Taranto Jazz Festival (6° edizione)

**TARANTO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2026**
Taranto – Arena Villa Peripato
July 24 / 25 / 26

The Taranto Jazz Festival returns to Taranto, in the evocative setting of the Arena Villa Peripato, celebrating its sixth edition in 2026 with three evenings dedicated to great national jazz and its dialogues with contemporary music.

The festival presents a program that combines tributes to the great masters, encounters between leading musicians, and new visions of the European jazz scene.

**Program:**

**Friday, July 24**
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**STEFANO DI BATTISTA Quintet - IN WAITING FOR MILES**
Tribute to Miles Davis

The festival will kick off with a grand tribute to Miles Davis and the centenary of his birth. Featuring Stefano Di Battista, one of the greatest and most influential contemporary Italian jazz saxophonists, in a special quintet composed of Andrea Rea (piano), Daniele Sorrentino (double bass and electric bass), Luigi Del Prete (drums), and Matteo Cutello (trumpet).

**Saturday, July 25**
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**LE GRAND MORRICONE – Tribute to Michel Legrand and Ennio Morricone**

The second evening pays tribute to two giants of film music: Michel Legrand and Ennio Morricone. On stage will be a quartet of extraordinary interpreters: the intense voice of Cristina Renzetti, the lyrical pianism of Giovanni Ceccarelli, the double bass of Ferruccio Spinetti, with a special appearance by the great clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi. A journey through immortal melodies, reimagined through the sensitivity and elegance of jazz. Opening: Carrera, an experimental trio that combines different musical languages and sensibilities in an essential and experimental formation.

**Sunday, July 26**
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**Gaetano Partipilo – BOOM Collective**
Guest: Hermon Mehari

The closing of the festival is entrusted to Apulian saxophonist Gaetano Partipilo, one of the most innovative figures in contemporary Italian jazz. With the Boom Collective project, Partipilo blends jazz, groove, and urban sounds in a modern and powerful vision of improvised music. The special guest of the evening will be the American trumpeter Hermon Mehari, one of the protagonists of the new international jazz scene.

- Subscription: 42 euros + fees
- Single ticket: 15 euros + fees

Alternatively:
- For holders of the CartaEffe Feltrinelli, a 10% discount
- Taranto Jazz Bar package:
/// subscription + table with included consumption: 57 euros + fees
/// single ticket + table with included consumption: 15 euros + fees