On July 2 and 3, Latvian and Lithuanian musicians will perform at Jersika Records Stage, vinyl records and Latvian jazz short films will be shown at the Noass Art Center within the festival “Rīgas ritmi 2021”, the organizers informed.
On July 2, the Vyšniauskas / Čudars / Poišs / Arutjunjans quartet, the project “Listen” and the Kristaps Vanadziņš Trio will take the stage, with artists and listeners enjoying the sound of a live grand piano on board the floating workshop.
On July 3, Jānis Ruņģis, duo Liudas Mockūnas / Arvydas Kazlauskas, as well as Miķelis Dzenuška and the group “Uzvaras boulevard” will perform. Mareks Ameriks, the founder of Jersika Records, will offer a vinyl DJ set on both days.
Visitors will be able to watch documentary short films made by Jersika Records: «At the piano – Jack Michalicky! The first known Latvian jazz pianist “, a film about the life of Kristaps Vanadzins’ trio and the making of the record” The Garden of Love has overgrown. Filma », as well as the 1980 documentary short film“ Conversation in a Few Years ”made by director Andris Krievs at the folk film studio Prizma, where the legendary Latvian jazz trumpet player, composer and arranger Gunārs Rozenbergs shares his thoughts on the life of Latvian jazz in the late 1970s.
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“Both musicians and listeners have clearly lingered after the live concerts in the forced quiet time. Jazz and improvised music play an extremely important interplay in the presence of the listeners, so each artist will definitely appreciate the support of the live audience. Quality jazz music on” The Old Town is not only a nice offer of a cultural event for the city – it will become a vital firewood for the jazz industry as a whole, which it has been waiting for too long during the restrictions, “said Aleksandra Line, co-founder of the jazz magazine JAZZin.lv.
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