5* Baku Jazz Nights
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Sightseeing, Art & Culture, Food, Wine & Nightlife, Shopping & Fashion, Events
Direction:
Baku
Duration:
4 days
Tour description
Do you want to explore diversity of the world’s Jazz scene during Baku Summer Jazz Days? Then, this three - nights tour will guide you to the spectacular Baku Jazz night.
As in previous year, Baku Summer Jazz Days jazz festival will take place 10-15 June 2019 with concerts at venues around the City Centre. This international project was initiated by production company Premier Art Management, is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan and has already gained many fans among Baku's music lovers.
Concerts will take place at the International Mugham Centre, the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall and several city squares. In the event, musicians from Israel, Russia, France, Georgia and Switzerland will join Azerbaijani jazz masters. Besides solo concerts by honored foreign guests, the program includes collaborative performances with our outstanding jazz musicians, once again seeking to highlight that music has no limits – musicians from diverse countries can understand each other through the language of music.
The festival will open on 10 June with world-famous trumpet player Erik Truffaz, performing on with his quartet. Erik Truffaz is one of the world’s most creative jazz musicians. He has been performing on stage since the age of 8 and music lovers are certain to recognize his style - the distinctive smooth sound of the trumpet and his surprising improvisations.
On 12 June Israeli jazz virtuoso, Adam Ben Ezra will perform with his trio. Adam Ben Ezra is a phenomenal double bass player, multi-instrumentalist and YouTube sensation, inspired by the likes of Bach, Sting, Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea. His music contains elements of Jazz, Latin and Mediterranean music.
The festival will continue with Georgian Ethno jazz band IRIAO, which represented Georgia at the Eurovision international song contest last year. IRIAO’s entire repertoire is based on Georgian folk and saturated with jazz elements, and the band has performed at major music festivals around the globe like Java Jazz Festival in Indonesia, Borneo Jazz Festival in Malaysia, and many others in Austria, Poland and the Baltics.
The young but very French talented jazz-musician, guitar virtuoso and composer Tom Ibarra will also take to the stage with his quintet. Stars like Miles Davis, Pat Metheny and Weather Report played a huge role in Ibarra’s making as a musician. His debut album was released in 2015 and he won the international jazz competition Letter One Rising Stars Jazz Award in 2017.
Program of the tour
Arrival
Departure from the airport
Transfer to the hotel
Baku Night Tour
Dinner time
Transfer to the hotel
Sightseeing:
Explore the night view of Baku city during "Baku Night Tour". Indulge in an independent night tour of Baku with a private driver. See panorama of the city and enjoy a walk in the city boulevard. You will get a chance to see old parts of the city as well as modern buildings located nearby. Flame Towers and the city bay panorama will make your tour exquisite and memorable. Baku Venice is located in the boulevard. The car will pass by the ancient and mystical monument, the Maiden Tower, a must-see ancient monument included in the UNESCO Historical Heritage List. You will hear about its history, different stories about its real architect and legends behind it. Sightseeing is included:
- Panorama of the city and the sea harbor of the Baku
- Upland Park Baku
- National Flag Square
- Funicular
- Cable Car
- Flame Towers
- State Philharmonic Hall
- Sabir Park
- Literature Museum
- Fountain Square
- Nizami Street-known as Targovaya (the merchant street)
- Baku Boulevard (Seaside Park)
Breakfast
Departure from the hotel
Historical places of the Icharishahar
Lunch
City tour
Baku Jazz Night
Transfer to the hotel
Sightseeing:
