Pomigliano Jazz Festival, from 28th to 31st July at the public park of Pomigliano d'Arco.
Chucho Valdés and Paquito D'Rivera, Enzo Avitabile and the Neapolitan Jazz Orchestra, Eivind Aarset Quartet and the “Viaggio in Italia” by Gigi De Rienzo and Marco Zurzolo: the XXVII edition of Pomigliano Jazz comes to life with the final week full of events.
After the exciting concert on the top of Vesuvius by Raiz and Avishai Cohen with Francesco Nastro, from 28 to 31 July the festival returns home, to the Parco Pubblico “Giovanni Paolo II” in Pomigliano d'Arco. In the place that marked the success of the event born in 1996 and that hosted memorable live performances by legendary jazz musicians: Chick Corea, Charlie Haden, McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal, Stanley Clarke, Jan Garbarek, Roy Hargrove, Art Ensemble of Chicago.
The first day – with free admission – will be dedicated to the activities of Young Jazz Lab, a project of the Pomigliano Jazz Foundation, funded by the Department of Education of the Campania Region and the Ministry of Culture, created with 12 schools in Campania. On Thursday 28 July, from 20.30:70 pm, the Orchestra del Ritmo e dell'Improvvisazione will perform, an ensemble of 1600 musicians, born from the annual experience of Young Jazz Lab, which involved a total of 8 boys and girls from 18 to XNUMX years old. A special laboratory for approaching music created for this edition of the festival.
From July 29th Pomigliano Jazz comes to life with 3 performances every evening. From 20.30:XNUMX pm, the electro-jazz set of the duo composed of pianist Franco Piccinno and producer Marco De Falco will inaugurate the concert program, giving life to a different performance each time.
The absolute protagonists of the evening of Friday, July 29 will be the legendary Chucho Valdés and Paquito D'Rivera with their Reunion sextet. After starting their tour last May at the Mastercard Jazz Fest in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the two Cuban musicians arrive in Europe for a series of exclusive dates. With them, a superb ensemble that includes Diego Urcola on trumpet and valve trombone, Armando Gola on double bass and electric bass, Dafnis Prieto on drums and Roberto Vizcaino Jr on percussion.
Before them, the duo performance by Francesco Nastro and Marco Zurzolo with a preview of the new project produced by Itinera, the festival's label.
Saturday, July 30, the meeting between Enzo Avitabile and the Neapolitan Jazz Orchestra, directed by Mario Raja, is renewed. With an original production that retraces live, with an ensemble of 16 musicians, the artistic and human path of the Neapolitan singer-songwriter and composer through significant songs, world idioms, devotional songs and meetings that have marked his life-music.
Opening with a curious live performance for drums only by Claudio Romano dedicated to Max Roach.
The final evening of the XXVII edition, Sunday 31 July, will see the quintet led by Gigi De Rienzo with Marco Zurzolo, Carlo Fimiani, Vittorio Riva and Paolo Sessa on stage with the project “Viaggio in Italia”. A revisitation of some of the most beautiful arias from the operatic repertoire, popular songs and classics of Italian pop music presented live in a completely new guise. Following this, the Eivind Aarset Quartet will present its latest work, “Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey”. The Norwegian guitarist returns to Pomigliano Jazz with his particular formation – with two drums – capable of skillfully mixing energy and creativity, jazz and electronics.
In addition to music, the festival directed by Onofrio Piccolo will also host the “Sound Stories” exhibition at the Palazzo dell'Orologio in Pomigliano d'Arco, guided tours and tastings curated by Slow Food, the Green Jazz project and listening guide workshops.
Planned and funded by the Campania Region and the Ministry of Culture, the festival is organized by the Pomigliano Jazz Foundation, in partnership with Scabec, the Vesuvius National Park Authority and the municipality of Pomigliano d'Arco.
Tickets to attend the concerts of the 29,30th edition of the Pomigliano Jazz festival in Campania are available on the Azzurroservice circuit and in the main regional sales points. Season tickets are also available for the events in Pomigliano d'Arco on 31, XNUMX and XNUMX July.
For pre-sale information: tel. 081 5934001 – www.azzurroservice.net.
Article published on 27 July 2022 - 19:00
