Vocal jazz

Grammy-nominated American jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn makes her Athens debut at the Half Note on November 16-19, with a program inspired by jazz greats including Sarah Vaughan, Bobby McFerrin and Abbey Lincoln that contains elements of R&B, soul and hard bop. She is joined by Victor Gould on piano, Barry Stephenson on bass and Henry Conerway III on drums. Shows start at 10.30 p.m.

The second largest city in Bulgaria - Plovdiv, which has been designated as one of the 2019 European Capitals of Culture, will host a jazz festival between November 2 and 6.

Grammy winner Kurt Elling will open this year's edition of the Jazz Festival with some of his most famous songs for which he has been nominated ten times for the musical awards.