LITHUANIA: Džiazlaif-Džiazlaif (2018)

Kazimieras Jušinskas (sopr. sax)
Arminas Bižys (alto sax)
Danielius Pancerovas (bar. sax)
Paulius Vaškas (guitar)
Aurelijus Užameckis (double bass)
Ignas Kasikauskas (drums)

USA: Peter Kuhn Trio-“The Other Shore” (No Business 2016)

Peter Kuhn – Bb and bass clarinet, tenor and alto sax
Kyle Motl – bass
Nathan Hubbard – drums

LITHUANIA: Jazz Artist Contest Riga Jazz Stage 2016

A record number of participants logged for „Riga Jazz Stage” contest!

From 7th to 9th April international jazz artist contest „Riga Jazz Stage” is going to be held in Riga with two nominations „Jazz Vocal” and „Jazz Trombone”. This year 38 contestants from 16 countries have logged for the contest.



Young artists from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom and USA have submitted their applications for this year contest.



12 contestants from Latvia have registered for the contest, all together 12: vocalists Zviedre, Elīza Baķe, Kitija Ruža, Kristīne Liede, Kristīna Trezune, Līva Dumpe, Madara Dzintara-Pluša, Roberts Memmēns, Ronja Burve, Una Stade, Valters Gleške and trombonist Nauris Strežs. This year there are also a number of representatives from UK, Russia, Germany, Estonia, USA and Poland.


Many artists that already gained their recognition for international competitions applied for the participation in “Riga Jazz Stage”. For example, vocalist Anastasia Ryseff from USA already received awards for special vocal at Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and Reno Jazz Festival. Trombonist Robbie Harvey from United Kingdom won Jiggs Whigham Trombone Competition and several International Trombone Associasions’ contests. Participation in the competitions is also a usual thing for the vocalist Sophie Atsbeha-Negga from Russia, who won the “Jazz Parnas” and “Ad Libitum Competition”. Burak Dursun from Turkey won the main prize at the Istanbul Culture and Arts foundation jazz competition and the Istanbul New talent competition.



The prize fund is more than 6000 euros and exclusive paid invitations to perform at jazz festivals, competitions and concerts in Latvia and other countries. Will be also divined by a very special jury prize for the best improvisation, as well as Raimonds Pauls prize.



The competition is supported by the Riga City Council, State Culture Capital Fund, Olainfarm, A&T Trade, Live Riga, Tele2, Møller Auto Lidosta, Lime gate, Prike and Radisson Blu.



Tickets for the contests’ concerts available on the internet and “Biļešu Serviss” desks.
 Riga Jazz Stage 2016

USA/Lithuania: Hernan Romero - Strings And Air (Intuition 2015)

Playing music with only six nylon strings and a bit of air: What sounds like fragments of musical stopgaps at first impression once again becomes a masterpiece of minimalist virtuosity and unpretentious emotionalism in the hands of Grammy winner Hernán Romero. Following the celebrated "Tres Caras de una Moneda" with Hernán's mother Estela Raval and Al di Meola as well as Jerry Marottaof from Peter Gabriel's band, the guitarist of Spanish ancestry born in Argentina and currently living in New York presents an album together with the Lithuanian soprano saxophonist Kęstas Vaiginis that is full of breathtaking facets, which creates a great effect precisely due to its airy, celebrated minimalism.
http://www.hernanromeromusic.com

ITALY: Marco Lo Russo News

Press release

Marco Lo Russo aka Rouge, Baltic Sea Tour 2015

The 9 July, with a press conference at the Relais & Chateaux Stikliai Hotel in Vilnius Old Town, begin the Baltic Sea Tour 2015 with the Sensual Duo with Marco Lo Russo and the Lithuanian accordionist Aurelija Matulevičiūtė: two Different Worlds united by the sounds of the accordion. That blending have created a show concert between standard international, tango and original compositions by Marco Lo Russo, in acoustic and electronic key, from the album Modern Accordion, thanks to which it is also born the “International Video Contest” dedicated to youth video maker. The first concert of the two artists is on the evening of July 9 in Vilnius concert hall in Piano.LT, Vasaros Terasa. Since July 10 the Sensual Duo with Marco Lo Russo and Aurelija Matulevičiūtė performs in different cities on the Baltic Sea: special guests of the event Vasarok GROCK a Smiltyne, a Prieplaukos Vynine in the town of Nida and Vandenis Music Club in the city of Palanga. 

