Singers and song-writers and jazz
musicians have paid homage to Italian icon Luigi Tenco on the
50th anniversary of his death at this year's Umbria Jazz
Festival in Perugia.
A concert on Sunday night at the Santa Giuliana arena in the
Umbria city was a tribute to the late singer and song-writer.
The performance was part of a project over the past few
festivals to celebrate jazz together with Italy's leading
singers and song-writers including the late Fabrizio De Andrè,
Lucio Dalla and Lucio Battisti who have given a key contribution
to the Italian jazz genre.
The concert kicked off with jazz pianist Danilo Rea who
played a medley of songs written by De Andrè.
Singer and song-writer Gino Paoli then sang Tenco's "Vedrai
vedrai" (you'll see, you'll see) , with Rea at the piano,
followed by Umberto Bindi with "Il Nostro Concerto" (our
concert).
The concert continued with a number of classics written by
Paoli, including "Fingere di te" (pretending for you), "Sapore
di sale" (salt flavor), "La gatta" (the female cat), "Che cosa
c'è" (what is it), "Senza fine" (endless), "Una lunga storia
d'amore" (a long love story).
Paoli and Rea are a well-consolidated duo who have been
performing together before this year's festival.
The first part of the concert closed with Paoli's "Il cielo
in una stanza" (the sky in a room) performed by Italian rock
group Negramaro with lead Giuliano Sangiorgi and jazz trumpet
player Paolo Fresu.
Then Italian singer Gaetano Curreri and Fresu took the stage,
another well-established duo who last performed together at the
Umbria Jazz Winter event with their rendition of classics and
less-known music written by De Andrè and Dalla.
Trumpeter Mauro Ottolini subsequently directed the Perugia
Chamber Orchestra in the last part of the concert.
Ottolini has created a number of original projects to pay
homage to Tenco, including his recent CD "Tenco, come ti vedono
gli altri" (Tenco, the way others see you) with a number of
classics by the song-writer rearranged with a jazz twist.
The final song was "Ciao amore ciao" (good bye love, good
bye) for a last homage to Tenco and to all of the evening's
protagonists.
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