MONTALCINO JAZZ AND WINE 2008

July 9-20 Montalcino jazz and wine festival 2008 comes back!

Some of the most important interpreter of the Italian and international jazz scene will meet in the XIV century fortress of this medieval hilltop town in Tuscany.
The audience can listen to these artists tasting the prestigious wine, the Brunello of Montalcino.

Wednesday July 9th
LUCA VELOTTI JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Luca Velotti Sax, clarinet player and composer comes back to Montalcino with his band the Jazz Ensemble. Velotti is a young talent known because of his attentive language of swing, mainstream revised with modern sensibility.

Thursday, July 10 BASS INSTINCT
Bass instinct was born to approach the different sounds of bass guitar. The repertoire is composed entirely by original and different composition as the three bass guitarists come from different back grounds such as funk, be-bop, Latin music and north European jazz.

Friday, July 11 Enrico Rava generations
Enrico Rava, trumpet. Enrico Rava is the most famous and internationally known Italian jazz player

Saturday, July 12 The Yellow Jackets featuring Mike Stern
Mike Stern: Guitar player. The Jellow Jackets comes back to Moltalcino. They have been on the international jazz scene for about 25 years now and they still propose a very ad-libbed jazz. Guest star is Mike Stern, a very famous American guitar player with 3 Grammy awards nominee: his music goes from modern to jazz and fusion.

Thursday July17 Chicago Jazz Ensemble
The most celebrated jazz orchestra is composed by 21 elements. The Ensemble is made with famous and well known jazz players but also by some young players full of genius and talent.

Friday, July 18 Ronnie Cuber Band
Ronnie Cuber was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 25, 1941 and he composed, arranged music with his band since 1959. He is known as the biggest sax-baritone, a fresh mix of jazz, hard bop, soul, R&B and Latin music

Saturday, July 19 SHAWN MONTEIRO
Shawn delighted his public in the US and in Europe her pop jazz mixed with blues. She is not only a valid Jazz Players who worked with big names such as Clark terry, Lionel Hampton and Ray Brown but she teaches also at the Hartt School/Jackie Mclean Institute of jazz in Hartford, CT but also at the Rhode Island College in providence, RI

Sunday, July 20 Stefano Bollani Carioca
Stefano Bollani: Piano man. What is carioca? It is a new music journey that this acclaimed piano player decided to take form Samba and Choro; the real leitmotif of Rio de Janeiro. The project has been edited by a famous journalist and expert Alberto Riva for the Universal Italy Music.

Concerts begin at 9,30 pm
Place: Montalcino Fortress
for info: 0577 849331