Scutari – Italy will participate in the third edition of the International Festival of Jazz in Albania, directed by Be-sim Petrela – Association Syri Blue, with the Marco Castelli Trio (Marco Castelli, saxophones; Matteo Alfonso, organ; Marco Vattovani, drums) and its mixture of Jazz and Afro, Ska and Latin rhythms, fusing them into a single Mediterranean matrix. The festival will be held on July 24th at the Sheraton Hotel in Tirana, and on July 25th at the “Pedonale” in Scutari. The repertoire, as well as tracks more closely tied to the jazz tradition, also includes original compositions by Marco Castelli and jazz reinterpretations of traditional Italian song. (9Colonne)
