The Koktebel Jazz Festival is a

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and world music

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in Ukraine. Until 2013 it used to take place annually in second week of September in

Koktebel Koktebel ( uk, Коктебéль, russian: Коктебéль, crh, Köktöbel, formerly known as ''Planerskoye'', russian: Планерское) is an urban-type settlement and one of the most popular resort townlets in South-Eastern Crimea. K ...

on the

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coast. In 2014 it was held in Zatoka and

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(both in

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).Koktebel Jazz Festival's 2014 venue is Odesa

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(10 June 2014)

About the festival

Koktebel Jazz Festival (KJF) kicked off in 2003 as an attempt to revive Koktebel's status as the cultural center of the region, back at its days famous all over the country. Since 2006, the festival is held in the second half of September, during so-called "velvet" resort season. Despite its young age, the festival has already hosted performances by

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Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jaz ...

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian Americans, Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was indu ...

Nino Katamadze Nino Katamadze ( ka, ნინო ქათამაძე; born 21 August 1972) is a Georgian jazz singer and artist. Biography Nino Katamadze was born in Kobuleti, Adjara, Soviet Georgia in 1972. In 1990, she entered the vocal department of t ...

, Us3 and others. Beside well-known names, organizers consider small and young bands. In 2008, festival community was launched
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, where anyone can file an application for participation. The best performers chosen by users voting will take part in the upcoming festival. The festival consists of two main stages, which host the festival program, additional stages and numerous jam-sessions. The main stages do not have any entrance fees and are located at the square right near the water, so that the public can sit on the beach during the performance. Visitors and participants value the festival for its unofficial and democratic spirit, induced by the place itself, and the inspiring combination of the jazz and the sea. Remarkable nature of the Kara Dag volcanic mountain range located near

and range of wines and brandies grown on the vineyards nearby complete the picture. In 2014 the festival was not held in

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, but in Zatoka and

(both in

History

2003

Participants: *Shid-Side (Ukraine) *Crimea MVD Orchestra (Ukraine) * Jan Tabachnik (Ukraine) *Night Groove (Ukraine) *Jurij Kuznetsov & Tatiana Boeva * Enver Ismylov *Dixie Friends (Russia) *Vladimir Solianik

2004

July 15–18 Participants: *

Igor Butman Igor Butman PAR is a Russian jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. Butman holds dual citizenship for both the US and Russian Federation. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader. American saxop ...

Quartet (Russia) *

Motion Trio Motion Trio is a Polish accordion trio founded in 1996 by Janusz Wojtarowicz. The band has performed on six continents and in forty two countries: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France ...

(Poland) *Tomasz Szukalski Quartet (Poland) *Vladimir Solianik & Kiev Art Ansamble (Ukraine) *Patina (Latvia) *Night Groove (Ukraine) *City Jazz (Ukraine) *Igor Djachenko & Jazz-Ansamble Dnipro (Ukraine) *Vladimir Lazerson Band (Russia) *Dixie Friends (Russia) *Vladimir Molotkov & Gena Gutgartz (Ukraine) *Enver Ismailov (Ukraine)

2005

August 15–21 Participants: *

De Phazz De-Phazz is a downtempo jazz ensemble integrating modern turntablism and elements of soul, Latin, trip hop and drum and bass into a lounge music sound. De-Phazz is led by Pit Baumgartner, a German producer who has varied the lineup of artists fo ...

* Shibusashirazu Orchestra *Jimmy Bowskill Band *

Wolfgang Haffner Wolfgang Haffner (born 7 December 1965) is a German jazz drummer with an extensive discography.Discographyat Allmusic Discography * 2020 - Kind of Tango * 2019 – ''4WD'' (with Nils Landgren) * 2019 – ''The East End'' (with Bill Evans) * 20 ...

- Sebastian Studnitzky Duo *

Leonid Ptashka Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright a ...

