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Lake Angels Soul Festival 11-13 Luglio

Programma Definitivo Lake Angels Soul Friday 11th July 8.30 pm - Soul Italian Community House Band#3 Tiziana “Melanina” Noccioli - voce Daniele “amnesia99″ Palla - voce Massimo “Fabio Rapatmax” Rapezzi - tastiere e cori Jack Nannini - chitarra Gino “Tonico” Marchi - basso Mauro “xnientefacile” Palla - batteria 10.30 - Mr. Pitiful Soul Band Cristina “criccanta” Salotti - voce Fabio ... [Link]


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Turnaround - Maggio in Jazz - Fortezza delle Verrucole

18 luglio: Fortezza delle Verrucole (S. Romano in Garfagnana)
MAGGIO in JAZZ spettacolo per “banda metafisica” maggianti e trio jazz di Nicolao Valiensi
The Barga jazz Turnaround moves further up into Garfagnana to the Fortress Verrucole at S. Romano for a concert of mixed musical culture -jazz and traditional maggio music .
All under the baton of Nicolao Valiensi Continue reading ‘Turnaround - Maggio in Jazz - Fortezza delle Verrucole’

Turnaround Castiglione - Dimitri Grechi Espinoza

Barga Jazz 2008 in full swing this evening in Castiglione Garfagnana with the second of the “turn around” events - itinerant concerts in various municipalities following the scheme of the traditional “Girando alla Tonda/Turn Around”. A musical voyage of discovery of the Garfagnana and Lucca province - an open invitation to investigate places of particular natural beauty and cultural interest whilst enjoying a concert of the highest quality.

Dimitri Grechi Espinoza on saxophone with Silvia Bolognesi on double bass, Gabrio Baldacci on guitar and Danile Paoletti on drums. The concert was entitled “Blues” Continue reading ‘Turnaround Castiglione - Dimitri Grechi Espinoza’

Note Noire - 1st turnaround concert Gallicano

Barga Jazz 2008 kicked off this evening in Gallicano (just a bit further down the valley) with the first of the “turn around” events - itinerant concerts in various municipalities following the scheme of the traditional “Girando alla Tonda/Turn Around”. A musical voyage of discovery of the Garfagnana and Lucca province - an open invitation to investigate places of particular natural beauty and cultural interest whilst enjoying a concert of the highest quality.

The group Note Noire who carried the label “gipsy jazz” on the posters where introduced on stage by Alessandro Rizzardi with a short polemic on the nature of gipsy life in Italy today.
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BargaJazz Festival 2008 dates announced

The final dates were published this morning for the Barga Jazz Festival 2008. Guest of honour will be David Liebman, one of the foremost contemporary saxophone players who has been active on the international Jazz scene since the early ’70s
Together with the BargaJazz Orchestra Liebman will play arrangements and compositions written especially for him by the participants of the competition,

whilst on the 27th of August there will be a quartet performance of Liebman together with of some of the very best Italian Jazz musicians: Alessandro Fabbri on drums, Alessandro Galati on piano and Ares Tavolazzi on doublebass.
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BargaJazz_Festival_2008 dedicato a David Liebman

BargaJazz_Festival_2008 dedicated to David LiebmanNotice for enrolment in the twenty-first BargaJazz competition has been published

Guest of honour will be David Liebman, one of the foremost contemporary saxophone players who has been active on the international Jazz scene since the early ’70s
Together with the BargaJazz Orchestra Liebman will play arrangements and compositions written especially for him by the participants of the competition, whilst on the 27th of August thewre will be a quartet performance of Liebman together with of some of the very best Italian Jazz musicians: Alessandro Fabbri on drums, Alessandro Galati on piano and Ares Tavolazzi on doublebass.
As for every edition, the composition is articulated according to different categories:
(A) arrangements
(B) original compositions
(C) new composers (in collaboration with the Siena Jazz Seminars)
(D) new groups
Sections A, B, C will take place the 28th, 29th, and 30th of August at the Teatro dei Differenti in Barga. Section D will take place the 25th and 26th of August in the gardens of the Istituto Superiore di Istruzione in Barga. Included within Secttion D the ‘Luca Flores’ prize for best soloist newcomer will be awarded.
As well as the competition, BargaJazz_Festival_2008 envisages many other appointments between June and November: itinerant concerts in various municipalities following the scheme of the traditional “Girando alla Tonda/Turn Around” musical voyage of discovery of the Garfagnana and Lucca province - an open invitation to investigate places of particular natural beauty and cultural interest whilst enjoying a concert of the highest quality.