Villanos del Jazz

A cycle of jazz concerts in Madrid bringing together national and international acts, with Sala Villanos as its main venue and a programme ranging from flamenco jazz to bossa nova.

The Villanos del Jazz cycle stages concerts throughout the year with the aim of bringing this genre to very different audiences. Its name refers to La Villa de Madrid and to the old sense of villano as a member of the common people, as opposed to the noble or the hidalgo. Although Sala Villanos is its main venue, performances are also spread across other spaces in the capital.

The programme brings together a very varied range of proposals: jazz fusion, flamenco jazz, Cuban jazz, bossa nova, folk, samba, tango and mestizaje. Established figures share the bill with emerging artists who have earned their place on their own merits. Some of these concerts preview the JAZZMADRID festival.

The cycle was born with the aspiration of becoming a regular fixture and seeks to remove the label of music reserved for a few from jazz. Its approach is inclusive and plural, with jazz as the common denominator of all the proposals.