Trio * ManSound *JVL Big Band featuring Lew Soloff *Valentine Quartet featuring Lew Soloff *Vladimir Solianik & Kiev Art Ansamble *Big Blues Revival *VF Six *Shid Side *

TNMK TNMK or Tanok na Maidani Kongo ( uk, Танок на майдані Конґо, ; literally "Dance at the Congo Square") - is the most successful Ukrainian hip-hop group. They are known for clever, yet often tongue-in-cheek, lyrics; mixing hip-ho ...

*DJ Zipa *Enver Ismailov *Green Point Orchestra

2006

September 14–17 Participants: *

Band *

Culture Mix Project *Andrey Kondakov Brasil All Stars Project * Alexej Kozlov and ARS Nova Trio * Saskia Laroo Band *

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (born Kenneth Wayne Spruell, November 13, 1944) is an American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. Music journalist, Jeff Johnson, writing in the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' stated, "There's no boogi ...

*Tomasz Mucha and Manifest Band *Apple Tea *Daha Braha *Agafonnikov Band *Aramis *Olli Siikanen Power Trio *Susanna Jamalidinova *Sergey Davydov Trio *DJ Paul Murphy *DJ Fun2Mass *Doctor Jazz *Kiev Salsa Kings

2007

September 21–23 Notable participants: * Us3 *

& The Insight * Fatima Spar & Freedom Fries *The Shin *Elena Frolova & Creoles Tango Orchestra

2008

September 19–21 Notable participants: *

Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...

Quartet and

Mina Agossi Mina Agossi (6 January 1972, Besançon) is a French singer-songwriter. Biography Agossi, whose mother is from France and whose father is from Benin, began her career as the protégé of Archie Shepp. In her youth, she lived with her mother, a ...

Richard Galliano Richard Galliano (born 12 December 1950, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French accordionist of Italian heritage. Allmusic biography/ref> Biography He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his father ...

and Tangaria Quartet *

Geoffrey Oryema Geoffrey Oryema (16 April 1953 – 22 June 2018) was a Ugandan musician. In 1977 after the murder of his father, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was a cabinet minister in the government of Idi Amin, he began his life in exile. At the age of 24, and a ...

& Insight *

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* KUBIKMAGGI * Mamanet * Rekevin * Osimira

2009

September 10–13 Notable participants: *

Courtney Pine Courtney Pine, (born 18 March 1964), is a British jazz musician, who was the principal founder in the 1980s of the black British band the Jazz Warriors. Although known primarily for his saxophone playing, Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also ...

Oi Va Voi Oi Va Voi are a Great Britain, British band formed in London, England in the year 2000. The band emerged from the UK world music crossover scene to become multi-award-winning masters of musical wanderlust with a pan-European fanbase to which t ...

* Tequillajazz * Haydamaky &*

Voo Voo Voo Voo is a Polish rock band formed in 1985. Band members * Wojciech Waglewski – guitar, main vocals, and lyrics. Founder and leader of the band; its name comes from his initials (the English pronunciation of "Voo Voo" sounds like Polish ...

* Djabe * Pur Pur * * Этно-трио "Троица" * CherryVata

2010

September 9–12 Notable participants: *

Al Foster Aloysius Tyrone Foster (born January 18, 1943) is an American jazz drummer. Foster's professional career began in the mid-60s, when he played and recorded with hard bop and swing musicians including Blue Mitchell and Illinois Jacquet. Foster pl ...

Quartet *

Auktyon Auktyon (russian: АукцЫон, ) is a Russian alternative rock band from Saint Petersburg. The band was founded by Leonid Fyodorov at the Polytechnic Institute of Leningrad. Though they originally played post-punk and new wave, the group c ...

Jerry Bergonzi Jerry Bergonzi (born October 21, 1947) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Early life and education Bergonzi received a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1971 and is the founde ...

Quintet * Karl Frierson * Paul Rogers Trio * Carsten Daerr Trio *

Oleg Skrypka Oleh Yuriyovych Skrypka ( uk, Оле́г Ю́рійович Скри́пка, Oleh Yuriiovych Skrypka, ; born 24 May 1964) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian musician, vocalist, composer, and leader of the group Vopli Vidoplyasova. Biography Oleh Skrypk ...

