Vilnius has two annual jazz festivals - traditional Vilnius Jazz, presenting as rule most experimenting music and young "Vilnius Mama Jazz", with more mainstream program.
This year's Vilnius Jazz program wasn't so impressive with headliner David Fiuczynski (and best program concert presented by ex Ganelin Trio members Vladimir Chekasin and Vladimir Tarasov). "Vilnius Mama Jazz" program is more intriguing with one of world's most interesting world fusion musician Puertorican sax player Miguel Zenon (his quartet member), hard bop veteran sax player Ernie Watts, Norwegian world fusion trio Arve Henriksen,Jan Bang & Stian Westerhus, American leading nu jazzers Snarky Puppy and Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba (with new project "Volcan"), plus lot of domestic musicians. Free entrance jam session in Old Town club Tamsta - every night.
EVENING PROGRAM NOVEMBER 14
19:00 Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania (Basanavičiaus st. 13) http://www.bilietai.lt/LT/event/17716" rel="nofollow - BUY TICKET MIGUEL ZENΣN QUARTET , USA sax Miguel Zenon piano Luis Perdomo bass Hans Glawischnig drums Henry Cole
ERNIE WATTS QUARTET, USA sax Ernie Watts piano Christof Sδnger bass Rudi Engel drums Heinrich Kφbberling
NIGHT PROGRAM 22:00 Music Club "Tamsta" (Strazdelio st. 1) http://www.bilietai.lt/lt/event/17782" rel="nofollow - BUY TICKET http://www.bilietai.lt/lt/event/17782" rel="nofollow"> NEDA & LABUTIS JAZZ QUARTET, Lithuania http://www.bilietai.lt/lt/event/17782" rel="nofollow - vocal, flute Neda Malūnavičiūtė saxophone Vytautas Labutis keyboards, trumpet Leonardas Bėka bass Eugenijus Kanevičius drums Darius Rudis
EVENING PROGRAM NOVEMBER 15 19:00 Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania (Basanavičiaus st. 13) http://www.bilietai.lt/lt/event/17780" rel="nofollow - BUY TICKET
ARVE HENRIKSEN, JAN BANG & STIAN WESTERHUS, Norway
trumpet Arve Henriksen electronics, loops Jan Bang guitar Stian Westerhus
SNARKY PUPPY, USA bass Michael League drums Larnell Lewis percussion Nate Werth guitar Bob Lanzetti keys, trumpet Justin Stanton trumpet, flugel Mike Maher tenor sax Chris Bullock sound Mike Harrison
NIGHT PROGRAM 22:00 Music Club "Tamsta" (Strazdelio st. 1) http://www.bilietai.lt/lt/event/17783" rel="nofollow - BUY TICKET FUN CLOCK, Lithuania vocal Gabrielė Senkevičiūtė sax alto Aurimas Piečiukaitis keyboards, back vocal Kasparas Meginis guitar, back vocal Arnas Jasalinis bass, back vocal Deividas Jakavičius drums Justas (Maikis) Markevičius
SOUL MOUSTACHE, Lithuania piano Vytis Smolskas vocal Vytautė Pupytė drums Jonas Gliaudelis percussion Tomas Dobrovolskis
EVENING PROGRAM NOVEMBER 17 19:00 Congress Hall (Vilnius st. 6) http://www.bilietai.lt/lt/event/18531" rel="nofollow - BUY TICKET VOLCAN, USA piano Gonzalo Rubalcaba bass Jose Armando Gola drums Horacio El Negro Hernandez percussion Anthony Carrillo
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