Take part in the final phase of selecting the 2010 Swiss Jazz Award winner! During the month of April, the winner of the annual Radio Swiss Jazz and JazzAscona award—one of five Swiss bands nominated—will be announced. The award ceremony and concert will take place during the JazzAscona festival.

Everyone can vote, and if you do, you have a chance of winning a JazzAscona pass for two people, for this year's festival.

Vote here: http://www.swissjazzaward.ch/de

With an average 92% occupancy, positive feedback from audience and media, and a large number of members, Ascona's JAZZ CAT CLUB's first year was a great success, exceeding all expectations.

The club was launched and is directed by JazzAscona's artistic director Nicolas Gilliet, with the aim of giving your-round continuity to the activities of the jazz festival. The Jazz Cat Club has managed to find its own niche on the Ticino musical scene, attracting a great number of people from all over the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and nearby Italy.

The club thus starts its next season under promising conditions, with the confirmation—among other things—of its main sponsor, BancaStato. The Jazz Cat Club will officially reopen on Thursday, September 24, at 6.30 p.m. with the board meeting, open to all members, at Teatro del Gatto in via Muraccio 21 in Ascona.

In the course of the meeting, the board will present activity reports and financial reports, and it will also announce the first names of the 2009-2010 program, which will include eight jazz and blues concerts featuring internationally renowned artists. The new season will be launched on Monday, October 19 with a concert by the quintet of the great American drummer Alvin Queen.