The II International Festival-Contest of Jazz Improvisation
«Master-Jam Fest» started the Online Preselection 2013–2014.
The participants’ registration is held until December 15, 2013 on master-jam.com/en
Registration is Free. All the expenses associated with travel and accommodation of those participants, who passed to the final round, are covered by the festival organisers.
MJF is the first in the practice of the world jazz community annual year-round Festival-contest which uses global communication capabilities of the Internet.
MJF is the International Festival-contest. The first season was attended by 271 talented improvisers from 41 countries of the world.
MJF is the conceptually new project. It is based on the principle of jam-session. This is both a serious professional skills competition and festival.
The Internet round — is completely interactive and takes place in the Internet space. Registration for participation in the Festival-contest is free of charge for musicians. Members of the jury and the audience get acquainted with the participants on the project website.
The Live Final round will be held in one of the world «jazz» cities.
The first final of MJF was held in Odessa in June 2013. For the first time of the world jazz festivals’ practice more than 40 bright improvisers from 16 countries met and united in star music bands to determine the best one in the drive atmosphere. Also premieres, art-projects presentations, workshops were held during Festival days. MJF Final days were accompanied by TV and Internet broadcasts.
The project became a striking phenomenon of the jazz community. There are the authoritative reviews of jazz critics, many positive comments of spectators and 1,000 publications in the world Media.
MJF is based on jam session principle. Only individual musicians – Improvisers (instrumentalists and vocalists) are invited to participate in it. Each competitive day unfamiliar musicians able to create spontaneously are brought together in ensembles by drawing lots.
During competitive days of the final round, improvisers display their improvisational and ensemble abilities in different jazz styles (swing, bebop, latin jazz, jazz ballad, fusion, jazz rock, funk, and others).
New competition day is new jazz stylistic and new ensembles from the list of all the contestants.
It is planned to dedicate an additional competition day for the category “New musical instruments and techniques”.
The Festival is completed by a Gala-concert of the Festival-contest winners. Eminent guests of the Festival take part in the concert program. This day, winners awarding and Grand Prix handing is held. The international jury and organizing committee of the Festival-contest will include leading jazz experts, educators, journalists, renowned jazz musicians and well-known jazz connoisseurs.
MJF is accompanied by TV and Internet broadcasts.
Master-Jam Fest 2013 Video Digest look at youtu.be/1drseMoohNw
Terms and conditions of the festival-contest master-jam.com/en/concurs
The instruction for participants master-jam.com/en/forparticipants
