Perugia

Umbria Jazz and Umbria Not Really Jazz

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July 14th 2011
Wednesday At 3pm, Jane and David went to an event billed as "Jazz on Film" at the theatre. It proved to be a selection of recordings of performances by great soloists, from Louis Armstrong to Wes Montgomery, introduced by an Italian expert. Ellington was well represented, with two tunes featuring respectively Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves. We saw Roland Kirk on a number called "Three in One ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more