Jazz club live music in Florence

Program of March 2011

Concerts start at 10.15 pm - members only

For 8 euros only (renewal 5 euros) you can buy a membership card valid till 31st December 2011

Info & reservations: Vincenzo Ricchi, 335 6146115; after 9 p.m., 055-2479700

Tuesday 1st BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 2nd NADIA ANGILELLA GROUP. Modern arrangement of Italian 40's and 50's songs and 30's and 40's American swing, with bossa nova & more. Nadia Angilella: vocals; Mario Codacci: sax; Silvano Grandi: piano; Piero Barbetti: drums; Paolo Bulletti: bass.

Thursday 3th “Jazz new standards”. Tonight JAZZ JAM SESSION, with Marco Pezzola: piano; Carlo Bonamico: bass; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 4th PERFIDIA QUARTET. The group, whose name comes from a very famous 30's bolero, works to restore the intense and full of pathos atmosphere of bolero, son and latino music, especially the traditional Cuban. Francesco Birardi and Gianni Biondi: guitars & vocals; Paolo Casu: percussions; “Sandrito” Garbey: trumpet.

Saturday 5th Special Event! FRANCESCO SANTUCCI QUARTET. FRANCESCO SANTUCCI: sax; LUCA MARIANINI: tromba, MAX TEMPIA: Hammond; Cosimo Marchese: batteria. An ecceptional “All Star Band”.

Sunday 6th and Monday 7th closed.

Tuesday 8th CARNIVAL BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 9th JAZZ FROM THE VILLAGE. JAZZ ENSEMBLES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Every two weeks, a night dedicated to new talents in Jazz! The best jazz students of New York University of Florence on stage at Jazz Club with other musicians; after the concert, Jam Session!

Thursday 10th “Jam triorganic electric style” - JAZZ JAM SESSION (Jazz funk free style) with Franco Santarnecchi: Hammond; Luca Gelli: guitar; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 11th SCIABADOGA. Leonardo Galigani: vocals, drums and trumpet; Folco Tredici: guitar and h armonica; Emiliano Tozzi: vocals, bass and clarinet. Three skilled musicians for a lively rock-swing night.

Saturday 12th I.F.S (Italian Funky Sound). Franco Baggiani, Cosimo Boni, Gianni Ciapetti: trumpet; Andrea Coppini & Giacomo Downie: sax; Roberto Beneventi: accordion; Leonardo Passigli: guitar; Filippo Poggi: bass; Gerard La Torraca: percussions; Fabio Ferrini: drums; Vincenzo Genovese: keyboards. A sound inspired by the jazz- rock of Miles Davis and Herbie Hanckock.

Sunday 13th and Monday 14th closed.

Tuesday 15th BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 16th C.A.M. ON! Concert with the teachers of C.A.M. (Centro Attività Musicali) in Florence. With Cosimo Marchese, Alessandro Di Puccio, Stefano Rapicavoli, Leonardo Volo, Massimiliano Calderai.

Thursday 17th Cool & Be Bop JAZZ JAM SESSION. Tonight “cool jazz jam session” with Silvano Grandi: piano; Maurizio Bozzi: bass guitar and double bass; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 18th MUSICHERIA. Claudio Giovagnoli: sax; Leonardo Volo: electric piano, keyboards; Carlo Bonamico: bass; Bernardo Guerra: drums. A super-band playing best contemporary jazz.

Saturday 19th Special event! From New York STEVE HUDSON CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. A group dedicated to performing original music that seeks to inspire. The ensemble's roots are in jazz and classical music however their sound has no boundaries and is influenced by genres such as tango, folk, and indie rock music. The quartet features violinist Zach Brock, cellist Jean-Philippe Feiss, percussionist Martin Urbach, and Steve Hudson on piano and melodica. Keyboard Magazine writes of Hudson's unique sound, “Exquisitely beautiful compositions…there is a quest for beauty in his lines that evoke the masters.”

Sunday 20th and Monday 21st closed.

Tuesday 22th BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 23th JAZZ FROM THE VILLAGE. JAZZ ENSEMBLES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Every two weeks, a night dedicated to new talents in Jazz! The best jazz students of New York University of Florence on stage at Jazz Club with other musicians; after the concert, Jam Session!

Thursday 24th MODERN JAZZ JAM SESSION + “Quartet House Band”. Tonight jazz jam session with Simone Marrucci: guitar; Nicola Cellai: trumpet; Francesca Taranto: bass guitar; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 25th. THE BEERS BROTHERS. SOUL BAND. Ten musicians with the passion of the Blues Brothers and the vitality of The Commitments.

Saturday 26th CLAUDIA TELLINI QUARTET “Kind of standard”. Claudia Tellini: voce; Mauro Avanzini: sassofono, flauto; Nicola Vernuccio: contrabbasso; Andrea Melani: batteria. Four exceptional musicians play famous standard, with personal arrangement and style.

Sunday 27th and Monday 28th closed.

Tuesday 29th BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 30th VINTAGE PEOPLE. Giovanna Andreani ed Elena Sarti: vocals; Roberto Sarti e Alessandro Calabrò: guitars; Franco Agresti: bass; Fabio Poggiali: drums. Pop cover band.

Thursday 31st Mr. BANANA BAND. Marco “Mr. Banana” Pieraccini: guitar and vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Alessandro Solenni: keyboards; Marco Confetti: drums. Original compositions of “Mr. Banana” Pieraccini, inspired by all the nuances of black music. Presentation of new CD Come from Here.