Dall’ 11 al 21 Luglio 2019 a Perugia, torna l’appuntamento per eccellenza con la musica in Umbria: torna infatti Umbria Jazz, con un cartellone ancor più ricco ed eclettico.
L’importanza di questo festival è oramai ben nota, si tratta di una vera e propria avventura cominciata nel 1973 che ha saputo crescere ed innovarsi anno dopo anno, edizione dopo edizione, capace di portare le più grandi eccellenze della musica jazz italiana e internazionale a calcare i palchi umbri. Sottolineamo anche l’impegno e il valore del sistema “Umbria Jazz” nel moltiplicare gli eventi e nel coinvolgere quanto più possibile altre aree e città umbre, in quell’ottica di condivisione libera della musica che anima il festival fin dalle origini. Impegno ancor più apprezzabile mentre è ancora in corso la lenta ripresa dell’economia turistica della regione a seguito degli eventi sismici di due anni fa.
>> Vivi i suoni, i colori e l’atmosfera di un’intera città in festa con Umbria Jazz! Clicca qui e prenota ora il tuo hotel a Perugia
Umbria Jazz 2019, il PROGRAMMA DEL MAIN STAGE
Per Umbria Jazz 2019 la cornice è come sempre quella di Perugia, con le sue prestigiose location e in particolare con la splendida Arena Santa Giuliana. Ecco allora cosa ci regalerà il Main Stage dell’Arena, il palco più prestigioso di Umbria Jazz!
VENERDI’ 12 LUGLIO ore 21:00
UMBRIA JAZZ 2019 Robben Ford + Alex Britti, Max Gazzè, Manu Katché
Un evento che si preannuncia imperdibile. Sul palco perugino si alterneranno autentiche leggende della musica nazionale ed internazionale. Ad aprire la serata ci sarà nientemeno che Robben Ford, leggenda della chitarra blues con all’attivo cinque Grammy nominations, tre decenni di carriera solistica, collaborazioni con Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, e Bob Dylan. Subito dopo di lui, il particolare trio formato da Alex Britti, Max Gazzè ed il batterista francese Manù Katchè. L’incontro tra Britti e Gazzè non è nuovo visto che già negli anni Novanta Alex e Max si erano ritrovati a suonare insieme nei fumosi locali blues di tutta Europa. A due anni da una serie di concerti intrapresi per ricordare questo loro periodo passato, al già eccezionale duo si aggiunge un altro straordinario musicista: il batterista Manu Katche che nel suo curriculum vanta lunghe collaborazioni con Peter Gabriel, Sting, Joe Satriani, Dire Straits e tra gli italiani Pino Daniele e Stefano Bollani.
SABATO 13 LUGLIO ore 21:00
DIANA KRALL special guest JOE LOVANO
Graditissimo ritorno quello di Diana Krall ad Umbria Jazz a distanza di soli tre anni. In questa occasione con la sua band troviamo un ospite davvero molto speciale: Joe Lovano, uno dei più grandi sassofonisti del jazz contemporaneo. La line up comprende Robert Hurst al basso, Karriem Riggins alla batteria e Marc Ribot, geniale chitarrista e creatore di progetti non convenzionali.
DOMENICA 14 LUGLIO ore 21:00
PAOLO CONTE “50 years of AZZURRO”
L’Italia è cambiata negli ultimi 50 anni e con lei, anche tutta la musica che fa da sottofondo all’incedere del tempo. Poi però ci sono canzoni che rimangono inalterate nella storia e diventano parte del costume di un paese. “Azzurro“, resa celebre da Adriano Celentano è una di queste canzoni. La canzone venne composta Paolo Conte ed i 50 anni di questa canzone danno l’occasione al cantautore genovese di portare ad Umbra Jazz la sua musica. La rassegna jazz accoglie nel suo cartellone la canzone d’autore italiana di cui l’Avvocato astigiano è da oltre cinquant’anni uno dei più amati e autorevoli interpreti.
