Festival da Jazz
The Festival da Jazz ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Puter for jazz festival ) has been held annually between mid-July and mid-August in St. Moritz in the Upper Engadin , Switzerland , since 2008 .
organization
The festival was founded in 2008 by Christian Jott Jenny . The central venue is the Dracula Club , which is closed to the public outside the concert season , which was founded by Gunter Sachs in 1972 and is now run by his son, Rolf Sachs , as president. In 2011, the Miles Davis Lounge was added as a second venue in the nearby Kulm Hotel. During the festival season, public concerts are held every Sunday on the main square in St. Moritz. Since 2012 the total number of concerts has risen to over 50.