Siena Jazz Festival

The Italian Ministry of Culture, the Italian Cultural Institute and Accademia Nazionale del Jazz are brining us a taste of the Siena Jazz Festival (which runs for two weeks in Siena each summer). Three good young Italian bands will be on the bill:

Guglielmo Santimone Trio (Guglielmo Santimone on piano – that’s him above, Stefano Zambon on double bass, Simone Brilli on drums): post-bop contemporary jazz with a nod to Brazil.

4Tet (Lorenzo Simoni sax, Guglielmo Santimone piano, Giulio Scianatico double bass, Simone Brilli drums): Santimone and Brill join Simoni’s quartet for a kind of Italian jazz supergroup.

Vittorio Gravagna Rosmarino Trio (Vittorio Gravagna guitar, Stefano Zambon double bass, Giovanni Nardiello drums): tipped for big things — minimalist jazz rock with a Mediterranean feel.