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The Red Sea Jazz Festival is finally back where it belongs – under the starry skies of the Port of Eilat. A plethora of exciting concerts with performances by the freshest jazz musicians and artists of our times will delight audiences of all ages for three glorious groovy days \ By Ariel Kars All That Jazz

Photo: Yossi Zwecher

After two years of Covid-induced lockdowns and uncertainty, the Red Sea Jazz Festival is back with a vengeance. For its 36 th edition, the best international musicians will be jiving and grooving for a weekend of contemporary jazz concerts and jam sessions. "Since I began working for the festival three years ago, this is the first time it's been possible to invite international artists over", says musician Yossi Fine, the festival's producer and artistic director. "Last year we organized two festivals, in April and November, but with Israeli musicians only, because of the pandemic restrictions. This year, the

festival is finally back to normal, with its usual riot of performances by the best Israeli and international artists around today". Back to home port The Israeli ensemble 'Third World Love' will be performing once again It turns out Israel is a jazz success abroad, even though they remain relatively anonymous back home. The festival's opening show for instance, is an exclusive, one-off concert by Israeli ensemble 'Third World Love', after almost a decade superpower. Many Israeli jazz musicians are enjoying a lot of

since they last performed together. Finally, Yonathan Avishai, Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital and Daniel Friedman will be gracing the stages of the Port of Eilat once more. Fine admits it took "several years of intense convincing" to make this happen. According to Fine, the reason why Israel has become the jazz superpower that it is, is its excellent high school music sections. "Some of the teachers there, have studied in the best jazz schools in the world and their students are very advanced, often highly proficient multi-instrumentalists at barely

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