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Our Blogger: Arianna

9 hot days in July: from the 10 of the 19 you’ll have he chance to enjoy the summer with the Umbria jazz festival, one of the most popular and famous annual appointments with jazz in Europe.

So if you like great music and you would like to do something different, combining music and food, this festival it’s for you.

The location is beautiful: Perugia, a small pretty city full of history and youth. The University of Perugia is in fact the first one in Italy when it comes to exchange students from all around the world.

The strongest names on this edition of the festival are those of Wynton Marsalis and Ahmad Jamal. Marsalis is the stablished leader of a new  batch of jazz musicians and a great educator. Jamal is known to jazz audiences for its minimalistic style that famously influenced Miles Davis. Many of the most important Italian jazz stars will offer concerts as well: Stefano Bollani in duo with Chick Corea, and the young Francesco Cafiso with Wynton Marsalis. To the joy of those more inclined to the more “pop” wing of jazz, Simply Red and Steely Dan will offer concerts as well.

The concerts of the festival will be held at three different venues: the most famous singers will exhibit in the S. Jillian arena . Please take a moment to imagine yourself here. See the beginning of summer, a sweet night, jazz sound all around and the acropolis behind…..Isn’t wonderful?

Actually it’s possible choosing between other two locations: the Morlacchi theatre and the S. Caecilian oratorical where you can enjoy the music for free.

While listening the music you can enjoy some great italian cuisine: in fact in some local in city centre every day you can have, aperitif jazz ,lunch jazz, and dinner jazz.

For more information visit http://www.umbriajazz.com/

There’s nothing better to complete your artistic experience than a visit to Rome, anly a couple of hours of train away from Perugia. Or you can use Rome, a great city for jazz lovers, as a base to do a day trip to Perugia to enjoy the music and then come back to rest and relax in Yes Hotel Rome or Hotel Des Artistes Rome.

Enjoy the music!!!!!!