LUNEDI’ 15 LUGLIO ore 21:o0
MICHEL CAMILO
GEORGE BENSON
Serata unica per l’Umbria Jazz Festival! Due leggende della musica si alterneranno sul palco per una serata incredibile che accontenterà tutti gli ascoltatori più raffinati
MARTEDI’ 16 LUGLIO ore 21:00
RICHARD BONA
CHICK COREA
Sonorità ispaniche per due grandi interpreti del jazz. Un Chick Corea mai così attivo e creativo come in questi ultimi anni, porta ad Umbria Jazz “The Spanish Heart Band” uno spot sull’anima latina del grande jazzman. Esperienza non nuova per il celebre pianista americano, difatti i fans ricorderanno certamente che My Spanish Heart (1976) è anche il titolo di un disco di grande successo con cui Corea traduceva in suono la sua passione per la musica ispanica ed il flamenco (fondamentale in tal senso fu la collaborazione con Paco de Lucia, leggenda del flamenco). Sempre in tema di riscoperta della Spagna, il nuovo “Flamenco Project” di Richard Bona ha preso forma tra Madrid e Barcellona ed è stato ispirato da un concerto di Paco De Lucia. Fedele alla sua visione della musica, che si propone di superare i paletti dei generi codificati, Richard Bona con Bona de la Frontera fonde i ritmi africani e le tradizioni andaluse per immaginare un “nuovo flamenco”. Con lui una band di assoluto livello in cui spicca il madrileno Antonio Rey, considerato il nuovo astro della Guitarra Flamenca.
MERCOLEDI’ 17 LUGLIO ore 21:00
NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS
Riaccendere i riflettori sul primo periodo dei Pink Floyd, sul rock psichedelico e più sperimentale delle origini, sulla nascita della leggenda. È il progetto di Nick Mason, cofondatore e batterista della band, il solo sempre presente per tutto l’arco del trentennale percorso artistico dei Pink Floyd, sia in sala di incisione che nei tour.
GIOVEDI’ 18 LUGLIO ore 21:00
KING CRIMSON
I King Crimson celebreranno nel 2019 il 50° anniversario del gruppo e quale modo migliore, per la leggendaria band capitanata da Robert Fripp, se non un tour mondiale che li vedrà toccare tre continenti e calcare i palchi dei maggiori festival ed arene estive.
VENERDI’ 19 LUGLIO ore 21:00
SNARKY PUPPY
Gli Snarky Puppy sono diventati in poco tempo (la nascita ufficiale risale al 2004) una delle formazioni più popolari del mondo del jazz e della fusion, termini che però nel loro caso risultano riduttivi. In realtà la musica di Snarky Puppy sfugge a ogni tentativo di classificazione proprio per la capacità di concentrare con estrema disinvoltura i suoni della contemporaneità.
SABATO 20 LUGLIO ore 21:00
THOM YORKE
Thom Yorke, cantautore, polistrumentista, compositore britannico e storico frontman dei Radiohead, è uno dei cantanti più importanti e influenti del nuovo millennio, inserito nella lista dei 100 migliori cantanti di sempre secondo Rolling Stone.
“The Eraser” è il titolo del suo primo album solista, pubblicato nel 2006 e prodotto da Nigel Godrich, produttore dei Radiohead.
DOMENICA 21 LUGLIO ore 20:45
LAURYN HILL
Una delle personalità artistiche che hanno maggiormente caratterizzato il passaggio del millennio. Lauryn Hill si conquistò una reputazione nel mondo della musica come unica componente femminile del trio The Fugees (gli altri erano Wyclef Jean e Pras Michel) che negli anni novanta fu campione di vendite di dischi, secondo solo a Michael Jackson sulla scena internazionale del R&B. Ai Fugees si riconosce il merito di aver portato ai massimi livelli artistici un genere come l’hip hop, anche coniugandolo con soul, reggae e ritmi caraibici.
>> Umbria Jazz ti aspetta con il meglio della scena musicale jazz nazionale e internazione… e non solo! Consulta i migliori agriturismi della zona e organizza le tue vacanze a Perugia durante Umbria Jazz
E Umbria Jazz continua: scopri il programma completo!
Oltre all’Arena, Umbria Jazz è protagonista con tantissimi altri eventi dislocati nella città di Perugia, dalle vie centro storico ai Giardini Carducci, dal Teatro Morlacchi alla storica Piazza IV Novembre.
Il cartellone di Umbria Jazz è infatti ricco di concerti, incontri ed iniziative dove la musica è sempre protagonista. Inoltre, assapora tutto il gusto dell’enogastranomia umbra a suon di musica con jazz lunch, aperitivi in musica e ristorante all’aperto all’Arena, dove coniugare buona cucina e buona musica.
