July 19 The New Champs and Ximo Tebar & Gladston Galliza Brazilian Jazz Project at the 25th San Javier Jazz Festival

A tribute to Joey DeFrancesco as Ximo Tebar continues to delight audiences in San Javier 25 years on!

In this tribute to the great organist Joey DeFrancesco THE NEW CHAMPS offer a concert by three great masters: guitarist Ximo Tebar, the great Spanish specialist in the field, who has played and recorded with great historical masters of the organ such as Lou Bennett, Lonnie Smith and Joey DeFrancesco himself, drummer Byron Landham, a regular companion of Papa John DeFrancesco (Joey's father) and Joey DeFrancesco, with whom he played at Jazz San Javier on a historic night at the 10th edition of the festival, and the Hammond grandmaster Pat Bianchi, who was part of Lou Donaldson's quartet and Pat Martino's group.

As a special guest the show also features another renowned Spanish musician, Josvi Muñoz. Om tenor sax.

XIMO TEBAR & GLASTONS GALLIZA BRAZILIAN PROJECT

In his second appearance of the night the great jazz guitarist Ximo Tebar, who is well known to fans of Jazz San Javier, teams up with Brazilian guitarist and singer Gladston Galliza. The two of them joined forces in a previous edition of the Festival with Antonio Serrano, and on this occasion they are accompanied by an excellent band.

Ximo Tebar is one of the most important jazz musicians in Spain, and has appeared at San Javier in the past with Louie Bellson, Lonnie Smith, Dennis Rowland, Luis Salinas and Rosa Passos among others. He holds a very special place in the roll of honour of the San Javier Jazz Festival as his appearance in 1998 was the very first concert in the history of the event!

The 11^th concert in the 2023 San Javier Jazz Festival begins at 21.30 in the open-air Auditorio Municipal in Parque Almansa with tickets priced at 20 euros. Season tickets are also available: for bookings and further information click here.

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