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The Nisville MOVIE SUMMIT 2024 jury consists of:
Agus Setiawan Basumi (Indonesia), president of Warta Jazz Association
Vinko Mihajlović (Montenegro), director of the Petrovac Jazz Festival and
Nenad Cveticanin (Serbia), writer, translator, journalist, musician / decided to:
-Recognition for the best documentary was awarded to the film „The House of Al Hajab“ (BAYT AL HEJBA) signed by Jamila Annab, a Moroccan director.
-Recognition for the best experiment was given to the Russian director Dmitri Frolov for the film „WINTER WILL NOT BE“.
– The recognition for the best feature film went to the short film „TO THE LIGHTHOUSE“ by the Chinese director Bai Han.
– The award for the best music performer in the film was awarded by the Jury to the film „Šaban Bajramović – my journey“ by Željko Mirković.

Tickets sales begin for Nisville 2024!

On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, the pre-sale of the set of tickets for the upcoming jubilee 30th Nišvile Jazz Festival, whose main program will be held from August 15 to 18, 2024, on the plateau of the Niš Fortress.

Promo price of the set for the main festival program for 25 concerts in central festival area (Earth & Sky stage) is 2,500 dinars for the ground floor and side stands, and this price will be valid only for the first 500 set of tickets! This practically means that the fastest and most faithful fans of the festival will have an opportunity to follow 25 top concerts for only 100 dinars per performance!

Ticket packages for Nisville 2024 can be purchased from Wednesday, February 21^st at Indigo bookstores in Niš (Obrenovićeva 39) and Vulkan bookstores in Niš (TC Delta Planet – Bulevar Nemanjića 11b), Belgrade (Sremska 2) and Novi Sad (Zmaj Jovina 24).

For the audience from abroad and all places in Serbia, it is possible to buy online tickets on the festival’s official website www.nisville.com

The owner is obliged to print the ticket purchased online in person, and at the entrance to the central festival area, after „checking“ the QR the same code will be exchanged for a bracelet that is worn for the duration of the festival.

For ten days of the total duration of the festival from August 9 to 18, 2024. (including the Nišville Jazz Theater, the Nišville Movie Summit and other accompanying programs) will be performed over 300 programs on 17 stages and it is expected participation of more than 1,000 performers!

The most successful ex-Yugoslavian band on August 10th in Niš Fortress!

DUBIOZA COLLECTIVE at the opening of Nišville!

This year, the internationally most successful band from the former Yugoslavia, Dubioza Collective, celebrates two decades of work. As part of their current world tour, they will perform in Niš on Thursday, August 10th, 2023, in the main program at the opening of the upcoming Nišville Jazz Festival.

The band Dubioza Collective was founded exactly 20 years ago – in 2003, and since their first album titled with the band’s name, released in 2004, to their latest album „Agrikultura,“ they have recorded 10 albums, 1 EP, and 1 double live LP.

Cleverly incorporating Balkan folklore into their basic musical expression of a unique crossover combination of reggae, dub, ska, and rock music, Dubioza has quickly gained the status of the most attractive music export project from the Balkans. They have actively performed on almost all meridians over the past two decades. The statistics so far record their successful concerts in over 40 countries, where they have held over a thousand shows.

A few years ago, they broke all previous attendance records by performing in front of 500,000 people at the Polish Woodstock Festival (now Pol’and’Rock). Their memorable and well-attended festival performances worth mentioning include appearances at major international festivals such as Glastonbury (UK), Sziget (HU), Roskilde (DK), Lowlands (NL), Pohoda (SK), Womad (CL), Lollapalooza (DE), SXSW (USA), Boom Town (UK), Electric Castle (RO), and more.

Dubioza Collective last performed in Niš nine years ago at the Plateau of Niš Fortress.

Ticket sales:
https://tickets.rs/event/nisville_komplet_5351

Video: https://www.youtube.com/dubiozatv

https://dubioza.org/

https://nisville.com/sr/home/

Nišville celebrates World Roma Day

Weekend concert at the Fortress

Tomorrow (Saturday, April 8) at 1 PM, in front of the Nišville Jazz Museum at the Fortress, Nišville Jazz Festival is organizing a concert to mark World Roma Day. The beginning is announced for 1:00 PM. Young musicians of Roma and non-Roma nationalities will perform a program composed of traditional Roma music compositions, including those from Šaban Bajramović’s opus, combined with jazz expression. The concert is also part of the „ROMAJAM“ project (Roma Jamming) that Nišville independently implements with the support of the EU program „MusicAIRE“ (An innovative recovery for Europe). In case of bad weather, the concert will be held at the Nišville Jazz Museum.

