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Buenos Aires Jazz.09 has plenty to offer on Friday, including free concerts throughout the length and breadth of Buenos Aires: different venues and times, the same top-notch quality. From 6pm the traditional season “Jazzología” features the Creole Jazz Band and the great Fats Fernández alongside Pablo Raposo on the roof terrace of Centro Cultural Recoleta. Also there but from 8pm, within the “Open Air” section, it will be the turn of remarkable singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis (photo) accompanied by Argentine musicians Federico Dannemann, Ezequiel Dutil, Cristian Judurcha and Facundo Guevara. Later today, from 9pm, the legendary Jorge Navarro Trío will take over.

American pianist and composer Fred Hersch (photo), in a trio with Matt Penman (double bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums), is the big name who will be formally opening Buenos Aires Jazz.09, tonight at 8.30pm at Teatro Presidente Alvear. Locals Hernán Merlo XL9TET will be the opening band. Tickets for this show are available for purchase online at www.festivales.gob.ar and in person from 11am to 7pm at Casa de la Cultura (Av. De Mayo 575) and Teatro 25 de Mayo (Av. Triunvirato 4444). Ticket prices begin at 20 Argentine pesos. But that’s not all Hersch has to offer today: this brilliant pianist will conduct a highly interesting master class at 2pm, also at Teatro Alvear.

Following the opening concert at the Teatro Alvear, the performance by Gillespi (photo), Alejandro Franov & “Friends” at Café Vinilo (Palermo) at 10pm and that of the Nonet and Big Band from the Manuel de Falla Conservatory at Club Lounge (Downtown) at 10.30pm will mark the long-awaited beginning of a six-day marathon of sheer jazz joy, featuring big names of the local and international scene throughout clubs, theatres and open-air venues of the City. This will be a real welcoming night for everyone.

Today begins Buenos Aires Jazz.09, the second edition of the Festival organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The opening concert by Fred Hersch Trio (photo) at Teatro Presidente Alvear tonight will formally mark the beginning of a series of music shows that, until Tuesday 8, will make the delight of audiences at theatres, clubs and open-air venues throughout the City. In addition, beginning this afternoon, there will be master classes (see details separately), workshops, a film season, the presentation of works registered in the previous edition, clinics, a business round and dialogues among musicians.

D’3, or Jorge Pardo on saxs and flute, Francis Posé on double bass and José Vázquez “Roper” on drums, are coming to Buenos Aires for the first time, bringing along their exquisite fusion of flamenco and jazz. We can delight in their remarkable music on Monday 7 at 9pm at Teatro 25 de Mayo, in the neighbourhood of Villa Urquiza. Tickets, from 10 Argentine pesos, are already on sale at www.festivales.gob.ar or in person Monday through Saturday from 11am to 7pm at Casa de la Cultura (Av. de Mayo 575) and Teatro 25 de Mayo (Av. Triunvirato 4444).

This is the full list of participants of the workshop "La voz que recorre el jazz", to be conducted by Roxana Amed (photo) Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 at 5pm at Teatro 25 de Mayo. Those selected to participate are alphabetically listed below:

Aliboni, Elsa - Alvarado, Leila - Alza Poch, Carolina - Aranda, Sabrina - Arienti, Fiorella - Augurio, Daniela - Barzola, Coral - Bayer, Karol - Birarelli, Florencia - Biscayart, Bernardo - Bliman, Michelle - Britos, Rocio - Bobadilla, Florencia – Cal, Julieta – Carol, Mariah – Celave, Laura – Cimoli, Mariana – Citwar, Andrea – Choia Silva, Sofía – De Piero, Eliana - Domian, Amparo - Ebbeke, Bárbara - Ebu Isaac, Valeria, Failla Carrera, Alfredo - Fernández, Magalí - Ferrari, Paula - Fiori, Eva - Frigerio, Celeste - Gómez, Carolina - Gonda, Lola – Hermida, Lorena - Ilé, Belén - Iranzi, Mariana – Issa Joya, Ana – Juan Bennanzar, Silvia – Kenny, María Mercedes – Kreimer, Clara - Labandeira, María José - Longarini, Lucrecia - López, María Eugenia - Maddío, María Inés - Maeve, Popy - Marino, Marisa - Monzón, Natalia - Monzón, Vanesa - Morelli, Luciana, Morello, Florencia - Moyá, Victoria - Museri, Anabella - Neville, Fernanda - Oliva, Luis María - Ortiz Mugica, María - Paroli, Valentino - Pasqualini, Belén -Piñero, Guadalupe - Pirotzky, Lucía - Prodan, Jazmin - Rego, Patricia - Rey, Gachi - Rubio, Florencia Sol – Sancisi, Gabriela Silvina – Sapegno, María Emilia – Valenzuela, Viviana – Varela, Andrés - Vidal, Majo - Vilchez, Daniel - West, Haydee - Zambonini, Juan Pedro. In the three sessions, the singer and composer –alongside Nicolás Ospina– will be analysing the vocal resources of the genre throughout the decades, their integration by different singers and their application to the current interpretation of the genre’s repertoire.