On the 4 July, the Maestro Marco Lo Russo, presented, during the contest The Golden Tower Lanuvio (Rome), where he was host and member of the jury, his new artistic project: Made in Italy. A output for Rouge Sound Production, with the Accordion of Marco Lo Russo and the voice of Francesca Bartolomucci, a young singer, that she made important collaborations (like Riccardo Cocciante).

The Wide breath and international fame has brought Marco Lo Russo to be the protagonist of a photo exhibition. Recently in Poland, during the prestigious Piwnica pod Baranami, in the heart of Krakow, the photographer Marcin Brzózka has been staged a photo exhibition dedicated to Marco Lo Russo, in tribute to the collaboration with the singer Agnieszka Chrzanowska for the realization of the single Nostalgia I Ty the Polskie Nagrania. 

Marco Lo Russo will return to Italy to teach during the two-day Masterclass, the 17 and 18 July, in arrangement techniques, improvisation and arrangement for ensemble of soloists and aimed to practical application of the language of music written and improvised, mostly television, cinema and theater at the Academy of Vallo di Diano in Sala Consilina in the province of Salerno. The appointments will end of the month with the solo recital of Marco Lo Russo aka Rouge, the 24 July, at the Teatro Villa Margherita in Trapani, Sicily for the summer concert season organized by the Friends of Music of Trapani, in collaboration with the State Conservatory of Music A. Scontrino of Trapani.

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Howard Riley - Live With Repertoire (NoBusiness Records 2013)

1. Monk's Mood (04:50)
2. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues Are (03:45)
3. Darn That Dream (04:54)
4. Now One (03:07)
5. Ruby, My Dear (04:30)
6. Now Two (03:11)
7. Round Midnight (06:41)
8. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (05:42)
9. Formerly (04:15)
10. Body And Soul (06:21)
11. Well You Needn't (05:37)
12. Signing Off (01:12)

NoBusiness Records

Documentary film about the European Saxophone Ensemble tour 2012

http://www.vilniusjazz.lt/
European Saxophone Ensemble 2012. Documentary film about the European Saxophone Ensemble tour 2012 incl. concert at "Vilnius Jazz 2012" festival.

UK/Lithuania: Vladimir Tarasov's Video works : Sound Games

Sound Games is a sound and video installation project that has been developing for two decades with the constant addition of new works. This time the artist will introduce his video works titled Constellation (2011), Gobustan (2009), In Between (2009) and The Third River (2011), where he reverts to the basic structures and rhythms of sound, exploring their interaction, as well as visual metaphors related to the sound. The stylistic expression of the video works is minimalist, meticulously organised, and focussed on corporeality with all its visual and acoustical properties. A subtle relationship between sound and silence, a delicate sense of time, and a controlled and economical visual expression invoke a meditative relationship between the viewer and the piece of art, creating a feeling of "transparent impalpability". (Read more)

Lithuania: The 24th Vilnius Jazz Festival / October 13-16 2011

Jean Louis
France
Aymeric Avice - trumpet, slide trumpet, seashells
Joachim Florent - double bass
Francesco Pastacaldi - drums

Das Kapital
Germany/Denmark/France

Daniel Erdmann - ts
Hasse Poulsen - g
Edward Perraud - dr

Miyeon - Park Je Chun
South Korea
Miyeon - p
Park Je Chun - perc

Meta Marie Louise
Switzerland
Manuel Engel - rhodes, piano, nord synth, Moog
Mark Stucki - ts, ss, bcl
Kevin Chesham - drums

Martin Lubenov's Jazzta Prasta
Austria

Martin Lubenov – accordion
Aleksandar Stojic – guitar
Stefan Thaler – double bass
Harald Tanschek – drums

Colin Vallon Trio
Switzerland
Colin Vallon - p
Patrice Moret - db
Samuel Rohrer - d

Petras Vyšniauskas - Juozas Milašius
Lithuania
Petras Vyšniauskas - saxophone
Juozas Milašius - guitar

