World Visitor MapThe Brass Group of Palermo is one of the greatest national musical association. Founded by Ignazio Garsia in 1974 like a brass orchestra from which the name The Brass Group is the only Italian association that produces jazz music, and among the rarest in the world, because there are no similar musical associations getting together different disciplines like production and distribution, didactics and formation, research and cataloguing.
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Some historical concerts of The Brass Group (Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Chet Baker, Sun Ra, Dexter Gordon, Tony Scott, Gato Barbieri, and many others)Our venue: Santa Maria dello Spasimo Church (XVI century)Thanks to a Regional Law, The Brass Group is the first no-profit foundation with the first Permanent Jazz Orchestra in Italy, which has been conducted by the most important conductor in the world like Vince Mendoza, Gunther Schuller, Gil Evans, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Brookmeyer, Pete Rugolo, Frank Foster, Bill Russo, Carla Bley just for mentioning someone, and it played with soloists like Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diane Schuur, Arturo Sandoval, Nathalie Cole, Patti Austin, and many others.Blue Brass jazz club (photo by Lucio Forte)Teatro Golden (photo by Lucio Forte)------------------------------------------------------ --------------------