A UK-Azerbaijan Jazz Summit - Jazzerbaijan will be held in Baku.
Legendary British composer and band leader Kenny Wheeler and renowned jazzman Paul Clarvis will visit Baku May 16-22 to stage the summit with young Azerbaijani jazz players at the Jazz Center on May 20 and at the Opera Studio on May 21, the British Council told AssA-Irada.
The concert will feature Kenny's atmospheric compositions as well as new music devised specifically by the musicians for this project. Wheeler and Clarvis will also perform in a musical collaboration with young Azerbaijani musicians Shahin Novrasli (piano), Rain Sultanov (saxophone) and Ruslan Huseynov (double-bass).
The British jazzmen will hold an education workshop for young drummers in Baku as well.
