An examination of jazz and American music from the first half of the last century, the common thread of the majority of events in this edition of Orchestra Senza Confini, is expanded on in this concert with its repertoires of New Orleans Jazz and Swing, offering an important view of two important moments in jazz history. Two styles which still make their mark on the scene, which have developed over time and which are now performed with a modern sound and a rhythmic and improvised approach which differs from that of the period of their origin.

For the occasion, two great experts of this musical world have been invited: Paolo Tomelleri and Luciano Invernizzi.
The first will direct the Civica Jazz Band in the execution of an articulated repertoire which offers a wide view of the music of the great Swing orchestras, both black and white, beginning with original arrangements of the era.
The second is a prominent figure in the history of Italian Dixieland and has been the conductor, since the beginning, of the Bovisa New Orleans Jazz Band, founded in 1958 and active ever since, for almost sixty years, in the Milanese (and not only) jazz scene. The journey through the complex and heterogeneous musical tradition of the city of the Mississippi delta will begin with spiritual music and blues to then take on the great classics of Morton, Oliver, and Ory, naturally remembering the city's brightest star: the great Louis Armstrong.