During one-day Baku city tour, you will witness glowing image of Orient and European culture. The land of fire, as Azerbaijan is often called, will expose its entire beauty during this remarkable tour across the city. The city, located on the crossroad of civilizations, has immersed the best of two worlds: antique palaces, luxurious caravanserais, abundant shops right next to grand skyscrapers. Observe the elegance of the Caucasus together with us. Contemporary Baku is the biggest cultural and industrial center of Azerbaijan, one of the most visited cities, dazzling with its beauty, gracefulness and attractiveness of a first-class resort. A huge number of attractions, matchless architecture, museums, temples, mosques, cultural monuments, palaces and ancient buildings keep the admirable endowment of the Azerbaijani people. This unequaled tour will open doors for you in the history of the past and present, will familiarize you with the beauty of the country, fill with absolute impression from a productive program. Sightseeing is included:
- "Ichari Shahar" (Old City) - Fortress walls and defensive towers (XV-XVI centuries)
- Mosques "Juma" (XIX century)
- "Giz Galasi" or "Maiden Tower" (VII-XII centuries)
- The medieval Bath and Market Square (XV - XVI centuries)
- Karvansaray complex (XIV - XVI centuries) - Carpet, souvenir and antique shops and craft shops
- Complex "Shirvanshahs Palace" (XII-XV century) - the famous former residence of shirvanshahs
- Miniature Books Museum
- Carpet Museum
- Heydar Aliyev Center - designed by architect Zaha Hadid
- Mugam Center
Jazz Night
In the ’70s, Baku was called the Mecca of Jazz. A blend of jazz and ethnic music called jazz-mugham developed in Azerbaijan, and this musical style has become very popular among listeners all over the world. Today, an annual jazz festival in Baku brings together tens of thousands of spectators and hundreds of musicians.
Breakfast
Departure from the hotel
Organic foods and handmade crafts' shopping
Lunch
Shopping in Malls
Parfumery shopping
Transfer to the hotel
Sightseeing:
Yashil Bazar (“Organic Foods” Market)
Known locally as the Green Market, Yashil Bazar is Baku’s biggest. Famous for nuts and dried fruits, figs, oranges, cherries and apricots, produce is brought to the capital from every region of the country. Colours, flavours and fragrances from the Caucasus. Fresh food from every corner of the country arrives each morning at the Yashil bazaar, Baku’s market. Not only tasty and exotic, some of the items, like Beluga Caviar, are highly prized. But there are many other caviars on offer. Here in this market we can find some great caviar, sturgeons, cheeses and saffran, the main ingridinet of Plovs and overall in the Azerbaijan’s cuisine. Yashil Bazar is a great way to discover Baku.
ABAD Shop
“ABAD” centres implement assistance projects for family businesses engaged in the areas of arts and crafts and agriculture. Along with a producer family’s brand name, a special label is also placed on every product that attests to its production under the control of ABAD. Local jams and crafts of artisan families from various regions of Azerbaijan are put on display and sale in the shop centres.
“Ganjlik” Mall
As the largest shopping mall in Azerbaijan, Ganjlik Mall contains famous clothing brands alongside with a range of cafes and dining with a beautiful city view. Here you can find most popular and coveted brands such as Lacoste, Liu Jo, Tommy Hilfiger, Sisley, Aldo, United Colors of Beneton, Inglot, Ives Rocher, Loccitaine, NYX, Zara, Mango, Bershka, etc.
“Ideal” and “Sabina” Parfumery - Cosmetics Shop
These parfumery and cosmetic shops offer their customers a carefully selected, exclusive and diverse range of products at affordable prices. The range of “Ideal” and “Sabina” shops present essential goods for beauty, health and home. At all branches of the shops, there is a wide range of cosmetics and body care products, perfumes, products for a healthy lifestyle and family comfort, household chemicals, goods for mothers and babies, and wellness products (aromatic oils, salt, spa) from the best world brands.
Hotel: 5* Rich Hotel (or better alternative)
Note: Below, you can find musicians’ names and particular dates in which they will perform. The tour can be booked according to your musician preference, and dates can be extended depends on requests:
Erik Truffaz Quartet – 10 June 2019 – 8:00 p.m.
Adam Ben Ezra Trio – 12 June 2019 – 8:00 p.m.
IRIAO Etno – 14 June 2019 – 7:00 p.m.
Tom Ibarra Quintet – 14 June 2019 – 9:00 p.m.
Denise King – 20 June 2019 – 8:00 p.m.
You can get the tickets from https://iticket.az/en/venue/international-mugham-center
