One of the most vital parts of Barga Jazz Festival which finished this week was not to be found in the piazzas or as part of the concerts in the Teatro dei Differenti but during the late night jam sessions that took place each evening at the Enojazz Club. Continue reading ‘Silvano Togneri Prize 2008′
Barga Jazz Festival 2008 - Final Concert
The month long Jazz extrava - ganza known as the Barga Jazz Festival came to its climax this weekend in Barga with the final concert in the Teatro dei Differenti where in front of a large and enthusiastic audience, the jazz composers and musicians who had entered for the Barga Jazz Festival 2008 put their music in the very capable hands of Bruno Tommaso and the BargaJazz Orchestra. Continue reading ‘Barga Jazz Festival 2008 - Final Concert’
Concorso BargaJazz08 David Liebman & BargaJazz Orchestra diretta dal M°Bruno Tommaso
SEZIONE A arrangiamenti su musiche di David Liebman -
THE GENTLE WARRIOR arr. di Michele Corcella Continue reading ‘BargaJazz Sez A’
SEZIONE C compo - sizioni e arrangia - menti - allievi Siena Jazz 08
KIDS ARE PRETTY PEOPLE di T.Jones/arr. di Giovanni Vancheri
DOVE FINISCE IL CIELO di Alberto Bellavia
SEZIONE B composizioni originali
T.N.T. di Maria Teresa Tecchi
FAT FISH di Marco Postacchini
MR D.H. di Salvatore Cirillo
BREAK BEER di Lorenzo Agnifili Continue reading ‘Barga jazz Sez. C+B’
David Liebman Quartet in concert
David Liebman with his quartet played to a standing room only Teatro dei Differenti in Barga Vecchia this evening for the first event of the Barga Jazz festival 2008 featuring the American sax player who’s name is on all the posters, t-shirts and tickets this year - David was there in person and whipping up a storm. Continue reading ‘David Liebman Quartet in concert’
Barga Jazz Sez. D Second Concert
The Luigi Bozzolan Quartet “quartetto phonè” and the Freedom Voice Trance Ensemble mounted the stage in Piazza Angelio this evening to see which group would go forward to the final concert at the end of the week as winners of the Sez D - Best new jazz group. Continue reading ‘Barga Jazz Sez. D Second Concert’
The Caterina Palazzi Quartet and the Fiorenzo Bodrato Trio fought it out this evening on the stage in Piazza Angelio to see which group would go forward to the final concert at the end of the week as winners of the Sez D - Best new jazz group. The Caterina Palazzi Quartet
Caterina Palazzi- contrabbasso | Danielle Di Majo-sax | Giacomo Ancillotto-chitarra | Maurizio Chiavaro-batteria Continue reading ‘Barga Jazz Sez. D Concert’
Barga in Jazz - Bargajazz festival 2008
The threatened bad weather kept way and the people just kept on coming. BargaJazz Festival 2008 off to a great start today with the sound of jazz right through the centro storico. There was no place where you could go this afternoon in Barga Vecchia where it was possible to not hear some live jazz music. Every single piazza had a different jazz band playing a different kind of jazz and to a different beat. Continue reading ‘Barga in Jazz - Bargajazz festival 2008′
Kingston Youth Big Band in Piazza Angelio
The Barga Jazz Festival 2008 officially starts on Sunday but there have been a couple of Jazz events this weekend to “wet the palate” so to speak. Riccardo Arrighini yesterday in the Villa Moorings with his jazz music based around some of the arias from Puccini - (article here) and this evening in Piazza Angelio - the Kingston Youth Big Band from England. Continue reading ‘Kingston Youth Big Band in Piazza Angelio’
Riccardo Arrighini - Puccini in Jazz
Full house at the Hotel Villa Moorings this evening as Riccardo Arrighini played a selection from his latest series of works based around the music of Giacomo Puccini. A perfect evenings entertainment sitting round the pool watching the stars overhead and listening to the notes floating out from piano of Riccardo. The Barga Jazz Festival 2008 is off and running in style. Continue reading ‘Riccardo Arrighini - Puccini in Jazz’
Nell’attesa che la 21a edizione del Barga Jazz Festival entri nel vivo con la fase finale del concorso di arrangiamento e composizione per orchestra jazz, tre appuntamenti da non perdere a Barga: Giovedì 21 agosto in Piazza Angelio Siena Jazz Big Band diretta da Klaus Lessman, mentre il 22 agosto, nella spledida cornice di Villa Moorings, Riccardo Arrighini presenterà il suo omaggio a Giacomo Puccini in chiave Jazz. Continue reading ‘Siena Jazz Band in concert’
BargaJazz Youth Orchestra in Castelnuovo
Is something strange happening with music and being seated in Garfagnana or is it just a coincidence?
A couple of weeks ago at the Goran Bregović concert at the Fortezza di Montalfonzo just above Castelnuovo Garfagnana there was some fierce polemic, an outright shouting match and even a strange request from Bregović who stopped the music at one point and asked that the audience sit down and refrain from dancing (article here) This evening it was the other side of the coin when the BargaJazz Youth Orchestra played a concert as part of the Turnaround series in the main piazza in Castelnuovo. Continue reading ‘BargaJazz Youth Orchestra in Castelnuovo’
Buster Keaton - Bruno Tommaso Orchestra
The Bruno Tommaso Orchestra with the Maestro Bruno Tommaso himself at the helm were at Capannori this evening supplying the sound track to a black and white comic classic film projected outside onto a large screen at a purpose built amphitheatre in the town.
No digital stuff this but real musicians playing real live music as real film whipped through the projector. Continue reading ‘Buster Keaton - Bruno Tommaso Orchestra’
Barga Jazz 2008 “turn around” concert
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. Continue reading ‘Barga Jazz 2008 “turn around” concert’
Barga Jazz Festival 2008 dedicated to David Liebman
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