Stockholm Jazz Festival

Stockholm Jazz Festival

Stockholm Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival in Stockholm, Sweden, spread over several venues across the city and one of the major summer events of the city.

Claiming both an international reputation and to be one of the oldest festivals in Sweden, the Stockholm Jazz Festival celebrated its 20th birthday in 2003, refusing to give up its main venue on Skeppsholmen, since long having a status as the soul of the festival, the unique backdrop of the Stockholm harbour regarded as the distinguishing mark of the festival.

Over the years, arguably all known names in jazz have appeared on stage - including Swedish stars such as Arne Domnérus, Monica Zetterlund, Nils Landgren, Peps Persson, and Lisa Ekdahl, and international giants such as Count Basie, BB King, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miriam Makeba. For a full list see the external links below.cite web
title = Historia
publisher = Stockholm Jazz Festival
date =
location = Stockholm
url = http://www.stockholmjazz.com/history.php
accessdate = 2007-01-31]

While the city is contributing SEK 600,000 to the festival as of 2007, others are asking themselves if the festival is developing in the right direction; commercial ventures occupying much of the cramped festival area, occasionally shouting louder than the laid-back performances on the stage while helping to place international giants within the festival's financial scope, and, as sometimes suggested, the jazz-oriented content gradually dwindling for artists easier to merchandise. For the festival of 2007, however, a national project called "Jazzens år 2007" ("Year of Jazz 2007") is an effort to put focus and add vitality to the genre.cite web
title = Stockholm Jazz Festival
publisher = City of Stockholm
date = 2007
location = Stockholm
url = http://www.kultur.stockholm.se/default.asp?column=sokande&value=Stockholm+Jazz+Festival&id=19803&ptid=1956
accessdate = 2007-02-22] cite web
title = Festivalerna har blivit marknadsplatser | author = Kristian Borg
publisher = Stockholms Fria Tidning | date = 2006-07-19
url = http://www.stockholmsfria.nu/artikel/7491
location = Stockholm | accessdate = 2007-02-22] cite web
title = Jazzens år 2007!
publisher = Stockholm Jazz Festival | date = 2007-01-02
url = http://www.stockholmjazz.com/press_room.php?id=167&option=view_entry
location = Stockholm | accessdate = 2007-02-22]

Stockholm Jazzathon

Stockholm Jazzathon is an attempt to set a new record as the worlds longest jam: a five day, around the clock jazz improvisation featuring over 100 musicians. The concert starts July 11th and is streamed live on stockholmjazzathon.com as a part of the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which starts when the world record is set on the 16th of July 2008.

The record highlights the festival’s 25th anniversary, but the celebration regards the entire jazz scene, with all its different variations.

Past venues

* Skeppsholmen
* Jazz Club Fasching
* Hotell Anglais
* Stockholm Concert Hall
* Kungsträdgården
* Moderna museet

References

See also

* Culture in Stockholm

External links

* [http://www.stockholmjazz.com/ Stockholm Jazz festival]
** [http://www.stockholmjazz.com/venues/SthlmJazzFestivalKarta.pdf Map from the 2006 festival]
** [http://www.stockholmjazz.com/history.php History - including a list of all artists since 1980]
** [http://www.stockholmjazz.com/festival_photos.php Promotional images]
* [http://stockholmjazzathon.com/ Stockholm Jazzathon]


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