Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos presents a selective programme under the musical direction of Carla Bley.

A night devoted to Jazz at the Festival em Obra Aberta, with the North-American pianist and composer Carla Bley and two renowned soloists: the bassist Steve Swallow, versatile musician and composer, loyal collaborator of Bley since 1978, and Gary Valente, multi-awarded trombone player and strictly connected to the Big Jazz Band way.

Carla Bley is one of the most remarkable and unusual jazz composers worldwide. The North-American has left a ballast of geniality, whether as a pianist, orchestrator, orchestra director or author of works that are already part of the history of jazz, such as Big Band Theory or The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church.