Brooklyn Jazz Concert Series in Latvia: Tribute Performances from Jazz Legends and Local Musicians

In a cycle of events Brooklyn Jazz Reinis Puriņš, Toms Mikāls, Paula Saija, Evilena Protektore, Julianna Tīruma, Toms Rudzinskis, Matīss Čudars, Elsa Rozentāle, Kārlis Auziņš, Sven Vilsons, Edgars Cīrulis, Kristīne Prauliņ will participate. The concerts will be in two parts – in the first part, the audience will be offered a “tribute” or a tribute program to one of the jazz legends, and in the second part, Latvian musicians will performance of their original writings, which will likely be. followed by a jam session, as it already was M/In the workshop normal.

On May 8, the Swedish guest artist – owner of a great voice, Liselote Ostblom, will start the concert series, together with our local musicians, pianist Rudolf Macat, bassist Reina Ozoliņa, and drummer Kaspar Kurdeko, offers a program of sacred songs. to Joni Mitchell and Betty Carter. On May 18, trumpeter Reinis Puriņš will delight the audience with the Miles Davis program, with the participation of saxophonist Toms Rudzinskis, pianist Edgaras Cīrulis, double bassist Edvīnas Ozolas and drummer Rūdolf Dankfeld. On June 1, singer Paula Saija will surprise the audience with a tribute program of saxophonist Charlie Parker together with saxophonist Roberta Martinovski, pianist Matīsa Žilinski, bassist Beāti Meirāni and drummer Jurgi Lipski.

Afterwards, pianist Tom Mikals will offer a tribute program to Thelonious Monk, singer Evilena Protektore will focus on Billy Strayhorn, singer Julianna Tiruma – Erika Badu, D’Angelo and Roy Hargrove, saxophonist Tom Rudzinski – Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, guitarist Matís Chudar – Wes Montgomery, singer Elsa Rosenthal – to Nina Simona, saxophonist Kārlis Auziņš – to John Coltrane, guitarist Sven Wilson and pianist Edgars Cīrulis – to Pet Metenija and Laila Meis and finally the singer Kristīne Prauliņa and the band The Soulful Team he will go beyond the confines of the New York stage and play with Stevie Wonder and the famous Detroit label Motown Records special program.

In several concerts of the series, the young video artist Sandija Trautmane, aka Digidiva, together with the musicians, will offer appropriate video projections for each event. For better sound quality Brooklyn Jazz jazz labels will take care of the events Jersika Records chief sound engineer Mārtiņš Krastiņš. The concerts of the series will also be captured on video, as a concert film will be made, which will be a testimony to this moment in the history of Latvian jazz. The director of the film will be the experienced master of video art Rihards Gēcis and will also be accompanied by cultural locations. M/Workshop video expert Tom Must, who recently returned from multimedia communications studies at the prestigious institution College Principles Illinois, United States.

In summer, in case of suitable weather, the performances will be held on an outdoor stage in the cultural space.

The cycle of 12 concerts will run until the end of September, and their recordings will also be heard on Latvian Radio 3 in autumn and winter. Classical.

“Through the lens of history, we look at ourselves today,” says kultultelpis about the new concert series M/Workshop creative director and manager Maija Moira Mazanova. “We want to present our strong generation of jazz, which represents a real new wave of Latvian jazz M/Workshops through the years it has been there, it has gained a lot of strength and is ready to be used on a wider scale.”

Cultural space M/Workshop located in the von Strick city block on Aristīda Briāna street 9 and also has an exhibition hall. M/Gallery.

Tickets for events can be purchased on the cultural site’s website mdarbnica.lvas well as the entrance.