In 2023 Umbria Jazz — an extraordinary festival and a point of reference for lovers of the form the world over — celebrated half a century.

This volume is not a simple chronicle but a journey into that world, thanks to more than a hundred frames by major makers, with thousands of faces, musicians and audience members, whose artistic force and historical value sound out the most secret aspects of the places, the players and the people immersed in a reality made of notes and feeling.