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Tel Aviv to hold three-day jazz festival

The festival will take place from Dec. 12-14 and feature DJ sets and lectures.

The Azrieli towers in Tel Aviv, Jan. 8, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
The Azrieli towers in Tel Aviv, Jan. 8, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

The Tel Aviv Municipality, in cooperation with Teder Group, will hold its second annual Tel Aviv-Jaffa Jazz Festival, featuring performances by top local artists, original premieres, collaborations and experimental shows.

The festival is slated to run from Dec. 12 to Dec. 14 at Beit Romano between Jaffa Road and Park HaMesila.

The events are scheduled at various spaces within the Beit Romano compound, including the central Teder Plaza, the Kissa jazz club, Matmon and Juanita Garden. This year, the festival will expand to an additional stage featuring acoustic performances at Park HaMesila and a jazz piano performance at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The festival will also feature DJ sets and lectures.

Highlights will include:

  • A tribute performance to Miles Davis and Gil Evans’ landmark album “Blues For Pablo,” featuring Avishai Cohen and Safi Zizling
  • A tribute to celebrate 60 years of the New York-based Fania Records
  • “Jazz as Resistance” project with Adi Caesar, Yael Abecassis, Laila Moualem, Roy Hassan, Barak Cohen and Jon Ben-Ari
  • Albert Piamenta; Nittai Hershkovitz; Deskell; Deswa; Maayan Linick; Katya Tubol; Tamir Muscat and Tom Meira Armoni; Rami Quartet; Juanita Cohen Smith; Hillel Salem; the Kadosh Brothers; Keren Dan; Prada; Ofer Mizrahi Trio; Liquid Salon; Rejoicer; Maya Donitz; Yonatan Albalak; Ofer Landsberg Trio; a showcase by the Rimon School and more.
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