Alburni World Jazz Festival 2023, 08-09-10 August in Serra (Sat), Cilento Po

XXIX edition
August 08-09-10 Greenhouses (Sat), Cilento

Scheduled concerts: Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Walter Ricci featuring Karima, Dean Bowman AND Alfonso Deidda, Richard Gallianoopen acts Rossella Cosentino, Santa Caterina and DJ sets Aldola Chiwala

One of the oldest festivals in Campania returns for the XXIX time. The Alburni World Jazz Festival will run over three days, offering a great musical quality between jazz and world music.
Artistic direction for the second year entrusted to jazz singer and pianist Walter Ricci.

Admission to all events is free.

The festival, which has taken a prominent place in the cultural tradition of the region, is a real reference point for lovers of jazz and good music in general. Its longevity testifies to an emotionally rich history and a constant desire to promote art and culture in the Cilento area.

With its charming atmosphere and suggestive architecture, the medieval village of Serres is the perfect meeting point for artists and the festival audience. Its privileged position, at the gates of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, adds value to the Alburni World Jazz Festival, allowing viewers to immerse themselves in the beauty of an area rich in history and nature.

All scheduled concerts are promotional Free admission and will take place from 21:30 in Piazza Ennio D’Agnello.

Since last year, the festival has had the honor of hosting one of the most authoritative voices of the Italian jazz scene, a talented jazz singer, as artistic director Walter Ricci with the support of Mr. Few, which is engaged in production.
Through his experience and deep connection with music, Ricci has brought a breath of freshness and innovation to the Alburni World Jazz Festival, confirming that it is one of the leading events in the region.

To celebrate this new and exciting edition, a super guest is a jazz accordion virtuoso, actually a great French musician of Italian origin, Richard Galliano he will return to captivate the audience of Campania with his performance. A unique opportunity for jazz enthusiasts to relive a magical moment with their extraordinary ability to mix typical jazz sounds with traditional sounds through passion and craftsmanship that fuse into a single melody. Richard Galliano will perform solo on this day. 10th of August.

open8 August the festival, however, will take care of another great cult group of world music or historical NCCP – New Pop Singer led by historical singer Faust Vetere.
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare was founded in 1970 with the specific intention of spreading the authentic values ​​of the traditions of the people of Campania. The extraordinary success that the group achieved at the Spoleto Festival in 1972 and 1974 marks its international start: since then, the NCCP has repeatedly taken part in all the most important festivals in Europe and abroad. The group alternated their musical and theatrical activities, promoting and participating in numerous shows: La Cantata dei pastori, La canzone di Zeza, La Gatta Cenerentola, La Perla Reale, Sona sona… For this reason, Eduardo de Filippo invited them to visit. at his San Ferdinando theater in Naples. On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary of music, Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare released the double CD “50 years in good company”, from which the new show takes its name, playing in different cities of Italy. 2019 kicks off with a new Anime di Terra tour, which sees the NCCP once again touring Italy, between festivals and concerts, interspersed with studio work on the release of a new CD. The next year begins with the presentation of the Napoli 1534 album. Tra moresche e villanelle, highly acclaimed by Italian and foreign critics, is the last work directed and commissioned by the late Corrado Sfogli, Artistic Director of the NCCP.

Second day (August 09) will be an evening dedicated to the contamination and exchange of rhythms of jazz and songwriting. The star performer will be artistic director Walter Ricci, who, with his trio of musicians, Dario Rosiglione

on contrabass and Amedeo Ariano on drums, he will pay homage to the American singer Nat King Cole, the icon of American jazz, who, with his interpretations, left us with a repertoire of unforgettable songs. Live Collaboration Expected: Singer Karima which boasts a long and varied artistic experience, including the Sanremo Festival in 2009 and, above all, the collaboration with Bert Bacharach, thanks to which it was created. She is the only Italian singer for whom “Maestro” wrote songs and with whom she recorded her first album called Karima in Los Angeles. Also in the same year, she was selected by Disney to interpret the soundtrack of The Princess and the Frog, she opened concerts for Whitney Houston and John Legend, participated in Tale and Which Show and The Best Years on Rai 1. artist Dean Bowman one of the most gifted and respected vocalists in today’s African-American music scene, with a thirty-year career under his belt, fully dedicated to both the artistic (his contribution to the entire jazz, rock, and avant-garde scene in downtown New York) and “political”” ( he is a longtime member of the Black Rock Coalition). In his career, he has been involved in one of the most innovative and electrifying bands of recent years, Screaming Headless Torsos, and as a soloist he has performed in traditional black spiritual and gospel projects, as well as in various lineups, including TriFunkTory, Soul Trilogy, The Black Spiritual Quintet and duo Ten Ballads (May 20, 2015). Jazz multi-instrumentalist from Salerno will complete the line-up Alfonso Deidda The great Deidda family is considered one of the best representatives of the Italian jazz scene.
To round off the live sets, two great opening acts take care of it: a versatile singer and songwriter. Rossella Cosentino ANDAlexander Santa Caterina very young Calabrian instrumentalist and composer, recognized as one of the main European swing guitar virtuosos. After the concerts three evenings
will end with DJ sets Aldola Chivala.

“Describe‘Importance‘Alburni World Jazz Festival for our city – Serra Mayor Antonio Opramolla declares – This‘difficult task, because this event is truly a fount of wonders: firstly, it proclaims Serres the city of music, secondly, it is a long-term event, just think that it‘the year is the twenty-ninth edition and once again it allows the thousands of people who crowded the streets of the Serra in those days to get to know this beautiful reality of the Alburni territory. Me too‘economically driven by‘the event creates for the exhibitors of our community is not insignificant. The show is the best form of communication and holding an event that puts‘the art of jazz music in the center, emphasizing it

‘importance and giving everyone the opportunity to appreciate this genre, which is completely part of the history of music, is a great obligation for us, but also a great pleasure.
Quest‘year the artistic direction was entrusted to maestro Walter Ricci, and this is also a factor that fills us with pride, Ricci has already masterfully directed the last edition, giving it‘importance and the light it deserves. l‘the result of a tender held precisely in order to entrust the artistic direction‘Alburni Jazz Festival gave us a happy result, allowing us to follow a great professional. We are sure that he will be successful again and again.“.

“I’m very glad I got the second year l‘Artistic Director of the XXIX Alburni World Jazz Festival. – states artistic director Walter Ricci. I thank Mayor Antonio Opramolla, l‘Assessor Antonio Luongo and all‘city ​​administration for once again entrusting me with the artistic direction of the festival, providing me‘the opportunity to continue the work started a year ago. The denomination world associated with the word “jazz” comes from a new and restructured musical concept that wants to open up to genre contamination and exchange.. This responsible position encourages me to create musical and artistic synergy, together with my team of excellent professionals in this field, strengthening the basis for the creation of an international festival, a unique attraction for the Alburni area and the municipality. Serra“.

Official website
www.alburnijazzfestival.it