Iordache / saxophones

Sebastian Burneci / trumpet

Florian Radu / trumpet

Toni Kühn / guitar, synthesizer

Dan Alex Mitrofan / guitar

Uţu Pascu / double bass

Tavi Scurtu / drums


  • Iordache is a group formed in 2003, initiated by sax player Iordache.
  • Iordache produces and delivers free jazz and funk in a mix whose very precise proportions are established chaotically. All compositions are original.
  • “The three horns, and sometimes flute, combine with the electronic guitars and keyboards to create instrumental textures that work perfectly with the music they play. Drawing upon elements of cool jazz, nu jazz, exotica and lounge funk, Iordache’s tone colors can sound like Herbie’s “Speak Like a Child”, Jagga Jazzist, Snarky Puppy, Henry Mancini, Gil Evans or Dolphy's "Hot Cool and Latin". “One Life Left” is new cool jazz for the 21st, with lots of odd quirky eccentricities to boot.” – Jazz Music Archives
    • iordache.ro »

    Sławek Jaskułke / piano


  • One of the most original talents of the last decade of Polish jazz. Piano and orchestra composer and interpreter of music for both theatre and cinema. Musical producer and member of the Zbigniew Namysłowski led quartet. He has performed on the worlds most recognized stages such as New York's Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, the Munich Philharmonic and Moscow's International Performing Arts Center. Performed at North Sea Festival, Berlin Jazz Fest and Red Sea Jazz Festival. Represented Poland at „Jaskułke - Hong Kong” in 2006 and performed at Shanghai World Expo 2010, where performed a piece specially composed for this occasion: „Jaskułke - Chopin for Five Grand Pianos".

    • jaskulke.com »

    John Scofield / guitar

    Kurt Rosenwinkel / guitar

    Ben Street / bass

    Bill Stewart / drums


  • This Project John Scofield’s, a guitarist with over four decades of experience, is an opportunity to listen to him play with one of today’s leading guitar player, Kurt Rosenwinkel. Ben Street is a bass player formed under the influences of Dave Holland and Miroslav Vitous. Bell Stewart is a melodic drummer, with a lot of experience both as a band member as well as a leader. It is a very tonal project, with many arrangements made by Scofield especially for this ensemble. It’s based on the orchestral possibilities of guitars, bass and percussion. It’s a band full of improvisation.
    • jonscofield.com » kurtrosenwinkel.com »
    benstreet.net » bill stewart »

    Adrian C. Gaspar / piano & keyboards

    Benjamin Labschutz / acoustic & electric bass

    Moritz Labschutz / drums & percussion


  • Adrian Coriolan Gaspar started his journey in Moldova-Noua, passed through Germany, returned to Romania and finally settled in Vienna. He is an established and representative musician and composer of the Viennese jazz scene.
  • The trio released their first album, This.Orient.ate.Minds., in 2007. Following the release they toured the U.S.A, Belgium and Germany. They usually play their own arrangements as well as original compositions.
  • Latest album: RELOADED
  • Style: funk-fusion, Balkan-jazz
    • adriangaspar.at »

    Mario Florescu / percussion & drums

    Radu Rotaru / keyboards

    Corina Ardelean / flute

    Alex Florescu / percussion

    Cserey Csaba / percussion


  • Mario & the Teachers are already well known on the Romanian scene. They were seen on many stages, listened to on various occasions, appreciated and well received. However, it is the guests of this group from Arad that change and make each ethno-fusion concert different, new, interesting.
    • facebook/mario.andtheteachers »

    Jack Wyllie / soprano & tenor saxophones

    Duncan Bellamy / drums

    Milo Fitzpatrick / double bass

    Keir Vine / hang


  • Portico Quartet’s self-titled album is where hypnotic minimalism meets new territories of sound. Inspired by ambiental, classical, dance and electronica, they have created a sound so eerie, beautiful, cinematic, futuristic that not even now, 4 years after the release of their first album, can it be compared to that of any other band. They are jazz, but a certain kind of jazz, steeped in the latest sounds of London.
    • porticoquartet.com »

    Edgar Knecht / piano & compositions

    Rolf Denecke / bass

    Stephan Emig / drums & percussion

    Tobias Schulte / drums & percussion


  • Unique Germans with an unbelievable sound. Knecht’s compositions are surprising, unexpected and will never bore you. Each songs changes pace, groove, style, from world music to jazz, latin and baroque. It’s contemporary sound juggling. You want to cry, dance, buy expensive speakers or headphones and listen to them non-stop. It’s the type of album you listen to on repeat.
    • edgarknecht.de »

    Jan Galega Bronnimann / bass clarinet, electronics

    Rene Reimann / guitar, electronics

    Emanuel Schnyder / electric bass

    Christoph Staudenmann / drums, computer


  • “Instant Replay” is the new album of the group. “An internet based collective composition. Music of the 21st century. A postmodern urban jazz full of contrasts, delicate melodies and multilayered beats.” Well received on every continent, their music is collaboration between musicians, designers and audience.
  • In his biography, Nils Petter Molvaer is compared to an angel. “Not the gentle angles of Romantic pantings – but a powerful archangel brandishing a fiery sword – the sound of the trumpet.”
    • brinkmanship.ch » nilspettermolvaer.info »

