Stages are set across the city centre of Perugia for Umbria Jazz 2009 - undoubtedly Italy's main Jazz event of the year.
The eclectic line-up of Umbria Jazz Festival tells the spectators at what extent music can be different and the reasons why it all deserves attention.
Popular songwriters such as Paolo Conte, Burt Bacharach, James Taylor will be performing along with some extreme vanguards such as Cecil Taylor and George Lewis and pop authors such as Steely Dan and Simply Red.
There are also some novel USA-Italy encounters with Wynton Marsalis – Francesco Cafiso and the never before seen duo Chick Corea – Stefano Bollani. Charles Mingus music will be celebrated with the Mingus Dynasty and Quintorigo. Italian Jazz will be well represented, as usual with, among the others Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Gianluca Petrella, Enrico Pieranunzi, Renato Sellani, Danilo Rea, Roberto Gatto and Gabriele Mirabassi, plus the curious “intrusion” of Gino Paoli who shares a good feeling with the jazz music.
Jazz is served with everything, including restaurants presenting jazz-inspired dishes and nights dedicated to pairing the right kind of jazz music to the right kind of Italian wines.
In order to get all the details of the program and further information visit https://www.umbriajazz.it/en/.
