MARCH PREMIERES
SUNDAYS THROUGHOUT MARCH AT 21:00 CE(S)T
This March, Stingray DJAZZ premieres new concerts. Stingray DJAZZ dedicates this month to the manifold concert stages of France. On March 1 at 21:00 CET, enjoy vocalist Sarah McCoy’s performance at La Gaité Lyrique in Paris. On March 8 at 21:00 CET, revel in saxophonist İlhan Erşahin playing at Banlieues Bleues in Paris. On March 15 at 21:00 CET, watch kora player Ballaké Sissoko’s concert from Royaumont Abbey in Asnières-sur-Oise, France, and on March 22 at 21:00 CET be sure not to miss legendary saxophonist Archie Shepp's set at the Jazz à Porquerolles festival in Fort St. Agatha, Hyères. Finally, on March 29 at 21:00 CEST, violinist Didier Lockwood takes the stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
SARAH MCCOY
SUNDAY, 1 MARCH AT 21:00 CET
Vocalist and pianist Sarah McCoy carries on a tradition perfected by Tom Waits, Amy Winehouse, Leon Russell, and Nina Simone, who turned the wreckage of embattled lives into poetry.
ILHAN ERSAHIN
SUNDAY, 8 MARCH AT 21:00 CET
At the 2010 edition of the Banlieues Bleues festival in Paris, France, saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin explores various elements from jazz, international music, and rock.
BALLAKE SISSOKO
SUNDAY, 15 MARCH AT 21:00 CET
“Beyond Black” is the title given to the meeting of Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko and American jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell. Their meeting allows the emergence of a new, hybrid musical space that goes beyond confinement in the notions of identity.
ARCHIE SHEPP
SUNDAY, 22 MARCH AT 21:00 CET
Directed during the Jazz festival in Porquerolles 2010, the documentary focuses on the links and meeting point between saxophonist Archie Shepp and guitarist Marc Ribot.
DIDIER LOCKWOOD
SUNDAY, 29 MARCH AT 21:00 CEST
On the Châtelet theatre’s stage, French violinist Didier Lockwood celebrates the fortieth anniversary of a busy career together with some of his friends from the music world.