Rea, Pieranunzi, Elio, Servillo, Girotto, and many other big names to celebrate jazz and great wine. And in a European 'exclusive', the 'Tribute to Michael Brecker'.
The fourteenth edition of Jazz & Wine in Montalcino, one of the longest-running events on the Italian music scene, the result of the collaboration between Castello Banfi, the well-known Montalcino winery, the cultural association Jazz & Image of Rome and the Municipality of Montalcino, this year presents a programme of absolute prestige, with some real gems to satisfy even the most refined palates.
14th edition Jazz & Wine in Montalcino: the programme
Wednesday 13 July the opening concert, to be held within the evocative walls of Castello Banfi and featuring Emanuele Basentini, one of the most important guitarists on the international jazz scene, with hisPure Jazz Quartet. From 14 July the festival will move, as tradition has it, to the splendid 14th-century fortress of Montalcino with the original meeting of Jazz and World Music by the Salerno Trio & Solis String Quartet, seven elements including violins, violas and cello to accompany the classic rhythmic base of jazz. Friday 15 get ready for an absolutely unmissable project, a European exclusive for Jazz & Wine; the Tribute to Michael Brecker with musicians of the calibre of Joe Calderazzo, Alex Sipiagin, Adam Rogers, Boris Kozlov and Adam Nussbaum.
To follow on Saturday 16 JulyBy popular demand, the Piano Solo of the great Danilo Rea, one of the most elegant and eclectic protagonists of the jazz scene and beyond, returns. To conclude the first week of the festival in an extraordinary way, the 17 July, the Latin sounds of the Girotto-Servillo-Mangalavite trio, an unmissable encounter between jazz and auteur music.
Thursday 21 Julythe quartet led by Lello Panico and Dario Deidda, which will feature the extraordinary participation of harmonica player and vocalist Tollak. To follow, the 22 July, will be another great Italian pianist, Enrico Pieranunzi in duo with Bill Smith's electric clarinet, in Montalcino for one of his very rare Italian performances. Saturday 23 July the best of Bob Dylan's repertoire interpreted by one of jazz's most biting voices, Cinzia Tedesco in the highly anticipated Like Bob Dylan event. The 24 July With the original encounter between the voice of the great and multifaceted Elio accompanied on piano by Roberto Prosseda, one of the most established and talented performers on the international music scene, the extraordinary 2011 edition of the Jazz & Wine festival comes to a close.
For the fourteenth consecutive year, two such intimate and intense pleasures, jazz music and great quality wine, are celebrating their exciting encounter in Montalcino, the symbolic town of Brunello, with increasing success.
For information contact:
Pro-Loco Montalcino - tel. 0577 849331 - Email: info@prolocomontalcino.it
Marketing Banfi - tel. 0577 840 111 - Email: marketing@banfi.it
Concerts: 9.45 p.m. - tickets 12.00/15.00 euro - presale c/o Proloco Montalcino
