The opening concert of Rimini Jazz 2017 will be an occasion to remember Vittorio Corcelli, the founder of the festival, who has recently disappeared. Corcelli was a great swing musician and a show man, as well as president of Rimini's association ‘Amici di Jazz’.
To pay homage to Vittorio Corcelli, a selection of musicians from the Rimini Dixieland Jazz Band and the Ambassador Marching Band, the two most representative orchestras of traditional jazz in Romagna, will be on stage in a New Orleans styled concert.