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From 13th to 22th July 2018, the main appointment in Umbria with the music is coming: Umbria Jazz is coming, with its various and rich program.
We do not need to spend many words about the importance of this festival, an adventure started in 1973 that grew up year by year, edition by edition. With Umbria Jazz, the greatest excellences of italian and international jazz music came on Umbrian stages. Anyway we highlight the care and value of Umbria Jazz “system”, which is creating many events to involve more areas and cities of Umbria, looking for a free sharing of music and emotions that comes from the roots of the festival.
>> Do not miss the appointment with Umbria Jazz: enjoy sounds, colours and the atmosphere of an entire city… Click here to reserve your hotel in Perugia!
Umbria Jazz 2018, the PROGRAM OF THE MAIN STAGE
The frame of Umbria Jazz is as always Perugia, with its prestigious locations and especially with the wonderful Arena Santa Giuliana. Look at the program of the Main Stage of the Arena, the most eminent stage of Umbria Jazz!
ON FRIDAY 13th JULY at 9 pm
UMBRIA JAZZ 2018 GRAND OPENING – QUINCY JONES 85thANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
With DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, NOA, PATTI AUSTIN, TAKE 6, IVAN LINS, ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, PEDRITO MARTINEZ and PAOLO FRESU; UMBRIA JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by JOHN CLAYTON and QUINCY JONES featuring HARVEY MASON & NATHAN EAST in collaboration with ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DI PERUGIA
The opening of the festival is a truly unique event this year, combining the show with a real birthday party. Umbria Jazz celebrates the 85th anniversary of Quincy Jones with a memorable evening that will see this icon of music performing and presenting many guests on stage, many artists and musicians who have worked with him in the past: the star of the American song Patti Austin, the virtuoso of the Jazz vocals Take 6, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Noa, and his historic partner – the guitarist and composer Gil Dor, a great Brazilian musician, Ivan Lins, and, Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez from Cuba. In addition, there will be Paolo Fresu as special guest.
ON SATURDAY 14th JULY at 9 pm
GILBERTO GIL CON REFAVELA
Legend of the Brazilian popular music, Gilberto Gil returns to Umbria Jazz to evoke and celebrate the album Rafaela 40, 40 years later its released. It is one of his most beautiful and emotionally involving projects, recorded in 1977 following his participation in the African music festival of Lagos in Nigeria. For this reason, it is also one of the most “African” discs of the artist, although full of funk veins and therefore considered a bridge between Africa and Brazil.
ON SUNDAY 15th JULY at 9 pm
CAETANO VELOSO Ofertorio
STEFANO BOLLANI Que Bom
Stefano Bollani will be on stage with his piano and the Brazil too, for an evening dedicated to his latest album focused on Brazilian music. With Jorge Helder on bass, Jurim Moreira on drums and two percussionists, Armando Marçal and Thiago da Serrinha, Bollani will perform with an all-Brazilian band of internationally renowned artists.
ON MONDAY 16th JULY at 9 pm
JOUNG FATHERS
MASSIVE ATTACK
A unique special night at Umbria Jazz!
ON TUESDAY 17th JULY at 9 pm
THE CHAINSMOKERS
This duo climbed and dominated all the international charts last year, winner of a Grammy as Best New Artist too. They will be on stage at Umbria Jazz for an unmissable summer show: among indie, progressive and pop worlds, the songs of The Chainsmokers have reached the top of the world, rankings over millions of Youtube views and streaming Spotify, making the fans literally go crazy.
ON WEDNESDAY 18th JULY at 9 pm
SOMI
A delicate and innovative artist, able to create a bridge between her African roots and the American jazz & soul scene. This young singer and songwriter has been able to gather the inspirations of different worlds, linking them with her expressive intensity and her ductile and extremely natural vocality. A sort of New African Jazz in which to find echoes of Dianne Reeves, Nina Simone, Dee Dee Bridgewater.
ON THUSDAY 19yh JULY at 9 pm
PAT METHENY
The famous guitarist returns to Umbria with his show “An evening with Pat Metheny”, preceded by the opening of Kyle Eastwood Quintet. A special evening that will put together a select group of musicians able to retrace the entire repertoire of Metheny’s music, such as the Mexican drummer Antonio Sanchez who has been following him since 2000, the English keyboardist Gwilym Simcock, and the Malay contrabassist Linda May Han Oh.
