The colourful Vilnius Mama Jazz festival, which offers a variety of jazz styles, has been held in the capital since 2002. The musical line-ups have encompassed everything from all star projects to contemporary post-bop, live sound for silent cinema, and arrangements of Led Zeppelin music. Quality, originality, and relevance are the unifying factors defining the diversity of festival programmes.
The goal of the international jazz festival each year is to introduce interesting international jazz phenomena to Lithuanian audiences and to provide an environment for young artists to participate in national and international projects.
Vilnius Mama Jazz – FESTIVAL PASS
Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival PASS is valid for all festival concerts in Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre (LRDT), Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (LNDT), LNDT lobby and club Tamsta November 13th to16th. Seats in LRDT and LNDT will be the same as indicated on the ticket. Table reservation in club Tamsta +370 5 212 4498.
VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2014
PROGRAMME
- November 13, Thursday
19.00 Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre
Pae Kollektiiv (Estonia)
THE TERENCE BLANCHARD E-COLLECTIVE (USA)
22.00 Music Club TAMSTA
Ąžuolas Paulauskas project EVOLUTION (Lithuania)
- November 14, Friday
19.00 Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre
Leonardas Pilkauskas ir Paulius Volkovas – D’pendent Ensemble (Lietuva)
MARK TURNER QUARTET (USA)
22.00 Music Club TAMSTA
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Bigband (lead. Dmitrij Golovanov) (Lithuania)
- November 15, Saturday
15.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Hubert Dupont Jasmim (France)
Sheep Got Waxed (Lithuania)
20.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Vladimir Tarasov & Lithuanian Art Orchestra – TAPESTRY (Lithuania)
Vein feat. Greg Osby (Switzerland, USA)
Jam Session (entrance to the jam session solely with festival pass, any festival ticket or registering here)
- November 16, Sunday
15.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Markus Pesonen Hendectet (Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Lithuania)
KNEEBODY (USA)
20.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS (USA)
The colourful Vilnius Mama Jazz festival, which offers a variety of jazz styles, has been held in the capital since 2002. The musical line-ups have encompassed everything from all star projects to contemporary post-bop, live sound for silent cinema, and arrangements of Led Zeppelin music. Quality, originality, and relevance are the unifying factors defining the diversity of festival programmes.
The goal of the international jazz festival each year is to introduce interesting international jazz phenomena to Lithuanian audiences and to provide an environment for young artists to participate in national and international projects.
Over the twelve years of the festival, musicians such as Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Bill Frisell, Marcus Miller, Christian McBride, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Medeski Martin & Wood, Dave Douglas, Wayne Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Chris Potter, Bill Evans, The Bad Plus, Victor Bailey, Joe McPhee, Chris Minh Doky, John Scofield, Bobby Previte, Dave Samuels, Billy Cobham, Gerald Clayton, Robert Glasper, Miguel Zenon, Snarky Puppy, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ernie Watts (USA), Peter Brotzmann (Germany), Miroslav Vitous (Czech Republic) Jean Luc Ponty, Louis Sclavis, Erik Truffaz (France), Vienna Art Orchestra (Austria), Satoko Fujii (Japan), Copenhagen Art Ensemble (Denmark), Dennis Rollins, Gilad Atzmon, Jay Phelps (Great Britain), Rosario Giuliani, Flavio Boltro (Italy), Eivind Aarset, Arve Henriksen (Norway), and many other famous musicians have taken part.
While much of the festival programme is host to internationally renowned artists, the Vilnius Mama Jazz scene is also open to music that has not won prestigious Grammy trophies or received favourable Downbeat reviews.
Every year, Lithuanian musicians present new programmes specially devised for the Vilnius Mama Jazz scene. Both mature masters and young musicians have the opportunity to play at the international festival. Indeed many of them start their festival career as participants in night jam sessions.
Special attention is paid to creative young musicians at this international festival with the Vilnius Mama Jazz festival providing master classes with prominent musicians during the festival. The Vilnius Mama Jazz festival tries not to set limits on the festival programme and so jazz giants, unexpected discoveries, nurtured national jazz and refreshing new names and new trends are all part of a single festival.
Duration: 96 hours
Door opens before: 45 min.