Ascona Jazz Festival award is presented annually during the Jazz Ascona festival and is supported by the municipality of Ascona. Ascona Jazz Festival Ascona Jazz Festival, or Jazz Ascona, is an annual jazz festival held in Ascona, Switzerland. The 10-day festival takes place from late June to early July on the Swiss shores of Lake Maggiore and is devoted to historical styles of jazz, particularly New Orleans jazz. Under the direction of Nicolas Gilliet, Jazz Ascona features more than 200 concerts, 300 musicians, and events such as gospel choirs, jam sessions, exhibits, conferences, and films. Established in 2006, the Ascona Jazz Awards recognizes
Torino Jazz Festival an open-air jazz venue, where some of the best jazz musicians in the world perform, invading the historic center and all the streets, squares, bars and clubs of the city. Torino Jazz Festival The Torino Jazz Festival (initiated in 2012) is a jazz festival held in the city of Turin. The Torino Jazz Festival was created to enhance the jazz tradition in Torino, and quickly became an important point of reference in the European music scene. During the event, besides the energy of the solos and jam session, there is meetings, sound performances achieved in public and private areas, and