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In the immediate post-war years jazz took off in Italy. All American post-war jazz styles, from be-bop to Free Jazz and Fusion have their equivalents in Italy. The universality of Italian culture ensured that jazz clubs would spring up throughout the peninsula, that all radio and then television studios would have jazz-based "house-bands," that Italian musicians would then start nurturing a "home grown" kind of jazz, based on European song forms, classical composition techniques and folk music (for example, in Sicily, where Enzo Rao and his group Shamal have added native Sicilian and Arab influences to American jazz). Currently, all Italian music conservatories have jazz departments, there are dosens of jazz festivals each year in Italy, the best-known of which is the Umbria Jazz Festival, and there are prominent publications such as the journal, Musica Jazz. In Italy, today, it is virtually impossible to find a medium-sized city without a jazz club. Bebop or bop is a form of jazz which uses a fast tempo and complex improvisational techniques. ... Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. ... Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ... Enzo Rao (born January 13, 1957 in Palermo) is an Italian musician who plays a number of instruments, including bass guitar, oud, sadz, Jewish harp and violin, in a variety of folk and popular styles. ... A shamal is a summer northwesterly wind blowing over Iraq and the Persian Gulf, often strong during the day, but decreasing at night. ... Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia The Umbria Jazz Festival is one of the most important venues for Jazz in Europe and has been held annually since 1973, usually in July, in the city of Perugia, Italy. ... Music media in Italy There is an abundance of print, on-line and broadcast media in Italy that cover all kinds of music. ...

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References

• (Italian) Mazzoletti, Adriano (1983). Jazz in Italia. Dalle Origini al dopoguerra. ISBN 88-7063-7042.

• (German) Cerchiari, Luca (1988). "Jazz in Italien". Exhibit catalogue: That's Jazz. Der Sound des 20. Jahrhunderts: 469-476.

External sites

• Umbria Jazz Festival In Perugia, generally in July. The largest such event in Italy.
• Running updates on jazz events in Italy
• Jazz museum in Genoa]