by CJA | May 9, 2024 | News
A piece of jazz history: Miles Davis’ trumpet in Ascona JazzAscona, A2 Jazz Fest and the Blue LLama Jazz Club are proud to highlight their partnership with a Miles Davis Moon & Stars Trumpet Competiton for the 2024 festival season. Trumpeters of all ages and...
by CJA | Apr 10, 2024 | Keep on groovin', News
Ear We Go: Stevie Wonder second line style The joyful freedom of jazz in the service of musical learning is at the heart of the EAR WE GO project. Trombonist Gilles Repond, singer Amanda Rougier Appignani and drummer Mattia Terzi are once again offering a free...
by CJA | Mar 11, 2024 | News, Press Release
The Swiss Jazz Award 2024 goes to the Swiss Jazz Orchestra from Bern “The best Jazz big band in Switzerland” (Pepe Lienhard), “A world-class big band” (Peter Erskine): There are countless positive voices for the Swiss Jazz Orchestra (SJO), a...
by CJA | Feb 23, 2024 | News, Press Release
JazzAscona 2024, a festive vintage poster with a technological touch The now classic vibrant orange background of JazzAscona, a striking logo with the inscription “40th edition,” and above all, a collage of black and white photos of musicians surrounded by...
by CJA | Feb 10, 2024 | News
Join the “Jazz Off The Wall” project With the artistic project “Jazz Off The Wall”, photographer Yuri Catania will bring the streets of downtown Ascona to life with giant photographs, 40 works portraying new and historical characters of the...
