As we get geared up for Istanbul Jazz Festival and Umbria Jazz, lots of behind the scenes work going on.  Young Fellaz Brass Band is going to rock them all at Istanbul!

Umbria Jazz Winter 2012

Arezzo, Italy, January 2012. Photograph by Jennifer Edwards.

Crowd listening to music, Orvieto, Umbria Jazz Winter. 

There's nothing like wandering down the streets of Umbrian hill towns to get a sense that the United States is a very young country.  Here's a view from a window in Arezzo, another ancient town a couple of hours from Orvieto.  And another photograph of Orvieto, timeless.  We can't imagine what it's like in this country to walk streets that have seen life for a thousand years.  At Umbria Jazz Winter, they take it for granted.

Street, Orvieto, Italy December 2010.  Photograph by Jennifer Edwards.