Nišville bids farewell to a legend – Duško Gojković, with love

The Nišville Jazz Festival’s upcoming 29th edition will be dedicated to the greatest jazz musician in Serbia and Yugoslavia, the late Duško Gojković, who performed at the festival several times and was the recipient of the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Duško dedicated his composition „Nišville Jubilation“ to the festival, which he premiered with his International Be Bop Quintet on the Summer Stage in front of the Nišville audience. Maestro Gojković gifted the festival’s director, Ivan Blagojević, with the written score of the jazz quintet composition (which Duško had named „Nishville Jubilation“ due to his decades of living abroad). The dedication to Nišville can also be found in the „Songbook“ – a collection of Duško Gojković’s compositions. In addition to his reputation as an exceptional trumpeter, he is also recognized as one of the most inventive jazz composers globally, with many of his compositions achieving jazz standard status. „Nišville Jubilation,“ which has become the festival’s anthem, is frequently performed by young musicians as part of the Nišville Foundation’s international projects.

Duško Gojković also has a memorial room at the Nišville Jazz Museum, where he donated his attire in 2018, which was a gift from the President of Macedonia in recognition of his honorary doctorate from the University of Skopje. As Nišville’s director Ivan Blagojević notes, unfortunately, Duško was not respected in Serbia to the same extent as he was abroad.

Duško has his fan club in Japan, and one of the most prestigious jazz clubs there had nearly his entire discography displayed on its walls, with around 150 titles. He was dedicated to his art and practiced daily, even in his nineties, which is rare since the trumpet is the most challenging instrument to play in later years. As with all true stars, he was modest and easy to work with, recalls the director of Nišville.

Duško Gojković International Be Bop Quintet – Nisville Jubilation (Nišville 2008) https://youtu.be/1iaez5Y_n0c

Nisville 2021 – Festival of Festivals

TICKETS FOR VIP TRIBUNE FOR SALE!

The upcoming Nisville Jazz Festival will be held from 6th of August to 15th of August 2021, and the main festival program will be held from Thursday to Sunday, from 12th of August 12 to 15th of August 2021 on the Plateau of the Nis Fortress. During the 10 days of the festival, there will be 300 programs with nearly 1,000 performers! From Wednesday, 4th of August, you can buy tickets for the VIP Tribune – VIP Sets at the price of 5,500 RSD (55 euros), as well as Individual VIP Tickets at the price of 2,500 RSD (25 euros)! By the way, a regular set of tickets costs 4,000 RSD (37 euros) and a single day ticket 1,750 RSD (17 euors) for one night. You can purchase tickets can at all points of sale in the Ticket Vision network in Serbia and abroad, as well as through online sales at

https://www.tickets.rs/program/nisville-komplet-2021-1394?lang=sr

Sales outlets: https://www.tickets.rs/partners

Note: All of the tickets that were purchased for Nisville 2020 in the Ticket Vision network are also valid for this year’s festival! By the way, the next edition of the Nisville Jazz Festival will offer visitors a quality international program within the next Nisville Jazz Theater Festival, as well as many documentaries and feature films with music theme – Nišville Movie Summit 2021. All accompanying programs for visitors are free, and the ticket is paid only for the main festival program.

Darryl Jones, Gipsy Kings, Stanley Jordan, Leb i sol, Goran Bregović, Anthony B and many others will perform on the Main Stages (Earth & Sky) from 12th of August to 15th of August: Main program of the festival: http://nisville.com/en/nisville-stages-2/earthsky-stage/

Complete information: www.nisville.com

The jazz guitar legend pays homage to the rock guitar legend

Stanley Jordan plays Hendrix

World-renowned guitarist Stanley Jordan has developed a new live show called “Stanley Plays Jimi.” This is a tribute show, but it’s not pure imitation. Instead Stanley builds on Jimi’s legacy in a creative way. As Stanley explains it, “This is my fantasy Jimi Hendrix concert if Jimi were still alive and playing today. By re-imagining his music and channeling his persona I try to bring that fantasy to life.” In a “classical” Hendrix trio formation (with bassist Laurence Cottle  and drummer Gabor Dornyei) Stanley Jordan plays Hendrix at Nisville 2021 – at Friday Aiugust 13th.