ON FRIDAY 20th JULY at 9 pm
DAVID BYRNE
The founder of Talking Heads, a complete artist with a multifaceted talent (he is a record producer, a photographer, a director, a musician) who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the soundtrack of “L’Ultimo Imperatore” in 1988 and 2 David di Donatello in 2012. He will be on stage at Umbria Jazz in Perugia with a wide-ranging show where the public can find all his art.
ON SATURDAY 21nd JULY at 9 pm
MARIO BIONDI
One of the most popular artists of the Umbria Jazz audience, returns for this 45th edition. Mario Biondi performs a few months after the release of Brasil, his latest work dedicated to Brazilian popular music.
ON SUNDAY 22th JULY at 8:45 pm
GREGORY PORTER – A NAT KING COLE TRIBUTE NIGHT
Gregory Porter presents live his tribute to Nat King Cole, the focus of his latest album released a few months ago. A tribute felt and strongly desired, because the great crooner was one of the first inspiration of Porter, accomplices the records that his mother made him listen to as a child. The Umbria Jazz 2018 closes with this concert that incorporates the formula of the disc thanks to – for one only Italian date – an orchestra arranged and directed by Vince Mendoza, based on the nucleus of young musicians who gave life to the Umbria Jazz Orchestra, enriched by others winds and a string section.
>> Umbria Jazz is waiting for you with the best of national and international jazz music scene… Look at the best farmhouses of the area and organize your holiday during Umbria Jazz
And there is more: find out the complete program!
The Festival is involving all the city with many events in many different locations, symbols of the city itself: from the cental streets to the Carducci Gardens, from the Morlacchi Theather to the main square Piazza IVNovembre.
The program of Umbria Jazz is rich of concerts, meetings and initiatives where music is always the protagonist. In addicion, enjoy the best Umbrian gastronomy with the jazz lunches, the appetizers in music and the outdoor restaurant at the Arena, for a perfect mix of great cuisine and great music.
Open the attachment at the bottom of the page to find the COMPLETE PROGRAM OF UMBRIA JAZZ!
>> There are many offers to stay in Umbria! Discover them, Umbria Jazz is ready for you!
From 13th to 22th July 2018, the main appointment in Umbria with the music is coming: Umbria Jazz is coming, with its various and rich program.
We do not need to spend many words about the importance of this festival, an adventure started in 1973 that grew up year by year, edition by edition. With Umbria Jazz, the greatest excellences of italian and international jazz music came on Umbrian stages. Anyway we highlight the care and value of Umbria Jazz “system”, which is creating many events to involve more areas and cities of Umbria, looking for a free sharing of music and emotions that comes from the roots of the festival.
>> Do not miss the appointment with Umbria Jazz: enjoy sounds, colours and the atmosphere of an entire city… Click here to reserve your hotel in Perugia!
Umbria Jazz 2018, the PROGRAM OF THE MAIN STAGE
The frame of Umbria Jazz is as always Perugia, with its prestigious locations and especially with the wonderful Arena Santa Giuliana. Look at the program of the Main Stage of the Arena, the most eminent stage of Umbria Jazz!
ON FRIDAY 13th JULY at 9 pm
UMBRIA JAZZ 2018 GRAND OPENING – QUINCY JONES 85thANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
With DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, NOA, PATTI AUSTIN, TAKE 6, IVAN LINS, ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, PEDRITO MARTINEZ and PAOLO FRESU; UMBRIA JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by JOHN CLAYTON and QUINCY JONES featuring HARVEY MASON & NATHAN EAST in collaboration with ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DI PERUGIA
The opening of the festival is a truly unique event this year, combining the show with a real birthday party. Umbria Jazz celebrates the 85th anniversary of Quincy Jones with a memorable evening that will see this icon of music performing and presenting many guests on stage, many artists and musicians who have worked with him in the past: the star of the American song Patti Austin, the virtuoso of the Jazz vocals Take 6, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Noa, and his historic partner – the guitarist and composer Gil Dor, a great Brazilian musician, Ivan Lins, and, Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez from Cuba. In addition, there will be Paolo Fresu as special guest.