    Dave Holland / bass

    Craig Taborn / fender Rhodes

    Kevin Eubanks / guitar

    Eric Harland / drums


  • “The commander-in-chief of a first rate, cutting edge group has to be everything: creative genius and effective entrepreneur, power player and diplomat, steeped in experience but fresh and unjaded. Few current leaders exemplify the role as well as bassist Dave Holland, one of the most versatile bassists in jazz.” – L.A. Times
  • Kevin Eubanks is a guitar player and composer, most famous as leader of the Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno. Eric Harland has his own band, but has also performed with an impressive number of musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane and Charles Lloyd. Craig Taborn is a pianist and composer. He plays jazz, but also has techno and dark ambient projects.
    • daveholland.com »

    Tord Gustavsen / piano

    Tore Brunborg / saxophones

    Mats Eilertsen / bass

    Jarle Vespestad / drums


  • “The evolving story of this group remains pretty irresistible” - the Guardian
  • Their new album, “The Well”, is interpreted by critic and audiences in strikingly different ways. Some common elements emerge: lullabies, intimate music, organic, free but meticulous, powerful, controlled, lyrical, haunting.
  • “Toss down the well and drink” - the Stereophile
    • tordgustavsen.com »

    Markku Ounaskari / drums & percussion

    Samuli Mikkonen / piano

    Trygve Seim / saxophone


  • The Finnish band have released their first ECM album in 2010. After years of performing with various jazz bands, Markku Ounaskari and Samuli Mikkonen decided to create an improvisation duo in 2004. The trio created a repertoire inspired by old Russian psalms and Finno-Ugric folk songs. They are joined at Garana by Trygve Seim, who has performed here before.
    • myspace/trygveseim » myspace/mikkonenounaskari »

    Alex Man / solo guitar

    Robert Cina / rithmic guitar

    Michael Acker / double bass

    Tavi Scurtu / drums


  • Emy Dragoi will be something new for Garana. His music is inspired by Chopin, and the swing of Django and Grapelli. He plays both standards as well as original compositions. He has collaborated with both Romanian and other musicians from abroad and has very tight musical connections with France, the country that formed him as an artist. Galliano considers him one of the most valuable accordionists in the world.
    • emydragoi.ro » alexman.ro »

    Eugen Gondi / drums

    Catalin Milea / saxophone

    Bambam Rodriguez / double bass


  • Eugen Gondi is a drummer famous in Romania as well as an icon of the country’s jazz. He played with almost all great Romanian jazz musicians, both here and abroad. He started his career in Paul Weiner’s band and performed in Ploiesti, Sibiu, San Sebastian, Warsaw, Prerov, Ljubljana and Garana. Now a Dutch citizen for over 20 years, he returns to Garana with another Romanian musician, sax player Catalin Milea.
    • catalinmilea.com » wn.com/Eugen_Gondi »

    Bugge Wesseltoft / piano, synthesizer

    Erik Truffaz / trumpet

    Joaqin Claussell / beats & percussion

    Ilhan Ersahin

    rythm group


  • “I am so proud of being able to present this fantastic line up of Friends and Heroes I have been so fortunate to hear and work with the last 10 years! The project is all about presenting a community of music and international artists. All mixing jazz and electronic music together in a deep mutual respect and with a fascination for each other’s worlds.”
  • Bugge & friends is a multi-national project with a melodic brass section, a warm sounding rhythm section, electronic percussion and catchy compositions written by Bugge. True international music with influences from 4 different countries. Among the friends is Eric Truffaz, an already established and well known musician, as well as Ilhan Ersahin, the first Turkish artist to perform at Garana.
    • ohsotrue.de »

    Carlos Bica / bass

    Frank Mobus / electric guitar

    Jim Black / drums & percussion


  • Double bassist and composer Carlos Bica has created a niche for himself with his avant-lyrical jazz style fused with Portuguese folklore. Together with Frank Mobus on guitar and Jim Black on drums, they are Azul. Their first album, self-titled, was considered the best jazz album of 1996 and is still considered the best Portuguese album ever recorded.
    • carlosbica.com »

    Marc Ribot / guitar & vocal

    Anthony Coleman / keyboards

    Brad Jones / bass & vocals

    Ej Rodriguez / percussion & vocals

    Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez / drums


  • The original band was a phenomenon during the late 90’s. The group reformed around Ribot who distinguished himself by his guts and grace. Acclaimed for all his projects, Ribot comes to Garana in “The Prosthetic Cubans” formula. Both Guitar Magazine and Rolling Stone have only the best to say about him and this project.
  • Cuban Drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez has made a name for himself in America and abroad since moving there in the ‘90’s. He plays pop, jazz, latin jazz and rock. He has performed alongside many famous musicians, Santana being one of them. Many of the albums featuring him won Grammy awards.
    • marcribot.com »