MITJAZZ – Il Jazz è donna
Concluded
The 5th edition of MITJAZZ picks up on a number of concerts cancelled in the spring, including the first event – Il Jazz è Donna – with the participation of Caterina Crucitti, Laura Fedele, Rosarita Crisafi, Eleonora Strino, Aisha Ruggieri and Camilla Rolando with the Civica Jazz Band conducted by Enrico Intra and Luca Missiti.
Box office line +39 02.42.411.889
Teatro Strehler
Organised by the Cultural Association Musica Oggi, in collaboration with the Piccolo Teatro, and twinned with JAZZMI, the 5th edition of MITJAZZ is set out over three events based on original projects. This year, the first two concerts will be picking up on part of the programme for “Orchestra Senza Confini”, which was suspended after the first event due to the COVID emergency.
The festival begins with Il Jazz è Donna, a view of the Italian female jazz scene, followed by a tribute to George Gruntz and Franco Ambrosetti with a review of their significant discography from the 1980s, Tentets. Lastly, the progect Piani Diversi, involving a master of classic piano, Carlo Balzaretti, a jazz great, Enrico Intra, and a musicologist, Maurizio Franco, in a singular and commented conversation between classic works and improvisation.
The first event in the fifth edition of MITJAZZ is dedicated to Il jazz è donna which proposes a view of the Italian female jazz scene, a precious opportunity to present contemporary music through “the counterpart of sound”, now an important entity on the national scene non only in terms of quality, but also in numbers. Each musician will be contributing with a piece, either their own composition or part of the international jazz repertoire and arranged for big band, and will perform it as a soloist together with the orchestra. The various choices form an extremely varied musical panorama, the result of the personalities of the guest jazz musicians, who differ not only for their own personal poetry and style, but also for the generations they belong to. This articulated journey will see the funky-blues of Caterina Crucitti, an important electric bass player on the Italian scene, who has important national collaborations under her belt, to the elegant mainstream music of the seventeen-year-old Camilla Rolando, a young trombone talent with a focus on modern jazz traditions, while the saxophone player Rosarita Crisafi, who emerged from the Civici Corsi di Jazz, will be providing a very modern and articulated performance. The piano and the voice of Laura Fedele, a prominent Italian voice, will then lead us to original contemporary mainstream jazz full of blues, where the bop virtuosity of the young rising star of Italian jazz guitar, Eleonora Strino, and the modal, intense and colourful music of the pianist Aisha Ruggeri will complete the line-up in a concert that offers a very varied and high-profile panorama and a number of faces that are new for Milanese audiences.
Organised by the Cultural Association Musica Oggi, in collaboration with the Piccolo Teatro, and twinned with JAZZMI, the 5th edition of MITJAZZ is set out over three events based on original projects. This year, the first two concerts will be picking up on part of the programme for “Orchestra Senza Confini”, which was suspended after the first event due to the COVID emergency.
The festival begins with Il Jazz è Donna, a view of the Italian female jazz scene, followed by a tribute to George Gruntz and Franco Ambrosetti with a review of their significant discography from the 1980s, Tentets. Lastly, the progect Piani Diversi, involving a master of classic piano, Carlo Balzaretti, a jazz great, Enrico Intra, and a musicologist, Maurizio Franco, in a singular and commented conversation between classic works and improvisation.
The first event in the fifth edition of MITJAZZ is dedicated to Il jazz è donna which proposes a view of the Italian female jazz scene, a precious opportunity to present contemporary music through “the counterpart of sound”, now an important entity on the national scene non only in terms of quality, but also in numbers. Each musician will be contributing with a piece, either their own composition or part of the international jazz repertoire and arranged for big band, and will perform it as a soloist together with the orchestra. The various choices form an extremely varied musical panorama, the result of the personalities of the guest jazz musicians, who differ not only for their own personal poetry and style, but also for the generations they belong to. This articulated journey will see the funky-blues of Caterina Crucitti, an important electric bass player on the Italian scene, who has important national collaborations under her belt, to the elegant mainstream music of the seventeen-year-old Camilla Rolando, a young trombone talent with a focus on modern jazz traditions, while the saxophone player Rosarita Crisafi, who emerged from the Civici Corsi di Jazz, will be providing a very modern and articulated performance. The piano and the voice of Laura Fedele, a prominent Italian voice, will then lead us to original contemporary mainstream jazz full of blues, where the bop virtuosity of the young rising star of Italian jazz guitar, Eleonora Strino, and the modal, intense and colourful music of the pianist Aisha Ruggeri will complete the line-up in a concert that offers a very varied and high-profile panorama and a number of faces that are new for Milanese audiences.
Credits
Piccolo Teatro Grassi
Monday 19 October 2020, 9 p.m.
Il Jazz è Donna
with the Civica Jazz Band
soloists Emilio Soana, Marco Mariani (trumpet), Andrea Andreoli (trombone), Giulio Visibelli (saxophone and flute), Marco Vaggi (double bass), Tony Arco (drums)
and the students from the Civici Corsi di Jazz of the Civica Scuola di Musica C.Abbado, Milan
guest soloists Caterina Crucitti (electric bass), Laura Fedele (vocals), Rosarita Crisafi (baratone sax), Eleonora Strino (guitar), Aisha Ruggieri (piano), Camilla Rolando (trumpet)
condutors Enrico Intra and Luca Missiti
introduction to the concert by Maurizio Franco
TICKETS
Single seat: full price € 20, reduced price € 15
Where and when to purchase tickets
It is possible to purchase tickets for programmed performances taking place from September to December and use vouchers as payment.
No subscriptions schemes are available for the aforementioned performances.
piccoloteatro.org
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Box office line +39 02.42.411.889
From Monday to Saturday from 9.45 a.m.to 6.45 p.m., Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In the event of performances on bank holidays, the service is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It is possible to purchase full-price or discounted tickets (for under -26 and over -65).
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Access to the auditorium with reduced-price tickets is subject to verification by the theatre personnel.
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Piccolo Teatro Strehler box office
The Teatro Strehler box office (L. go Greppi, 1 – Metro M2 station Lanza) observes the following opening hours: from Monday to Saturday 9.45 a.m. to 6.45 p.m.; Sundays 1 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.; closed on Sundays and bank holidays.
It is possible to purchase full-price or discounted tickets (for under -26 and over -65). Access to the auditorium with reduced-price tickets is subject to verification by the theatre personnel.
For the final hour before the beginning of a performance, the box office is available exclusively for the production that is due to begin.
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• In order to avoid queues and crowing, spectators are invited to arrive at the place of performance in good time.
• It is possible to access the auditorium by showing your ticket directly from your smartphone.
• Spectators with a body temperature equal to or higher than 37.5°C will not be allowed access to the performance and will have the right to a refund for their ticket. The personnel at the entrance will have dedicated thermal scanners for measuring temperature.
• All spectators must wear face masks (general regulations apply for children) and sanitise their hands via the dedicated dispensers. Spectators without masks can ask for one at the entrance.
• The seating in the auditorium respects current distancing regulations.
