The Domo Branch Trio Festival will perform on June 30 at Jersika Stage performing arts center Noass AB dam. Domo contest Riga Jazz Stage 2022 became a convincing winner in the drummer category, earning invitations to perform at the festival Rhythms of Riga and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club In London, receiving a prize money of € 1,200, Sigu drum hoops and Tama drum pedal, as well as the award of the international jazz journalist jury – ten hours of recording time in the legendary Latvian Radio 1st studio.
“Branch had an ironic but fine approach to the rub, which showed a great sense of pause, somewhat reminiscent of Brian Blade’s style,” a British jazz magazine review of the competition. Jazzwise later written by Kevin Legend, who composed Domo That Mine entry from Riga Jazz Stage The concert was also played on its broadcast J to Z radio station BBC Radio 3.
“He had the ability to dispense heavy blows, mostly offering great sophistication,” London Jazz News also wrote Martin Longley. “It created a special subordinate effect, showing the ability to control the dynamics of the game. In the final, he even dared to play two long tracks with several leisurely breaks and dramatic breaks before the beats plus countless rounds of hammering and drumming.”
“His performance once again confirmed the superiority of American tradition and school in sense and rhythm … No European drummer can still compete with it,” said one of the jury members, Italian concert agent Luigi Sidero.
On the same date – June 30 – a new program with the group Very Cool People Singer Paula Saija, who won the honorable third place in the competition, will present in the Riga Dome Garden Riga Jazz Stage 2022 in the singer category, earning invitations to perform at the festival Rhythms of Riga and Kaunas Jazz festival in Lithuania, as well as a cash prize of 700 euros.
“I especially enjoyed Paul Saiya’s singing in the finals, even though she wasn’t really that prominent on the first night,” said Martin Longley, a British jazz journalist. “In the second concert, she used a quick, easy phrase with complex song singing and a theatrical way of presenting, in an expressive way. The Peacocks surprising everyone with a trumpet imitation sketch. “
In turn, on July 1 to Riga Jazz Lounge stage bar in the hotel Radisson Blu Latvia will perform Italian singer Valentina Fina, whose competition Riga Jazz Stage 2022 won the second place in the category of singers, lagging behind the winner – British singer Louise Balkvilas, who will perform at the festival next year. Valentine earned invitations to perform at both festivals Rhythms of Riga, both at the festival Vision In Tallinn and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club In London, as well as a € 1,000 cash prize.
“Italian vocalist Valentina Fina dared to take the most risks in the competition by offering her expressive form of free vocals and integrating it into the form of a song to tell a personal story,” the Belgian jazz portal Jazz’halo wrote Henning Bolte.
Festival Rhythms of Riga 2022 will take place from June 30 to July 2, when a jazz grand supergroup will also perform in Riga. Modern Standards Supergroup with Billy Cobem, Randy Breaker and Bill Evans, Global Music Association mending from Portugal, American singer Clark Beckham, British singer, multi-instrumentalist Xanton Black and other artists.
Tickets are available for purchase aula.lv.
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