The Festival offers a rich program with approximately 300 concerts and 270 invited artists, with over seventy musicians coming directly from New Orleans.
After a much-appreciated post-pandemic edition that highlighted the official partnership between New Orleans and Ascona, JazzAscona looks forward with renewed momentum and optimism to its 39th edition from June 22 to July 1, 2023, which offers a rich program with approximately 300 concerts and 270 invited artists, with over seventy musicians coming directly from New Orleans.
New Orleans will again be the keystone of a program that promises to be full of emotion and nuances. The program will reintroduce a more festive formula, with free admission to all concerts, four stages on the lakefront, numerous locations scattered throughout the picturesque old town, and often acoustic or semi-acoustic performances in bars, restaurants, alleys, and small squares. A musical interplay of Jazz, blues, soul, and other sounds (new this year, for example, some Latin American music groups), the Festival will involve hundreds of artists from all over the world and will surprise visitors with an all-round musical experience with concerts from lunchtime until late at night.
Arriving from New Orleans, the festival will once again host the acclaimed Grammy-award-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose, which will hold two concerts, both on the second weekend of the festival (June 30 and July 1), with special guests and internationally praised vocalist China Moses (June 29 and June 30).
Among the most anticipated highlights of the 39th edition will be a tribute to Ennio Morricone on June 27 by the great Italian saxophonist Stefano di Battista. It will be a unique opportunity to hear memorable themes such as Once Upon a Time in America, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, as well as lesser-known songs and a new unpublished composition, Flora, which the maestro handed to the saxophonist.
Once again, this year, traditional Jazz styles will have a prominent place in the festival’s programming, counting a dozen bands from various countries. Among this year’s novelties, JazzAscona will offer for the first time the warm sounds of flamenco and Latin American music. On the lakefront, it will be a “fiesta” with Nolosé in particular (June 26–28), a band of ten musicians with a spectacular show. At the same time, Flamenco lovers will find a passionate interpreter in La de Triana, a band led by Swiss singer and composer of Italian-Turkish descent Esrin Sossai (June 23–25).
This year’s program will be partly supported by A2 Jazz Fest & Blue Llama Jazz Club, which will sponsor the New Orleans Stage and present the Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet feat. Don Hicks & Elden Kelly guitar. Other supporters include Fever Tree and the United States Embassy in Switzerland.
New Orleans will again be the keystone of a program that promises to be full of emotion and nuances. The program will reintroduce a more festive formula, with free admission to all concerts, four stages on the lakefront, numerous locations scattered throughout the picturesque old town, and often acoustic or semi-acoustic performances in bars, restaurants, alleys, and small squares. A musical interplay of Jazz, blues, soul, and other sounds (new this year, for example, some Latin American music groups), the Festival will involve hundreds of artists from all over the world and will surprise visitors with an all-round musical experience with concerts from lunchtime until late at night.
Arriving from New Orleans, the festival will once again host the acclaimed Grammy-award-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose, which will hold two concerts, both on the second weekend of the festival (June 30 and July 1), with special guests and internationally praised vocalist China Moses (June 29 and June 30).
Among the most anticipated highlights of the 39th edition will be a tribute to Ennio Morricone on June 27 by the great Italian saxophonist Stefano di Battista. It will be a unique opportunity to hear memorable themes such as Once Upon a Time in America, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, as well as lesser-known songs and a new unpublished composition, Flora, which the maestro handed to the saxophonist.
Once again, this year, traditional Jazz styles will have a prominent place in the festival’s programming, counting a dozen bands from various countries. Among this year’s novelties, JazzAscona will offer for the first time the warm sounds of flamenco and Latin American music. On the lakefront, it will be a “fiesta” with Nolosé in particular (June 26–28), a band of ten musicians with a spectacular show. At the same time, Flamenco lovers will find a passionate interpreter in La de Triana, a band led by Swiss singer and composer of Italian-Turkish descent Esrin Sossai (June 23–25).
This year’s program will be partly supported by A2 Jazz Fest & Blue Llama Jazz Club, which will sponsor the New Orleans Stage and present the Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet feat. Don Hicks & Elden Kelly guitar. Other supporters include Fever Tree and the United States Embassy in Switzerland.
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