ON SATURDAY 14th JULY at 9 pm
GILBERTO GIL CON REFAVELA
Legend of the Brazilian popular music, Gilberto Gil returns to Umbria Jazz to evoke and celebrate the album Rafaela 40, 40 years later its released. It is one of his most beautiful and emotionally involving projects, recorded in 1977 following his participation in the African music festival of Lagos in Nigeria. For this reason, it is also one of the most “African” discs of the artist, although full of funk veins and therefore considered a bridge between Africa and Brazil.
ON SUNDAY 15th JULY at 9 pm
CAETANO VELOSO Ofertorio
STEFANO BOLLANI Que Bom
Stefano Bollani will be on stage with his piano and the Brazil too, for an evening dedicated to his latest album focused on Brazilian music. With Jorge Helder on bass, Jurim Moreira on drums and two percussionists, Armando Marçal and Thiago da Serrinha, Bollani will perform with an all-Brazilian band of internationally renowned artists.
ON MONDAY 16th JULY at 9 pm
JOUNG FATHERS
MASSIVE ATTACK
A unique special night at Umbria Jazz!
ON TUESDAY 17th JULY at 9 pm
THE CHAINSMOKERS
This duo climbed and dominated all the international charts last year, winner of a Grammy as Best New Artist too. They will be on stage at Umbria Jazz for an unmissable summer show: among indie, progressive and pop worlds, the songs of The Chainsmokers have reached the top of the world, rankings over millions of Youtube views and streaming Spotify, making the fans literally go crazy.
ON WEDNESDAY 18th JULY at 9 pm
SOMI
A delicate and innovative artist, able to create a bridge between her African roots and the American jazz & soul scene. This young singer and songwriter has been able to gather the inspirations of different worlds, linking them with her expressive intensity and her ductile and extremely natural vocality. A sort of New African Jazz in which to find echoes of Dianne Reeves, Nina Simone, Dee Dee Bridgewater.
ON THUSDAY 19yh JULY at 9 pm
PAT METHENY
The famous guitarist returns to Umbria with his show “An evening with Pat Metheny”, preceded by the opening of Kyle Eastwood Quintet. A special evening that will put together a select group of musicians able to retrace the entire repertoire of Metheny’s music, such as the Mexican drummer Antonio Sanchez who has been following him since 2000, the English keyboardist Gwilym Simcock, and the Malay contrabassist Linda May Han Oh.
ON FRIDAY 20th JULY at 9 pm
DAVID BYRNE
The founder of Talking Heads, a complete artist with a multifaceted talent (he is a record producer, a photographer, a director, a musician) who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the soundtrack of “L’Ultimo Imperatore” in 1988 and 2 David di Donatello in 2012. He will be on stage at Umbria Jazz in Perugia with a wide-ranging show where the public can find all his art.
ON SATURDAY 21nd JULY at 9 pm
MARIO BIONDI
One of the most popular artists of the Umbria Jazz audience, returns for this 45th edition. Mario Biondi performs a few months after the release of Brasil, his latest work dedicated to Brazilian popular music.
ON SUNDAY 22th JULY at 8:45 pm
GREGORY PORTER – A NAT KING COLE TRIBUTE NIGHT
Gregory Porter presents live his tribute to Nat King Cole, the focus of his latest album released a few months ago. A tribute felt and strongly desired, because the great crooner was one of the first inspiration of Porter, accomplices the records that his mother made him listen to as a child. The Umbria Jazz 2018 closes with this concert that incorporates the formula of the disc thanks to – for one only Italian date – an orchestra arranged and directed by Vince Mendoza, based on the nucleus of young musicians who gave life to the Umbria Jazz Orchestra, enriched by others winds and a string section.
>> Umbria Jazz is waiting for you with the best of national and international jazz music scene… Look at the best farmhouses of the area and organize your holiday during Umbria Jazz
And there is more: find out the complete program!
The Festival is involving all the city with many events in many different locations, symbols of the city itself: from the cental streets to the Carducci Gardens, from the Morlacchi Theather to the main square Piazza IVNovembre.
The program of Umbria Jazz is rich of concerts, meetings and initiatives where music is always the protagonist. In addicion, enjoy the best Umbrian gastronomy with the jazz lunches, the appetizers in music and the outdoor restaurant at the Arena, for a perfect mix of great cuisine and great music.
