The rush hour in Certaldo Photo credit: Melody McLaren

Come on down. This year’s Global Music Foundation Tuscany International Workshop and Jazz Festival 2015 in the Tuscan hill town of Certaldo, associated with writer and poet Boccaccio (1311-1375) runs from August 4th-11th. The tutor faculty includes Rene Marie, Bruce Barth, Arnie Somogyi, Stephen Keogh, Alfred Kramer, Guillermo Rozenthuler and Garrison Fewell.

Almost all of the strictly limited fifty-five places on the course have already gone, but the organizers are still welcoming applications from a drummer and a bassist. Be quick, quote “LondonJazz News”, and you will be offered a discount.