Bergamo Jazz 2006

BERGAMO JAZZ 2006
Artistic Directio di Uri Caine
Bergamo (I), Teatro Donizetti, March 10 - 12, 2006

Friday, March 10th – h. 9pm
John Scofield
plays the music of Ray Charles: "That’s What I Say"
John Scofield (guitar), Dean Bowman (vocals), Gary Versace (Hammond B3, electric piano)
John Benitez (bass), Steve Hass (drums)
Italian tour's first performance

Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Steve Coleman (alto sax), Jen Shyu (vocals),
Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Tim Albright (trombone), Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
National exclusive

Saturday, March 11th – h. 9pm
Drew Gress "7 Black Butterflies"
Tim Berne (alto sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet)
Simon Nabatov (piano), Drew Gress (bass), Tom Rainey (drums)
National exclusive

Stefano Bollani Quintet
Mirko Guerrini (tenor & soprano sax), Nico Gori (clarinets)
Stefano Bollani (piano), Ferruccio Spinetti (bass), Cristiano Calcagnile (drums)

Sunday, March 12th – h. 9pm
Danilo Perez Trio
Danilo Perez (piano), Ben Street (bass), Adam Cruz (drums)
National exclusive

Benny Golson
with Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra
Benny Golson (tenor sax), Maurizio Giammarco (direction, saxes),
Fernando Brusco, Claudio Corvini, Giancarlo Ciminelli, Aldo Bassi (trumpets)
Mario Corvini, Luca Giustozzi, Walter Fantozzi, Massimo Pirone (trombones)
Gianni Oddi, Daniele Tittarelli, Marco Conti, Gianni Savelli, Elvio Ghigliordini (saxes)
Pino Iodice (piano), Luca Pirozzi (bass), Pietro Iodice (drums)
Co-production with Fondazione Musica Per Roma
National exclusive

Events in conjuction with the Festival
Free Entrance

Auditorium di Piazza della Libertà
Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 March from 9am
Meeting with the schools organized by Centro Didattico Produzione Musica

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Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea GAMeC
Friday 10 March – h. 6pm
Fred Frith
(guitar, vocals)

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Sala Conferenze del Teatro Donizetti
Saturday 11th March – h. 6pm
Presentation CD "I Visionari" by Stefano Bollani
with the partecipation of Stefano Bollani
and Pierre Walfisz, artistic directo of Label Bleu

Sunday 12th March – h. 11am
"L’anima di Aretha, il tocco di Benedetti Michelangeli"
Uri Caine talks with Franco Fabbri

Information: Teatro Donizetti: tel. +39 035 4160602/603

Festival-ticket: from Euros 16 to 60
Tickets: from Euros 6 to 24

Website: www.teatrodonizetti.it

Press Office "Bergamo Jazz": Roberto Valentino, e-mail jazzval@tin.it