Open the attachment at the bottom of the page to find the COMPLETE PROGRAM OF UMBRIA JAZZ!
>> There are many offers to stay in Umbria! Discover them, Umbria Jazz is ready for you!
From 13th to 22th July 2018, the main appointment in Umbria with the music is coming: Umbria Jazz is coming, with its various and rich program.
We do not need to spend many words about the importance of this festival, an adventure started in 1973 that grew up year by year, edition by edition. With Umbria Jazz, the greatest excellences of italian and international jazz music came on Umbrian stages. Anyway we highlight the care and value of Umbria Jazz “system”, which is creating many events to involve more areas and cities of Umbria, looking for a free sharing of music and emotions that comes from the roots of the festival.
>> Do not miss the appointment with Umbria Jazz: enjoy sounds, colours and the atmosphere of an entire city… Click here to reserve your hotel in Perugia!
Umbria Jazz 2018, the PROGRAM OF THE MAIN STAGE
The frame of Umbria Jazz is as always Perugia, with its prestigious locations and especially with the wonderful Arena Santa Giuliana. Look at the program of the Main Stage of the Arena, the most eminent stage of Umbria Jazz!
ON FRIDAY 13th JULY at 9 pm
UMBRIA JAZZ 2018 GRAND OPENING – QUINCY JONES 85thANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
With DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, NOA, PATTI AUSTIN, TAKE 6, IVAN LINS, ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, PEDRITO MARTINEZ and PAOLO FRESU; UMBRIA JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by JOHN CLAYTON and QUINCY JONES featuring HARVEY MASON & NATHAN EAST in collaboration with ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DI PERUGIA
The opening of the festival is a truly unique event this year, combining the show with a real birthday party. Umbria Jazz celebrates the 85th anniversary of Quincy Jones with a memorable evening that will see this icon of music performing and presenting many guests on stage, many artists and musicians who have worked with him in the past: the star of the American song Patti Austin, the virtuoso of the Jazz vocals Take 6, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Noa, and his historic partner – the guitarist and composer Gil Dor, a great Brazilian musician, Ivan Lins, and, Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez from Cuba. In addition, there will be Paolo Fresu as special guest.
ON SATURDAY 14th JULY at 9 pm
GILBERTO GIL CON REFAVELA
Legend of the Brazilian popular music, Gilberto Gil returns to Umbria Jazz to evoke and celebrate the album Rafaela 40, 40 years later its released. It is one of his most beautiful and emotionally involving projects, recorded in 1977 following his participation in the African music festival of Lagos in Nigeria. For this reason, it is also one of the most “African” discs of the artist, although full of funk veins and therefore considered a bridge between Africa and Brazil.
ON SUNDAY 15th JULY at 9 pm
CAETANO VELOSO Ofertorio
STEFANO BOLLANI Que Bom
Stefano Bollani will be on stage with his piano and the Brazil too, for an evening dedicated to his latest album focused on Brazilian music. With Jorge Helder on bass, Jurim Moreira on drums and two percussionists, Armando Marçal and Thiago da Serrinha, Bollani will perform with an all-Brazilian band of internationally renowned artists.
ON MONDAY 16th JULY at 9 pm
JOUNG FATHERS
MASSIVE ATTACK
A unique special night at Umbria Jazz!
ON TUESDAY 17th JULY at 9 pm
THE CHAINSMOKERS
This duo climbed and dominated all the international charts last year, winner of a Grammy as Best New Artist too. They will be on stage at Umbria Jazz for an unmissable summer show: among indie, progressive and pop worlds, the songs of The Chainsmokers have reached the top of the world, rankings over millions of Youtube views and streaming Spotify, making the fans literally go crazy.
ON WEDNESDAY 18th JULY at 9 pm
SOMI
A delicate and innovative artist, able to create a bridge between her African roots and the American jazz & soul scene. This young singer and songwriter has been able to gather the inspirations of different worlds, linking them with her expressive intensity and her ductile and extremely natural vocality. A sort of New African Jazz in which to find echoes of Dianne Reeves, Nina Simone, Dee Dee Bridgewater.
ON THUSDAY 19yh JULY at 9 pm
PAT METHENY
The famous guitarist returns to Umbria with his show “An evening with Pat Metheny”, preceded by the opening of Kyle Eastwood Quintet. A special evening that will put together a select group of musicians able to retrace the entire repertoire of Metheny’s music, such as the Mexican drummer Antonio Sanchez who has been following him since 2000, the English keyboardist Gwilym Simcock, and the Malay contrabassist Linda May Han Oh.
