Preview of Umbria Jazz, on July 11th, on the stage in Piazza IV Novembre, with a concert by the Big Band of the Italian Army Band in collaboration with the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome.
Formation of the Army Band, the Big Band was born from the common passion for Jazz of some of its members and above all from the desire to offer the public the wonderful “Swing” orchestrations of the 30s and 40s. The vast repertoire on the program ranges from the jazz classics of that period, passing through authors who have made the history of this genre such as D. Ellington, G. Miller, G. Gershwin, up to more modern transcriptions always re-proposed in a swing key, thus retracing the entire historical and musical scenario of those years.
The Big Band performed on various military and non-military occasions in the capital, as well as being guests at various musical festivals and events. He has collaborated with internationally renowned artists including Mario Biondi, Fabrizio Bosso and Maestro Pino Iodice.
The Saint Louis College of Music, which collaborates in the concert, has been among the most renowned musical educational institutions of excellence on a European scale since 1976, with over 1,800 students every year from every country, a permanent teaching staff of 120 nationally renowned teachers, directed since 1998 by Maestro Stefano Mastruzzi. It is the first private institution of Higher Artistic Musical Education in Italy authorized by the Mur to issue first and second level academic diplomas in Jazz, Popular Music, Electronic Music, Sound Technician, Composition and Film Music, Classical Music with the same value legal of Conservatory diplomas, therefore equivalent to first and second level degree diplomas.