It may be surprising that Stanley Jordan would take on a project like this. After all, Stanley is already a well-known guitarist with a signature style, four Grammy nominations, a cameo in a Blake Edwards film (Blind Date), and a host of TV appearances over a long career including Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Jay Leno and Johnny Carson to name a few. But Stanley explains, “I feel a strong connection to Jimi Hendrix because he was the first guitarist I emulated as a child. Out of love for Jimi and his music I feel a strong desire to try to keep his legacy alive.”

It may also be surprising that a rock legend like Hendrix would get so much love from a jazz legend like Jordan. Stanley’s 1985 album Magic Touch was #1 on Billboard’s jazz chart for 51 weeks, and Stanley has shared the stage or recorded with jazz artists such as Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Billy Cobham. But again, hearing it from Stanley, “I actually played rock and blues before I played jazz. In fact, Jimi’s constant searching for new sounds inspired me to move toward jazz in the first place.”
In recent years Stanley has performed with many artists in the rock and jam band worlds, including the Dave Matthews Band, Umphrey’s McGee, Moe. and more. Stanley says, “Returning to my rock roots has been an absolute joy artistically, and with this project I’m taking that to a new level.”

Another important aspect is the embodiment of Jimi’s persona. Stanley actually steps onto the stage as Jimi Hendrix so there is a theatrical element to the show. But this is not a comedic caricature nor is it a theatrical play – it’s a concert. It’s a concert built upon a sincere and heartfelt effort to recreate the jaw-dropping experience of witnessing Jimi Hendrix live while at the same time bringing Jimi’s legacy up to date in a believable way. Wow! Tall order to fill–no? That’s why you need a world-class artist of Stanley Jordan’s caliber to pull it off.

This extra touch of portraying the Hendrix of today rather then yesterday keeps the show creative and fresh for both Stanley and the audience and it gives Stanley’s fans a new insight into Stanley’s own evolution. It also makes the show more authentic in a certain sense, because a real Hendrix concert would have surprises and unexpected turns. “Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi” tries to re-create both the energy and the creativity of the real thing.

“This would be a challenging endeavor for anyone,” Stanley explains. “For sure you can put on an impressive show with just 2 or 3 of his techniques. But I’m trying my best to cover as much of his work as possible while at the same time trying to build on it, which I think is really the heart and soul of this project. The truth is, no one really knows what Jimi would be doing today. But we do know he would have kept evolving. This gives me some creative leeway and it lets my own identity come through because we’re viewing Hendrix thru my lens. But it’s also challenging for me because I can’t do just anything; It has to make sense and to come across as something Jimi might have actually done.”

One way Stanley builds on Jimi’s legacy is by expanding on some of the jazz elements that Jimi was evidently reaching for toward the end of his life. Stanley says, “We know that he jammed with Rasaan Roland Kirk and Larry Young, and plans were underway to collaborate with Miles Davis and Gil Evans. You can hear him reaching and expanding his vocabulary on albums like Nine To The Universe, which was very influential to me as a youngster. And some of his compositions have a kind of jazzy shuffle, such as ‘Up from the Skies’ and ‘Belly Button Window.’ I try to expand on that.”

Stanley also builds on Jimi’s work by incorporating touch, or two-hand tapping techniques. Many people associate that more with Van Halen than with Hendrix but Stanley says, “I actually got the idea from Jimi Hendrix. I saw him do it with just his left hand, but that’s all I needed to see. I just added the right hand, which was an obvious extension.” And extend it he did. Today Stanley Jordan is considered by many to be the World’s best tapper, having developed it into a rich pianistic style.

Jimi Hendrix was no stranger to electronics and Stanley builds on that as well, saying, “Of course I use feedback and effects just as Jimi did. But I avoid programmed sequencers and prerecorded tracks because there just isn’t enough evidence that Jimi would have gone that route. And the real genius of what he did consisted in making himself part of the circuit rather than externalizing it. For Jimi, electronics were not an end in themselves but a means to an end–an extension of the instrument and a channel of his spirit.”

Stanley also adds a few original compositions to the setlist–fantasy songs that could have been written by Jimi today, just to fill out the repertoire and to give shape to some of the new concepts Jimi was developing. Remember–this is the Hendrix of today, not yesterday.

In terms of look and style, Stanley stays mostly faithful to Jimi’s traditional style. Of course we know Jimi could have evolved significantly in his clothing style by now but Stanley doesn’t speculate much in that area, explaining, “The truth is, in this show I’m both a musician and an actor, and I want my character to be believable. I feel that the best way to do that is to be fairly faithful to the Jimi Hendrix that we all know.”