ON FRIDAY 20th JULY at 9 pm
DAVID BYRNE
The founder of Talking Heads, a complete artist with a multifaceted talent (he is a record producer, a photographer, a director, a musician) who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the soundtrack of “L’Ultimo Imperatore” in 1988 and 2 David di Donatello in 2012. He will be on stage at Umbria Jazz in Perugia with a wide-ranging show where the public can find all his art.
ON SATURDAY 21nd JULY at 9 pm
MARIO BIONDI
One of the most popular artists of the Umbria Jazz audience, returns for this 45th edition. Mario Biondi performs a few months after the release of Brasil, his latest work dedicated to Brazilian popular music.
ON SUNDAY 22th JULY at 8:45 pm
GREGORY PORTER – A NAT KING COLE TRIBUTE NIGHT
Gregory Porter presents live his tribute to Nat King Cole, the focus of his latest album released a few months ago. A tribute felt and strongly desired, because the great crooner was one of the first inspiration of Porter, accomplices the records that his mother made him listen to as a child. The Umbria Jazz 2018 closes with this concert that incorporates the formula of the disc thanks to – for one only Italian date – an orchestra arranged and directed by Vince Mendoza, based on the nucleus of young musicians who gave life to the Umbria Jazz Orchestra, enriched by others winds and a string section.
>> Umbria Jazz is waiting for you with the best of national and international jazz music scene… Look at the best farmhouses of the area and organize your holiday during Umbria Jazz
And there is more: find out the complete program!
The Festival is involving all the city with many events in many different locations, symbols of the city itself: from the cental streets to the Carducci Gardens, from the Morlacchi Theather to the main square Piazza IVNovembre.
The program of Umbria Jazz is rich of concerts, meetings and initiatives where music is always the protagonist. In addicion, enjoy the best Umbrian gastronomy with the jazz lunches, the appetizers in music and the outdoor restaurant at the Arena, for a perfect mix of great cuisine and great music.
Open the attachment at the bottom of the page to find the COMPLETE PROGRAM OF UMBRIA JAZZ!
>> There are many offers to stay in Umbria! Discover them, Umbria Jazz is ready for you!
From 13th to 22th July 2018, the main appointment in Umbria with the music is coming: Umbria Jazz is coming, with its various and rich program.
We do not need to spend many words about the importance of this festival, an adventure started in 1973 that grew up year by year, edition by edition. With Umbria Jazz, the greatest excellences of italian and international jazz music came on Umbrian stages. Anyway we highlight the care and value of Umbria Jazz “system”, which is creating many events to involve more areas and cities of Umbria, looking for a free sharing of music and emotions that comes from the roots of the festival.
>> Do not miss the appointment with Umbria Jazz: enjoy sounds, colours and the atmosphere of an entire city… Click here to reserve your hotel in Perugia!
Umbria Jazz 2018, the PROGRAM OF THE MAIN STAGE
The frame of Umbria Jazz is as always Perugia, with its prestigious locations and especially with the wonderful Arena Santa Giuliana. Look at the program of the Main Stage of the Arena, the most eminent stage of Umbria Jazz!
ON FRIDAY 13th JULY at 9 pm
UMBRIA JAZZ 2018 GRAND OPENING – QUINCY JONES 85thANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
With DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, NOA, PATTI AUSTIN, TAKE 6, IVAN LINS, ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, PEDRITO MARTINEZ and PAOLO FRESU; UMBRIA JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by JOHN CLAYTON and QUINCY JONES featuring HARVEY MASON & NATHAN EAST in collaboration with ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA DI PERUGIA
The opening of the festival is a truly unique event this year, combining the show with a real birthday party. Umbria Jazz celebrates the 85th anniversary of Quincy Jones with a memorable evening that will see this icon of music performing and presenting many guests on stage, many artists and musicians who have worked with him in the past: the star of the American song Patti Austin, the virtuoso of the Jazz vocals Take 6, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Noa, and his historic partner – the guitarist and composer Gil Dor, a great Brazilian musician, Ivan Lins, and, Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez from Cuba. In addition, there will be Paolo Fresu as special guest.