Asaf Sirkis Trio
United Kingdom
Anastasios Spiliotopoulos - electric guitar
Patrick Bettison - electric bass, harmonica
Asaf Sirkis - drums

Logic
Australia
Glenn Cannon - guitar
Tim Wilson - sax
Dane Alderson - bass
Ben Vanderwal - drums

A.Šlaustas - T.Kutavičius project
Lithuania
Arūnas Šlaustas - keyb
Tomas Kutavičius - keyb
Vytautas Mikeliūnas - vn
Vytautas Labutis - s.sax
Skirmantas Sasnauskas - trb
Eugenijus Kanevičius - db
Darius Rudis - dr

L.Mockūnas - A.Bumšteinas „Voicescapes. Homage to MKČ“
Lithuania
Liudas Mockūnas – improvisation, reeds
Artūras Bumšteinas – composition, electronics

Sheep Got Waxed
Lithuania
Simonas Šipavičius – sax
Paulius Vaškas – g
Adas Gecevičius – dr

Jazz 4
Lithuania
Dovydas Sagaitis - vibraphone
Matas Čerenkovas – keyb
Paulius Vaicekauskas – bg
Kasparas Naujokas – dr

Retired Musicians Social Club
Lithuania
Linas Karaliūnas – keyb
Gediminas Svilas – db
Viktoras Krasauskas – dr

J.Kuraitis - T.Razmus - A.Mikalkėnas
Lithuania
Juozas Kuraitis - sax
Tomas Razmus - sax
Arnas Mikalkėnas - accordeon

Hanna Paulsberg Concept
Norway
Hanna Paulsberg - saxophone
Oscar Grönberg - piano
Trygve Waldemar Fiske - bass
Hans Hulbækmo - drums

Vilnius Jazz Festival

Labutis Jazz Quartet : Layers

The album consist of stylistic, emotional, and thematic diversity neatly lies in 12 different layers reflecting the quintessential music of Labutis Jazz Quartet. It incorporates features ranging from Vilnius Jazz School ideals to the original interpretation of jazz standarts and the deeply privately assimilated World music experience. 

Sutaras

Gone With Jazz* – Sleeplesness 1996

01 - Nuo bekešo kalno 9.12
02 - Autoportretas 2.32
03 - Vėjo ašaros 2.10
04 - Užpusk laužą 3.49
05 - Budynės 2.52
06 - Nuotaka upė 7.04
07 - Pažvelik ir susitaikyk 3.27
08 - Bliuzas zenonui Š. 3.24
09 - Niekad 4.20
10 - Varovas 2.58
11 - Juodomdžio giesmė 3.50
12 - Tyla 2.16
13 - Draugui 7.37

Sutaras & Vilnius Jazz Quartet ethnojazz.lt (Kukū Records 2002)

Record company: Kukū Records
Year of publication: 2002
Media: CD
Duration: 55'06
Publisher contacts
Ramunių 29
LT-01410 Vilnius, Lithuania
sutaras.a.fokas@post.omnitel.net
www.sutaras.lt

Tracks
1. Raliavimas 7'54
2. Kazacka 6'19
3. Pasidarė genys alų 15'55
4. Du žekeliai
5. Aikim, bernai, kalėdauc 9'23
6. Ūb-ArA-Ga 9'1

Music Export Lithuania

TARFALA TRIO. Mats Gustafsson, Barry Guy, Raymond Strid : "SYZYGY"

The TARFALA TRIO has its roots from 1992, meeting at the SOLO - 92 festival in Stockholm, Sweden. After that first encounter in 1992, the trio has worked sporadically and played festivals in Europe and releasing 2 Cds on Maya Recordings. This recording captures them playing live in Belgium, 2009. It is explosive, high energy loaded ferocious music focusing on low dynamic melodic material. Tarfala Trio is at their peak creating the most exciting improvised music you can hear today.

This is a double limited gatefold vinyl edition only, which, as a bonus, contains one-sided 7“ EP and a booklet of photos of the musicians playing live.

The TARFALA TRIO:

Mats Gustafsson – tenor sax and alto fluteophone

Barry Guy – bass

Raymond Strid – drums

Source: NoBusiness Records