“Stanley Plays Jimi” is a new project but it’s based on an old idea. Stanley says, “Back in 1970 at the age of 11 I was saddened to hear of Jimi’s passing. I decided there and then to try to continue his legacy, so I took up guitar. Of course my main goal was to be an original artist in my own right, but the concept of a Hendrix tribute has been in my mind pretty much from the start. Now, in the year of the 50th anniversary of Jimi’s historic Woodstock performance the time feels right to bring this idea to fruition.”

Video for promo

PROMO PRICE OF THE SET FOR NISVILLE 2021 UNTIL FRIDAY, JULY 16!

One Day Ttickets for sale for Nisville 2021!

The upcoming Nisville Jazz Festival will be held from August 6 to 15, 2021, and the main festival program will be held from Thursday to Sunday, from August 12th to 15^th of August, 2021 on the Plateau of the Nis Fortress. During the 10 days of the festival, 300 programs will be performed with about 1,000 performers!

Until Friday, 16^th of July, the promo price of the set of tickets is only 25 euros for 25 concerts in the central festival venue.

From Saturday, 17^th of July, the set of tickets will cost 35 euros, and daily tickets will be on sale at the price of 15 euros for one night.

Tickets can be purchased at all points of sale in the Ticket Vision network in Serbia and abroad, as well as through online sales at https://www.tickets.rs/program/nisville-komplet-2021-1394?lang=sr

Sales outlets: https://www.tickets.rs/partners

Note: all tickets purchased for Nisville 2020 in the Ticket Vision network are also valid for this year’s festival!

By the way, the next edition of the Nisville Jazz Festival will, in addition to a rich music program on several stages in the Fortress, King Milan Square and the Quay Amphitheater on the Nisava, offer visitors a quality international program within the next Nisville Jazz Theater Festival, as well as many documentaries and feature films. with music theme – Nišville Movie Summit 2021. All accompanying programs for visitors are free, and the ticket is paid only for the main festival program.

By the way, Earth, Wind & Fire feat. Al McKay, Stanley Jordan, Darryl Jones & Stone Riders, Goran Bregovic & Nisville Big Band, Igor Butman Band and many others. More about the performers on the festival’s official website www.nisville.com

Stone Raiders at Nisville 2021

JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY is one of the most creative guitarists in the world. His expansive style and explorational soulcraft, excite fresh sounds and rhythms that have never been dipped into the blues realm. It’s ever invigorating and authentically modern. Borelly’s sound pushes further past any norm, by his unique

employment of trance-like poly-rhythms. His roughshod vocals finish an intriguing profile with subtle double

metaphors that urge you to look deeper than the surface.The guitar work is dramatic, rough and wild with a

dynamism that can be best described as controlled chaos, while his solos conjure up tension levels that make

you unsure if a climatic explosion couldn’t be lurking around the next corner. Among his credits there are cooperations with many important musicians: Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Roy Haynes, Miles Davis,  Muhal Richard Abrahams, Olu Dara, Henry Threadgill, Steve Coleman, Graham Haynes, Cassandra Wilson, Abdourahmane Diop, Archie Shepp…

DARRYL JONES has a biography most musicians only dream of. Known for exceptional bass grooves, his style is all about low-end sophistication, locking down the beat until it gets into “yo bones”. The Rolling Stones bassist came out of the shadows big time on the Stone Raiders 2013 release “Truth to Power”. With the

founding of the Stone Raiders, Darryl stunned many fans with his commanding lead vocal back then. Today his

delivery is more nuanced, more seasoned, nothing short of compellingly soulful. He performed and recorded withMiles Davis,  Sting (together with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland and Omar Hakim), Herbie Hancock and Headhunters,  Madonna, Eric Clapton, John Scofield, Hiram Bullock, Gil Evans, Steps Ahead, Peter Gabriel, B.B. King, Neil Young….

WILL CALHOUN, the Grammy-decorated drummer and modern music explorer comes at you from multiplerhythmic spheres. Known for his role as drummer for rock group Living Colour, this son of the Bronx puts on his deep groove attitude with Stones Raiders. As Bourelly and Jones feed the on ramp velocity, Calhoun’s beat shaping frames that flows with distinction, making it crystal clear that the swollen beat journey he’s on, started in the Bronx. His electronica passions bestow onto the SR platform, further the complex sonic canvas with soul and rhythmic virtue.

Stone Raiders reveals new pathways, with the courage to walk that foggy paths between funk, urban blue, and something now…

They convince us of another possible new age, through their strong mastery of groove, spirit and elasticity, willing to borrow from the glorious roots and steer them towards a brave new world.

http://bourelly.