Barga in jazz 2010

On what was a perfect summer day with blue skies above and not a cloud in the sky, Barga Vecchia was filled with hundreds of people enjoying this year’ Barga in Jazz event. After more than two decades of concentrated effort, planning and a good deal of love from the Rizzardi family, the Barga In Jazz event has turned into the most popular and enjoyable outdoor event here in the city. A dozen hugely different jazz groups playing in all of the piazzas in Barga Vecchia with music ranging from the far edges of jazz as it moves into funk and blues as practised by the Organic Groove to the almost minimalist Buddhist sounds emanating from Vittorio Alinari hidden away in the cool and dark of the Duomo and of course who could not ignore the sound of Aristodemo and his keyboards in Piazza Salvo Salvi.

The ribbon was cut to open the event by the Mayor of Barga, Marco Bonini at 5. 30 to the sound of the P-Funking Band marching band, appearing here in Barga for their third consecutive Barga in Jazz event, Riccardo Giulietti and his men from Perugia kept on playing right through the day and as the sun went down, they were still bouncing around and playing their energetic, exuberant and highly watchable version of jazz in front of the largest crowd of the day.

Enojazz Quintet, Organic Groove, The Pellegrini Family Groove, Trio Scafroglia, Saxophonia, I musicanti di Brema,Aristodemo & Friends, Pinori Swing Band. Vittorio Alinari solo in Duomo.

The piazzas and roads of Barga full with the sound of many different types of jazz as the annual “Barga in Jazz” event takes place, once again with the P-Funking Band marching through Barga Vecchia (images from 2008 here) .

Barga IN Jazz. (La Festa del Jazz), 22 Agosto 2010. Come ogni anno il centro storico di Barga sarà invaso per un giorno da oltre dieci gruppi Jazz alcuni itineranti. Quella che era nata come una giornata particolare con lo scopo di coinvolgere il grande pubblico in una manifestazione di musica jazz, si è ormai trasformata nella più coinvolgente ed emblematica giornata di tutto il BargaJazz_Festival. E non poteva essere altrimenti perché i numerosi gruppi di musica jazz che si esibiscono nelle varie piazze e piazzette di Barga, creano una atmosfera euforica con la determinante complicità della bellezza naturale del paese.