QuadrilateroFree entry
Among the many Italian festivals, the Strada del Jazz has a unique feature, the laying of the marble stars on the central Via Orefici / Caprarie dedicated to the great American performers who played in the city in the golden years of Alberto Alberti's Bologna Jazz Festival . La Strada del Jazz is above all a social event and being on the street, listening to jazz music, is a moment of freedom, an opportunity to meet, to socialize, to participate in the civil and cultural life of Bologna, in which great musicians and small jazz bands with their “swing” make possible a great intergenerational and intercultural union.
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For a long time via Caprarie / Orefici was the crossroads of international jazz in Bologna due to the presence of Alberto Alberti's Disclub at number 3. From the late fifties to the mid-seventies Bologna was the coveted destination for lovers of jazz music. The city has hosted sixteen editions of one of the first and perhaps most important European Jazz Festivals, organized by Alberto Alberti. The most significant names in the entire history of jazz performed on the stages of city theaters and also at the Sports Palace. To remember them, a marble star dedicated to one of them is placed every year on the sidewalk of via Caprarie / Orefici. The Hollywood Boulevard of Bolognese Jazz has been enriched with great stars every year, starting in 2011 with Chet Baker, continuing in 2012 with Miles Davis etc.
Show moreCheck the programme here (italian only)
For a long time via Caprarie / Orefici was the crossroads of international jazz in Bologna due to the presence of Alberto Alberti's Disclub at number 3. From the late fifties to the mid-seventies Bologna was the coveted destination for lovers of jazz music. The city has hosted sixteen editions of one of the first and perhaps most important European Jazz Festivals, organized by Alberto Alberti. The most significant names in the entire history of jazz performed on the stages of city theaters and also at the Sports Palace. To remember them, a marble star dedicated to one of them is placed every year on the sidewalk of via Caprarie / Orefici. The Hollywood Boulevard of Bolognese Jazz has been enriched with great stars every year, starting in 2011 with Chet Baker, continuing in 2012 with Miles Davis etc.
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Bologna the Street of Jazz
Via Giovanni Papini 30
40128 Bologna
Telephone: +39 051 328186
Email: info@lastradadeljazz.it
Site/minisite/other: http://www.lastradadeljazz.it/
Entrance
free
Interests
- Music & Exhibition