& Jazz Cabaret "Zabava" * Faerd Trio & Jullie Hjetland * Vadim Eilenkrig and his group * Karl Ritter Trio * *

DakhaBrakha DakhaBrakha is a Ukrainian folk music quartet which combines the musical styles of several ethnic groups. It was a winner of the in 2009 and the Shevchenko National Prize in 2020. DakhaBrakha is a project of the Dakh Contemporary Arts Center, l ...

2011

September 15–18 Notable participants: *

Parov Stelar Marcus Füreder (born 27 November 1974), better known by his stage name Parov Stelar, is an Austrian musician, composer, Record producer, producer, DJ and designer. His musical style is based on a combination of jazz, House music, house, Electr ...

Éric Serra Éric Serra (; born 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He is a frequent collaborator of film director Luc Besson. Early life Serra was born in Saint-Mandé. His father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and so ...

Anna Maria Jopek Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she co ...

* Аквариум * Alina Orlova * Billy's Band * Алина Орлова * Pianoбой

2012

August 29 - September 2 Notable participants: *

The Cinematic Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe. The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune. The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, ''Motion'' (1999), ...

Lyapis Trubetskoy Lyapis Trubetskoy (russian: Ляпис Трубецкой, be, Ляпіс Трубяцкі) was a Belarusian rock band. It was named after comical hero from Ilya Ilf's and Yevgeny Petrov's novel "The Twelve Chairs", poet and potboiler Nikifor Ly ...

The Tiger Lillies The Tiger Lillies are a cult British musical trio formed in 1989 by singer-songwriter Martyn Jacques. Described as the forefathers of Brechtian Punk Cabaret, the Tiger Lillies are well known for their unique sound and style which merges "the ...

* Pur:Pur * Oleg Kostrow * Tinavie * Серебряная свадьба * Нино Катамадзе & Insight *Zorge *

Gorchitza Gorchitza is a Ukraine, Ukrainian electronic music band from Kyiv which sings in English. According to music press, the band is one of the representatives of contemporary pop and electronic music. They supported in Kyiv some major international a ...

* Karl Frierson * Катя Chilly

2013

September 12–15 Notable participants: *

Patrick Wolf Patrick Wolf (born Patrick Denis Apps; 30 June 1983) is an English singer-songwriter from South London. Wolf uses a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano, and viola. He is known for combining electronic samp ...

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Télépopmusik Télépopmusik is a French electronic music trio, composed of Fabrice Dumont (bassist of the pop band Autour de Lucie), Stephan Haeri (also known as "2 square" for his solo projects), and Christophe Hetier (also known as "DJ Antipop"). History ...

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Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær () also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ...

* Montefiori Cocktail * Billy's Band * Submotion Orchestra *

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David Helbock David Helbock (born 28 January 1984 in Koblach) is an Austrian jazz musician. Music education Helbock began playing piano at the age of six. After several years of lessons at the music school Feldkirch with Nora Calvo Smith and at the jazz se ...

* Pur:Pur * Pianoбой * Erik Truffaz Quartet

2014

September 12–15 Notable participants: * The Brown Indian Band * The Jamal Thomas Band *

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( de) * Valery Ponomaryov

2020

August 21–23 Participants: *Big Jazz Orchestra & Peter Vostokov *ESH Ensemble *Manka Groove *The Yakov Okun Ensemble with Larisa Dolina & Hibla Gerzmava *Anastasia Lyutova & The Band *Wild Brass *Igor Sklyar and Jazz Classic Community & Sergei Golovnya *Moralny Kodex *Daniel Kramer Trio *Chetmen *Bril Brothers with Special Guests Igor Bril & Mariam Merabova *Sergei Golovnya's SG Big Band, with lead vocalist Karina Kozhevnikova

References

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