“Notte d’Oro”, behind the scenes of the unreleased UJ event

This is an unreleased Umbria Jazz, behind-the-scenes anecdote that you will find enclosed in the 80 pages of “Notte d’Oro”. Fifty Years of Umbria Jazz”, photographic volume published by La Nazion to celebrate half a century of the event. Tomorrow the book will be given away free to anyone who buys the newspaper on newsstands in the region. This volume, edited by Donatella Miliani, is not only about the Festival not only on the superstars who graced the stage, but also on its creator. Thus the term goes back to the “visionary” Carlo Pagnotta, who founded Umbria Jazz in 1973, making it the planetary phenomenon it is today. Evolved as. Eighty pages with notes and smells of huge artists. So here’s Miles Davis, Santana, Clapton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, BB King, Sting, Prince, Elton John, Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, Arbor, Rava , Veloso and Bolani to Lady Gaga, to name just a few. La Nazione’s initiatives do not end there: in addition to the book, which uses the support of the region and the municipalities of Perugia and Orvieto, a web TV short The series has been created, which will stream across all our platforms Festival Days: In this case too memories, testimonies and glimpses of a festival where the sun never sets.

and Paola Agabiti, Regional Councilor for Tourism, welcomed our initiative as follows: “The nation wanted to dedicate for years a cultural moment able to mark the identity of our region. In the pages of the insert we find the founders, the iconic characters , the most representative guests and the most enchanting places that have marked the life and path of the authentic result of the same Umbrian essence. Between the lines and in the images we will be able to trace the unforgettable moments of our lives and the memories of our youth will re-emerge , which will be marked by an event that has over the years served as a musical counterpoint to the passage of time in our land.