Ua month of Jazz with the Pozzuoli Faber Jazz Festival, the Campi Flegrei festival that combines music, archaeology and the culture of the Phlegraean Fields, now in its tenth edition. From 20 June to 27 July, appointments almost every day with the musical excellence of jazz in the suggestive sites of the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields, but also throughout the territory, through the “Club” circuit that showcases young talents. Enrico Pieranunzi, a giant of world jazz in the company of his trio and the “Phlegraean” voice of Valentina Ranalli at the Castello Di Baia (5 July), the jazz quartet Uneven Quartet of Stefania Tallini at the Terme Di Baia (10 July), the trombonist Filippo Vignati and his quartet at the Anfiteatro Flavio (22 July) and the pianist Giovanni Guidi at the Acropoli Di Cuma/ Antro Della Sibilla (23 July) will amplify with their notes the suggestion of the Phlegraean archaeological sites. Exceptional settings for the numerous musical events will also be the breathtaking panorama of Torrefumo a Monte di Procida, the green nature of the Fondi di Baia Natural Park, of Lake Lucrino and Lake Averno, as well as some enchanting private structures: Villa Edlweiss on Lake Fusaro, the Calamoresca overlooking the Gulf of Miseno, the Temple of Neptune or more properly the Hadrianic Baths in Pozzuoli, Terrazza Ventidue adjacent to the Antonino Pio Stadium, Villa Matarese in Monte di Procida, the Cerillo Park, an oasis of environment and culture and Maison Toledo, the LaNovecento bookshop with book events and a jazz workshop for children, La Dimora Marigold with a special event dedicated to senior citizens, Terrazza Aruna with its fantastic view, the Irish pub Madigan's, the vineyards of Cantine Averno, del Gruccione and Quarto (IV Miglio). This year's Festival, organized by APS Jazz and Conversation, confirms the extraordinary collaboration already started last year, with the Parco Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, partner of the event, which in addition to making the archaeological sites available to host the concerts, also supports their activities, demonstrating an innovative spirit of management of cultural heritage, of great openness and close to citizens. The event also supports the activities of the Fondazione CASAMORE, a non-profit solidarity foundation, which deals with children and young adults affected by genetic and neurodevelopmental diseases. During the events, the Foundation will be present with its own information point and fundraiser. As always, at the end of the concerts, each artist will be given the "Peace Bomb" by Maestro Raffaele Ariante - an artist from Pozzuoli who works in Assisi - as a symbol of the union and sharing that music always manages to create. The festival opens with Gegè Munari with his New quartet on June 20 at the Akademia Cucina & more on Lake Lucrino. “Hot” atmospheres for a true legend of Italian jazz, who presents himself with a quartet composed of the promising soprano sax Vittorio Cuculo, with Leonardo Borghi on piano and Enrico Mianulli on double bass. On June 21 and 23 the Festival begins its journey in the land of myth, in collaboration with the Ente Comune di Monte di Procida and the Associazione Factotum, with two events: at Villa Matarese for the Festa della Musica with Flo in concert, singer-songwriter and theater actress, one of the most interesting and versatile personalities of “World music d'autore” and in Acquamorta, Torrefumo, a breathtaking setting, with the band Guappecartò, born in Perugia as a group of street artists and characterized by a strong sense of stylistic freedom and a deep musical poetics.
The appointments at the sites of the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields will see:
On July 5th at the Castello d Baia the great Enrico Pieranunzi with his trio and the beautiful “flegrean” voice of Valentina Ranalli in “Valentina sings Pieranunzi”. Accompanying them are the musicians Giuseppe Romagnoli on double bass and Cesare Mangiocavallo on drums. Pieranunzi is the only Italian musician ever and one of the very few Europeans to have played and recorded several times in the historic “Village Vanguard” in New York with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian (Camjazz, 2010). It was for “Live at The Village Vanguard” with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian (Camjazz, 2010) that he was awarded the 2014 Echo Jazz Award – the German equivalent of the American Grammy – as Best International Piano Player. The prestigious American magazine “Down Beat” included his CD “Live in Paris”, in trio with Hein Van de Geyn and André Ceccarelli (Challenge), among the best CDs of the 2000/2010 decade. He composed several hundred pieces, some of which are now true standards played and recorded by musicians all over the world (“Night bird”, “Don't forget the poet”, “Fellini's waltz”) and included in the American Standard Book. On July 10, the Antiche Terme di Baia will be the exceptional setting for the stellar quartet Uneven Quartet by Stefania Tallini with Greg Hutchinson on drums, Gabriele Mirabassi on clarinet and Matteo Bortone on double bass. Stefania Tallini is one of the most appreciated Italian jazz pianists, composers and arrangers, whose original language makes her one of the most interesting and established figures in the international music scene today. The UNEVEN quartet features two famous international musicians: the drummer Greg Hutchinson, considered among the greatest drummers in the world, and the extraordinary clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi, with whom Stefania Tallini has already recorded two albums, one of which is the highly acclaimed Maresìa (Alfa Music, 2008). A new project, this, based on the pianist's highly original music, with many unreleased songs created for this quartet – UNEVEN – which will soon go into the recording studio for a new album. On July 22nd at the Flavian Amphitheater in Pozzuoli, a symbolic place of Puteoli Biblical City, the quartet of trombonist Filippo Vignato will be on stage. Alongside him, Giovanni Guidi on piano, Luca Fattorini on double bass and Emanuele Maniscalco on drums. Vignato, trombonist, composer and arranger born in Thiene (VI) in 1987, began studying the trombone at just 10 years old. He carries out an intense concert activity in Italy and throughout Europe as a “sideman” and as leader of his own artistic projects. Today he is considered one of the most interesting Italian musicians of his generation. Vignato will also be the protagonist on July 21st of a Workshop, open to musicians and non-musicians, at Palazzo Migliaresi in Rione Terra. On July 23rd, special conversation with the Sibyl with pianist Giovanni Guidi at the Acropolis of Cuma in front of the Sibyl's Cave. has won various awards including the Top Jazz referendum organized by the magazine Musica Jazz, as best new talent 2007. He presents himself, in a solo piano, with his new work, dedicated to the great Léo Ferré and entitled Avec Le Temps – one of the most touching songs in the repertoire of the great French singer-songwriter – who will certainly be fascinated and particularly inspired by the symbolic place of the Campi Flegrei, that of the Antro Virgiliano, of the Cumaean Sibyl. Giovanni Guidi, therefore, with his music that “aims straight at the heart and hits the mark”. Many more, the appointments in the PJF clubs of the Phlegraean territory. For the complete program and details of the events: www.pozzuolijazzfestival.it
The Festival is organized by the Jazz & Conversation Association, which has been committed for years to testifying its role in the culture of the Campi Flegrei, through a path in which music meets the territory, the charm of its landscapes, its history and its contradictions. Since last year, the event has been supported in particular by the sponsor Faber Italia srl, a Campania company that produces coffee machines, leaders in the sector for mechanics and design, attentive to the cultural ferments and events that characterize them. In addition to the collaboration of the Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park, it enjoys the moral patronage of the Municipality of Pozzuoli, the Municipality of Monte di Procida and the Municipality of the City of Assisi, Pozzuoli, the contribution of the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Naples and has among its partners the National Association I – Jazz.
Article published on 13 June 2019 - 10:53
