The Greats of Jazz in Riccione

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diversified than ever, with famous musicians and
Riccione is well-known also for its discotheques andemerging talents, who will make people discover the
clubs, where hordes of girls and boys have fundifferent aspects of this music genre, which was
dancing till dawn, especially in summer. One of theborn in the United States in the first years of the
Italian summer capitals of fun, Riccione maintains its20th century and then spread all over the world,
propensity to music even when the bathing season isundergoing contaminations with other genres and
closed.interesting evolutions. The festival kicks off with the
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With the end of summer Riccione turns its attentionhave a versatile talent. On the Bravo Jazz stage
to other kinds of music, different from the onesthere will also be the Joey Calderazzo Trio, and this
played in the discotheques, and gets ready to hostdate is really unmissable (like the other ones), as
high level music events, which are not only dedicatedCalderazzo is one of the most appreciated jazz
to clubbers, but also to those who have a passionpianists of the new generation: the young musicians,
for completely different music genres. For a fewwho has been playing piano since he was seven, has
years, in particular, Riccione has been the idealbeen part of the quintet of saxophonist Michael
destination of all jazz lovers thanks to Bravo Jazz, aBracker, and now plays with Jerry Bergonzi and
festival entirely dedicated to this genre. The 7thBrandford Marsalis. Bravo Jazz will give space also to
edition of the festival will include 6 dates from theItalian jazz bands, like Quintorigo, who will be the
23rd of October to the 19th of February, and willprotagonists of the second last date, and will play a
host first-level musicians, both Italian and foreign.tribute to American composer and contrabassist
Bravo Jazz, which has become an unmissable eventCharlie Mingus 30 years after his death. Quintorigo are
for all music lovers in few years, is one of the mainone of the bands that best succeed in showing that
happenings in the programme of the cultural eventsthe contamination between genres is possible, and
of Riccione, a city that succeeds in catching thetheir mix of jazz, classical music, pop and rock has no
visitors’ attention also thanks to these events,equal in Italy. The festival ends in the best way with
and not only in summer thanks to its beaches.the performance of the Alex Riel Quartet, captained
 by the excellent Danish drummer.