinkuchen.com

Concert venue is Studio Beseda, Malé nám. 15, Hradec Králové.

Tickets 290 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Paolo Angeli - guitar

Solo concert of Paolo Angeli, the Sardinian guitar sorcerer. His weapon of choice is a custom 18-string Sardinian guitar that allows him to become a true one man orchestra. This unique instrument is augmented with multi-directional strings, hammers, pedals and propellers which Paolo bows, strikes, and strums. It offers an exceptionally wide range of sounds, giving Paolo the possibility to play guitar, cello and percussions all at once. The resulting sound is a novel and fascinating fusion of Sardinian musical tradition and jazz, avant-garde, and world music.

http://www.paoloangeli.com

Tickets 190 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Béla Ágoston - enorsaxophone
Ákos Murányi - altsaxofon
Csaba Pengö - double bass
Péter Hárságyi - drums

The Czech premiere of Béla Ágoston's new quartet will please all jazz enthusiasts. Being an admirably versatile multiinstrumentalist and composer with an extraordinary talent for bridging vastly different genres, Béla has been a prominent figure of the Hungarian musical scene since his emergence in the early 90s. His music oscillates between European jazz, post-bebop, African music, and free jazz.

https://www.facebook.com/knutdutmen

Tickets 290 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Harpreet Bansal – violin
Sanskriti Shrestha – tabla, percussion, voice
Vojtěch Procházka  – piano, harmonium
Javid Afsari Rad – santur
Adrian Myhr – double bass

Harpreet Bansal, the renowned Indian violin virtuoso, fronts an international quintet that plays an original fusion of traditional North Indian music, Arab music, and jazz. To explore new and exciting aural landscapes, the band's playful arrangements focus heavily on contrasts and improvisation. Bansal Band's appearance at Jazz Goes to Town will be their first in the Czech Republic.

www.bansalmusic.com

Tickets 290CZK presale / 350 CZK at sot

The Bansal Band concert at the JGTT festival in Hradec Králové takes place with the support of Music Norway, Fond For Utøvende Kunstnere, Norsk Jazzforum a Arts Council Norway.

Christian Kuhn - el. guitar
Ziv Taubenfeld - basklarinet
Esat Ekincioglu - double bass
Lav Kovac - drums

Kuhn Fu is an international and multicultural quartet that plays a fusion of ethno-jazz and rock with added elements of blues, psychedelia, jazz avant-garde, and free jazz. The basis of their intense and groovy music is carefully constructed rhythms, a large dynamic span, and a strong melodic feeling. When playing live, the band's deep immersion and spontaneous interplay among musicians radiate
unstoppable energy.
 

http://kuhnfumusic.com

Tickets 290 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Petr Vrba - trumpet, electronics
Federsel - el. guitar, electronics
Didi Kern - drums

The Czech-Austrian power trio will bring their explosive energy to the stage to provide a climactic ending to Jazz Goes to Town's final evening. The trio consists of Federsel and Petr Vrba, a pair of Czech improvisers and experimenters, and Didi Kern, a drummer from Austria. Together, they play a fierce combination of rock, noise and free jazz improvisation. To make their sound even more menacing, Petr Vrba is playing an electrified trumpet, Federsel uses a guitar sound that is distorted almost into oblivion, and Didi Kern beats the skins of his drums as if his life depended on it.

www.vrrrba.cz
http://federsel.blogspot.cz/
http://www.bulbul.at/

Concert venue is Studio Beseda, Malé nám. 15, Hradec Králové.

Tickets 290 CZK presale / 350 Kč at spot

Tomáš Liška – double bass
Nikola Zarić  - accordion
Efe Turumtay  – violin
Kamil Slezák  – drums

Blending elements of jazz and chamber music with Mediterranean and Balkan world music, bassist Tomáš Liška's compositions for his project called 'Invisible World' are truly unique. The sound of the trio is very clear, dynamic and pure. It is based primarily on the interpretational depth of the composed music, which has a profound effect on the listener's mood and emotions.

http://www.tomasliska.com

Tickets 290 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Pavel Hrubý – sopranosaxophone, bassclarinet
František Kučera – trumpet, flugelhorn
Taras Voloshchuk – double bass
Dušan Černák – drums

Limbo's music straddles several genres, or better to say, defy style boundaries. Using jazz as the fundamental basis for their experimentation, the quartet creates an incredibly diverse musical collage. Improvised sections are followed by meticulously composed themes, parts relying entirely on musical communication among musicians and their freedom of expression take turns with more traditional ethnic pieces.

www.limbo-music.cz

Tickets 190 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Dano Šoltis - percussion instruments, electronics

Solo concert of one of the busiest and most versatile drummers on the Czech music scene today. Dano Šoltis is the founder of the jazz band Vertigo and a member of both the new incarnation of minus123min and the international trio MaBaSo. He is highly regarded for his vigorous, stylistically flexible and at the same time very dynamic drumming. When playing solo, Dano concentrates on improvising over dense grooves, producing distinct melodies with the drum kit, and experimenting with electronics.

http://danosoltis.com/

Tickets 190 CZK presale / 250 CZK at spot

Pavel Zlámal – tenorsaxofon

With the solo performance of the composition 'Horizont sedmého', Pavel Zlámal, a Brno-based wind instrument player, deliberately sets out to explore the very limits of his abilities. In addition to the precise approach to composition and his use of abstract musical forms and random structures, Pavel puts an element of real physical effort into his music. His concerts are fascinating attempts to expand current musical horizons and push the contemporary sonic envelopes. Do not miss the opportunity to be a part of his journey!

http://www.pavelzlamal.com

Tickets 100 CZK presale / 130 CZK at spot

Miroslav Tóth - soprano, singing, electronics
Ádám Móser - accordion, bagpipe
Aron Porteleki - drums, viola, objects

Thisnis's performance at Jazz Goes to Town will be the Czech premiere of this Hungarian-Slovak trio, which was formed in Budapest in 2016. Their rejection of well-established aesthetics and disregard for traditional compositional elements manifests itself through the utter unpredictability of their music. Thisnis's sound is like a black hole in which the perception of time and harmony changes so drastically that it challenges the way we are used to feeling music.

https://www.facebook.com/thisnis

Tickets 290 CZK presale / 350 CZK at spot

Workshop of Dano Šoltis, one of the busiest and most versatile drummers on the Czech music scene today. Dano puts his talents to use in numerous bands, such as the jazz formation Vertigo, the new incarnation of minus123min, and the international trio MaBaSo to name a few. Besides that, he teaches at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. He has collaborated with many renowned musicians from both the Czech and world scene - most notably Józef Skrzek, Brian Charette, Arturo Sandoval, Peter Lipa, Yvonne Sanchez, Lenka Dusilová, and Will Bernard.

For more informations and applications please conntact barbora.holanova@jgtt.cz. The attendance fee is 150 CZK. The capacity of the wokshop is limited.

http://danosoltis.com

Šimon Herrmann - tenorsaxophone
Vojtěch Výravský - el. guitar
Klára Pudláková - bass
Filip Tománek - drums

https://www.facebook.com/pg/molotowmolochquartet

Voluntary admission

Ivo Morys - piano
Jan Lacina - guitar
Vojtěch Drnek - acoredeon
Marek Dufek - double bass
Jan Andrysek - drums

https://www.facebook.com/PortraitsInJazz

Voluntary admission

Honza Chmelík (CZ) – guitar
Tomáš Novotný (CZ) - guitar
Tomáš Všetečka (CZ) - double bass
Adam Černík (CZ) – violin

Voluntary admission