Fiat Automobiles SpA will be the sponsor of Umbria Jazz 07, one of the most exclusive jazz festivals in the world, held as usual in Perugia, from July 6 to 15. On that occasion the new Fiat 500 will make its first public appearance, after a world preview on July 4 in Turin.

Two symbols of Italy in the world will get together in Perugia, proof of the best artistic, cultural and social heritage of our country but most of all with the same values in common: in fact Umbria Jazz is traditionally a very versatile festival, offering the visiting public different musical approach opportunities and has made exclusiveness into a cultural but not an economic attitude. You can find the same “democratic” approach in the new Fiat 500 because it’s the most evolved and accessible answer for those who “live” the car in complete freedom, who appreciate everyday use and at the same time want to drive a fun, ecological and practical car but also easy going and full of personality. Finally, thanks to the contribution of all the Fiat Automobiles dealerships in the area, the Umbria Jazz 07 festival will have available cars from the Fiat range for the singers and musicians to be transported to their different playing locations.

Umbria Jazz Festival 2007 is, without any doubt, one of the most important event dedicated to jazz in Europe. Since 1973, when the first edition of the Umbria Jazz festival was inaugurated, all the biggest jazz artists have come to play in Perugia.
 

During the 1970s jazz artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Rivers, Herbie Hanckok, Enrico Rava, Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton al arrived in Umbria and during the more recent editions of the world-famous festival the names to grace the stages include Dedee Bridgewater, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Terence Blanchard, Paolo Conte, Vinicio Capossela, Nicola Arigliano, Miriam Makeba, Renzo Arbore and its Swing Maniacs, Sergio Cammariere, The Coolbone Brass Band of New Orleans, Lyle Henderson and the Emmanuel Gospel Singers.

This year the Umbria Jazz 2007 festival edition will take place during the month of July for ten days during which from every morning to every evening, in the historic centre of Perugia, will take place dozens of concerts with musical offerings covering the entire music range to meet the tastes of a public which are always more heterogeneous. Perugia will become, once again, a meeting point for thousands of music lovers, who will be coming from not only from all over Italy but also from many Europe countries as well as the United States.