
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa | jazzopen 2025
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Artist infos
Biography
Bonamassa is a three-time Grammy-nominated artist and multiple Blues Music Award winner. With over 50 released albums, including studio and live recordings as well as collaborations with projects like Black Country Communion and Rock Candy Funk Party, he is considered a living legend. He is also a prolific producer and has released numerous albums through his label KTBA Records. Additionally, he recently founded Journeyman LLC, a company for artist management, record label services, concert promotion, and marketing for independent artists.
His non-profit organization, Keeping The Blues Alive, has supported over 100,000 students and raised over $2.2 million in donations. Bonamassa’s new album and film "Live At The Hollywood Bowl With Orchestra" will be released worldwide on June 21st.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd has sold millions of albums worldwide and, in addition to his five Grammy nominations, he has won two Billboard Music Awards, a pair of Orville H. Gibson awards, the Blues Foundation’s Keeping The Blues Alive award. He’s had ten #1 blues albums and a string of #1 mainstream rock singles.
Bobby Rush is a three time Grammy winning legend. With over 400 recordings, he is considered by many to be the greatest bluesman currently performing. He was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame in 2006, has received seven Grammy nominations, and has won an astounding fourteen Blues Music Awards including B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.
Tankus, the high-energy rocknrollers from London, are constantly on tour, thrilling festivals worldwide like Glastonbury and Fusion. The versatile band, led by Jaz Delorean and influenced by international styles, is working on their fourth album following Luna Park! (2020) and is expanding their creative world through collaborations with visual artists.
Concert venue
The biggest jazzopen events take place at Schlossplatz Stuttgart. Three acts take the stage each evening and their concerts can be experienced with just one ticket. On the grandstand, especially built for visitors, plenty of seating is available as well as standing space in between the stage and the grandstand. World stars of pop, rock, soul and jazz music will perform on the impressive stage in front of a spectacular backdrop in the Ehrenhof of the New Palace. Schlossplatz will be the main stage for the second part of the jazzopen from 7 to 13 July 2025.