ON SATURDAY 14th JULY at 9 pm
GILBERTO GIL CON REFAVELA
Legend of the Brazilian popular music, Gilberto Gil returns to Umbria Jazz to evoke and celebrate the album Rafaela 40, 40 years later its released. It is one of his most beautiful and emotionally involving projects, recorded in 1977 following his participation in the African music festival of Lagos in Nigeria. For this reason, it is also one of the most “African” discs of the artist, although full of funk veins and therefore considered a bridge between Africa and Brazil.
ON SUNDAY 15th JULY at 9 pm
CAETANO VELOSO Ofertorio
STEFANO BOLLANI Que Bom
Stefano Bollani will be on stage with his piano and the Brazil too, for an evening dedicated to his latest album focused on Brazilian music. With Jorge Helder on bass, Jurim Moreira on drums and two percussionists, Armando Marçal and Thiago da Serrinha, Bollani will perform with an all-Brazilian band of internationally renowned artists.
ON MONDAY 16th JULY at 9 pm
JOUNG FATHERS
MASSIVE ATTACK
A unique special night at Umbria Jazz!
ON TUESDAY 17th JULY at 9 pm
THE CHAINSMOKERS
This duo climbed and dominated all the international charts last year, winner of a Grammy as Best New Artist too. They will be on stage at Umbria Jazz for an unmissable summer show: among indie, progressive and pop worlds, the songs of The Chainsmokers have reached the top of the world, rankings over millions of Youtube views and streaming Spotify, making the fans literally go crazy.
ON WEDNESDAY 18th JULY at 9 pm
SOMI
A delicate and innovative artist, able to create a bridge between her African roots and the American jazz & soul scene. This young singer and songwriter has been able to gather the inspirations of different worlds, linking them with her expressive intensity and her ductile and extremely natural vocality. A sort of New African Jazz in which to find echoes of Dianne Reeves, Nina Simone, Dee Dee Bridgewater.
ON THUSDAY 19yh JULY at 9 pm
PAT METHENY
The famous guitarist returns to Umbria with his show “An evening with Pat Metheny”, preceded by the opening of Kyle Eastwood Quintet. A special evening that will put together a select group of musicians able to retrace the entire repertoire of Metheny’s music, such as the Mexican drummer Antonio Sanchez who has been following him since 2000, the English keyboardist Gwilym Simcock, and the Malay contrabassist Linda May Han Oh.
ON FRIDAY 20th JULY at 9 pm
DAVID BYRNE
The founder of Talking Heads, a complete artist with a multifaceted talent (he is a record producer, a photographer, a director, a musician) who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the soundtrack of “L’Ultimo Imperatore” in 1988 and 2 David di Donatello in 2012. He will be on stage at Umbria Jazz in Perugia with a wide-ranging show where the public can find all his art.
ON SATURDAY 21nd JULY at 9 pm
MARIO BIONDI
One of the most popular artists of the Umbria Jazz audience, returns for this 45th edition. Mario Biondi performs a few months after the release of Brasil, his latest work dedicated to Brazilian popular music.
ON SUNDAY 22th JULY at 8:45 pm
GREGORY PORTER – A NAT KING COLE TRIBUTE NIGHT
Gregory Porter presents live his tribute to Nat King Cole, the focus of his latest album released a few months ago. A tribute felt and strongly desired, because the great crooner was one of the first inspiration of Porter, accomplices the records that his mother made him listen to as a child. The Umbria Jazz 2018 closes with this concert that incorporates the formula of the disc thanks to – for one only Italian date – an orchestra arranged and directed by Vince Mendoza, based on the nucleus of young musicians who gave life to the Umbria Jazz Orchestra, enriched by others winds and a string section.
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And there is more: find out the complete program!
The Festival is involving all the city with many events in many different locations, symbols of the city itself: from the cental streets to the Carducci Gardens, from the Morlacchi Theather to the main square Piazza IVNovembre.
The program of Umbria Jazz is rich of concerts, meetings and initiatives where music is always the protagonist. In addicion, enjoy the best Umbrian gastronomy with the jazz lunches, the appetizers in music and the outdoor restaurant at the Arena, for a perfect mix of great cuisine and great music.
Open the attachment at the bottom of the page to find the COMPLETE PROGRAM OF UMBRIA JAZZ!
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