Italia Jazz Club Music Contest - Jazzset 2025

The National Association Italia Jazz Club announces the eight finalists of the second edition of the Italia Jazz Club Music Contest, co-produced by Jazzset 2025, scheduled for November 14th and 15th, 2025, at Club 1799 in Acquaviva delle Fonti (Ba).

The selection committee, composed of the Italia Jazz Club Board, examined a large number of applications from all over Italy, a testament to the interest and vitality of the national jazz scene. The applications, numerous and all of high quality, made the selection particularly challenging: an encouraging sign of the quality and creativity that characterize Italian jazz musicians.

The finalists for 2025 are:

Nugara Trio – from Genoa / Florence / Biella
Lorenzo Cellupica Quartet – from Frosinone
Crescendo Sphere – from Rome / Bari
Felice Chiaravalle 5tet – from Naples / Avellino / Benevento
Try Cycle – from Benevento / Avellino
Antonello Losacco Trio – from Bari
Yugen – from Lecce
Lorenzo Bellini Quartet – from Trento / Florence / Padua / Treviso
Eight groups differing in origin, style, and language, but united by a single vision: to represent a music that is continually growing.

The task of declaring the winner of the second edition will now fall to the qualified jury, composed of leading figures from the national and international jazz scene:

Rosario Giuliani, musician – Jury President
Pietro Lussu, musician
Luca Aquino, musician
Roberto Ottaviano, musician and President of the National Federation Il Jazz Italiano
Onofrio Piccolo, artistic director of Pomigliano Jazz and President of Jazz Italian Platform
Nicola Gaeta, journalist – Musica Jazz
Marco Pennisi, music producer – Red Records
This second edition of the Contest, co-produced by Jazzset 2025, benefits from the sponsorship of Puglia Sounds, which recognized the project as worthy and consistent with the objectives of developing the Apulian music industry and enhancing regional tourist attraction.

This collaboration with Puglia Sounds thus strengthens as a tangible sign of institutional synergy and support for initiatives that promote live music and the growth of the jazz sector.

The winning group will receive a cash prize and a touring agreement within the jazz clubs affiliated with the association, to be completed by June 30th, 2026, according to a nationally coordinated schedule.

The Italia Jazz Club Music Contest, now in its second edition, confirms itself as an important event in the panorama of initiatives dedicated to contemporary jazz, with the aim of enhancing the creativity, artistic quality, and diversity of voices that animate jazz music in Italy.
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