The Festival Canarias Jazz Showroom-XI Muestra de Jazz de Canarias offers a busy weekend at Auditorio de Tenerife with a programme that includes bands ranging from jazz manouche, to Latin jazz to fusion jazz. Also taking place is the event Swing Fest, which is aimed at audiences who love this music and dance style, plus the awards II Premios Canarias Jazz Showroom. Bands playing include Crazy Cats, Ancor Miranda Quintet, Havana Vibes, Charlie Moreno and CJS Reunion with dancer Jep Meléndez as special guest.

The first concerts of Canarias Jazz Showroom are being held on Saturday, the 5th at 7:30 pm at Auditorio de Tenerife’s Sala de Cámara. It features the live performance of the Ancor Miranda Quintet, made up of Gianni Glagiardi, tenor sax; Álvaro Torres, piano; Octavio Hernández, electric guitar; Basile Rahola, double bass; and Ancor Miranda – who’s penned all the compositions – at the drums. Next on stage is Havana Vibes, a project based on different musical varieties from diverse countries, which not only aims to be a musical itinerary but a life one too.

At the end, the Swing Fest is offering a performance by Crazy Cats at 9:30 pm at the Auditorio foyer. It is a tribute to swing, to jazz manouche and to that style that sprang in the United States in the 1930s which grew into a culture encompassing music, dance, clothes, food…and specially, the joy of living.

On Sunday the 6th, Canarias Jazz Showroom presents CJS Reunión in concert. This is a project to pay tribute to Canarian jazz composers and it also has the aim of paying homage to our jazz musical heritage. They are the support band for the ceremony of the 2nd Canarias Jazz Showroom awards and will be joined by the great tap-dancer and body percussion artist Jep Meléndez. The band includes Daniel González, drums; Carlos Costa, double bass; Kevin Díaz, piano, Aaron Barreiro, vibraphone; Kike Perdomo, saxes; and Idafe Pérez, trumpet.

It will then be the turn of the Charlie Moreno Quintet. This Gran Canaria-born young musician is a bass player, composer, and producer who has lived in mainland Spain, both in Madrid and Barcelona for nearly 20 years. He has taken classes with great musicians of the jazz scene including Russell Malone, Gary Grainger, Yellowjackets, Dave Weckl, Tom Kennedy, Richard Bona, Richie Goods, Victor Bailey and Victor Wooten, among others.

Tickets are available through the usual sale channels of Auditorio de Tenerife – at the box office from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm, Monday to Saturday except holidays; via www.auditoriodetenerife.com  or calling 902 317 327.

The Muestra de Jazz de Canarias was set up in 2009 by musician and composer Kike Perdomo as the first event focusing on presenting Canarian projects that do not always find a niche on the islands. Over the years, the quality, variety of styles and number of concerts that enter the show have increased exponentially to the point that it has become a major showcase of what is happening in and out of the islands through the participation of Canarian composers, musicians and producers.