August 20th – 21.30
Piazza Angelio – Barga
Maurizio Geri Swing Quintet
Maurizio Geri – guitar/singer
Leonardo Boni – guitar
Luca Giovacchini – guitar
Michele Marini – clarinet
Nicola Vernuccio – double bass
Barga Jazz 2010 is dedicated to Steve Swallow, a major character of contemporary jazz. Barga Jazz, directed by Giancarlo Rizzardi, is an international contest for jazz big band arrangements and compositions. It is a very important event during the Tuscan Summer, and in Italy, is one of the most interesting festivals for jazz lovers.
Details:
by car: from Lucca ss12 towards Abetone, then take ss445 road towards Castelnuovo Garfagnana until Fornaci di Barga, here follow the signs for Barga. Park outside the city wall.
Buses from Lucca.
0583724418, info@bargajazz.it
Barga Jazz was born in 1986 and its editions have been very important for the diffusion and knowledge of particularly significant composers in the history of Jazz music: from Charles Mingus to John Coltrane, from Bill Evans to Miles Davis, from Duke Ellington to Ella Fitzgerald. However, Barga Jazz has also been dedicated to less well known figures, in search of those experiences of contamination which this type of music, born among the Afroamericans in North America, has gone through with other musical traditions. For this reason, the theme for Barga Jazz 96 was based on the relationship between jazz and Latin America, and in ’98 was dedicated to the European composer Gorni Kramer. In 2000 and 2001 the protagonists of the contest were Enrico Rava and Gianluigi Troversi. The 2003 edition was dedicated to Lee Konitz, who played as soloist of the orchestra.