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.

The final concert of Rimini Jazz 2017 is entrusted to the Lino Patruno Jazz Show.
Lino Patruno is a real Italian ambassador of traditional jazz, and he has always been a friend of the festival of jazz in Rimini, where he has often partecipate.
Patrono has been an Italian protagonist of cabaret since the 1960s, and he is a wellknown as to the numerous successful television programs where he has participated in various roles (conductor, producer, musician).
Lino Patruno is nowadays the most famous Italian jazz musician and the music in his show ranges from dixieland to the Chicago's jazz style, performed in a contemporary mode that does not alter the historical roots.