With Stefano Bollani the curtain rises on Jazz & Wine 2021 in Montalcino. Next Tuesday, 20 July, in the marvellous Tuscan village, the 24th edition of the festival kicks off, a collaboration between the Banfi winery, the Rubei family of the Alexanderplatz Jazz Club in Rome and the Municipality of Montalcino.
Hosting the opening concert is the evocative Fortezza di Montalcino, which becomes the stage for STEFANO BOLLANI Trio. The versatile pianist, eclectic artist and genius returns to Jazz & Wine after 13 years of absence in the company of Bernardo Guerra on drums and Gabriele Evangelista on double bass. Together they will give life to a unique concert where the only rule is to have fun improvising. A journey that embraces all music, that knows no genres or superstructures, in which the three instruments come together to create a new and extraordinary musical world each evening.
The programme of Jazz & Wine 2021
The festival, whose artistic direction is signed by Paolo Rubei (Alexanderplatz Jazz Club in Rome), then continues until 25 July with other sensational musicians showcasing the best of Italian genius.
On Wednesday 21 July, Jazz & Wine moves to Castello Banfi: starring STEFANO DI BATTISTA with his "Morricone Stories", a heartfelt tribute to Ennio Morricone, one of the masters who brought Italian genius to the world. A project that seals the perfect marriage between jazz and film music and that sees saxophonist Stefano Di Battista joined by pianist Fred Nardin, double bassist Daniele Sorrentino and drummer André Ceccarelli.
Also in the marvellous Banfi Castle will be the appointment on Thursday 22 July with 'Improvvisazione di piano solo', the show in which DANILO REA, one of Italy's greatest pianists, will range from the cornerstones of jazz, through Italian songs, to opera arias, projecting the audience into a world whose paths are yet to be discovered.
Swing, swing and more swing: EMANUELE URSO, the 'King of Swing' with the SESTETTO SWING DI ROMA (Emanuele Urso, clarinet/drums/direction; Claudio Piselli, vibraphone; Emanuele Rizzo, piano; Fabrizio Guarino, guitar; Alessio Urso, double bass; Giovanni Cicchirillo, drums) will arrive at the Montalcino Fortress on Friday 23 July. A journey that starts with the American sounds of the 1940s and arrives at the major composers of American pop music (G. Gershwin, J. Kern, C. Porter, I. Berlin, B. Goodman) and that benefits from the presence of an exceptional special guest LORENZO SORIANO(trumpet).
The combination of music and cinema will be the protagonist of the event on Saturday 24 July, when, on the stage of the Montalcino Fortress, the OBSERVATORIUM ORCHESTRA composed of some of the best Italian jazz musicians and conducted by MASSIMO NUNZI (trumpet, conducting and arrangements) will propose "Jazz in Cinemascope", a concert that will explore the scores of some very famous films, allowing the audience to listen to music of great complexity, rarely performed.
The 24th edition of Jazz & Wine in Montalcino closes on Sunday 25 July with the guitar of ALEX BRITTI, who will bring his extraordinary talent to the Montalcino Fortress in a show that will revisit his repertoire in a more intimate, elegant and pressing key at the same time. With him on stage FLAVIO BOLTRO, eclectic and refined trumpeter. A meeting between two complicit and close-knit musicians for a project under the banner of improvisation with a blues and jazz flavour, enriched by the talent of Davide Savarese on drums, Emanuele Brignola on bass and Mario Fanizzi on piano and keyboards.
