by CJA | Aug 9, 2022 | News
Frog & Henry’s retro jazz wins the Audience Award of JazzAscona «Aet My Choice 2022» ©JazzAscona – Photo credit Gioele Pozzi For ten days straight they performed just about everywhere in Ascona, in the alleys and on the stages, enchanting the audience with...
by CJA | Jul 29, 2022 | Interview
Ida Nielsen Ida Nielsen on her career and Prince’s artistic legacy When Prince signed you, you were already building your artistic empire with the Funkbots and a couple of solo albums. Then your trajectory changed. How did that come about? Short version: in 2010 I...
by CJA | Jul 7, 2022 | Interview
Nolan Quinn «If my music can be a pleasure to the listener, that is reason enough to play it.» An ever-anticipated moment for fans, which in the past has rewarded musicians such as Pepe Lienhard, Raphael Jost, Bruno Spoerri, Franco Ambrosetti and the late Othella...
by CJA | Jul 5, 2022 | News, Press Release
JazzAscona 2022, organizers are very satisfied JazzAscona 2022 is already history. After ten intense days of music and events, the festival reached its peak on Saturday, July 2. Thousands of people flocked to admire jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater and funk queen Ida...
by CJA | Jul 1, 2022 | Interview
Bo Dollis Jr. Bo Dollis Jr on free spirit dance and the New Orleans culture mix We love magnolias; in our region the magnolia trees do grow luxuriantly. What kind of magnolias did you bring along from New Orleans for the Ascona audience? The wild magnolias! I’ve...
