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IMPRESSIONS AND CONTEMPLATIONS

Jānis Žilde on four «Jersika Records» label’s releases

Ēriks Miezis on Ella Zīriņa’s trio debut album «Intertwined»

Staņislavs Judins on two short but conceptually and substantively rich albums: «through the light» and «Sējējs»

Ēriks Miezis on the fresh perspective on Latvian folk songs by Big Band of the Latvian Navy Orchestra

Ilmārs Priede on a new album «Textures» by Kristīne Prauliņa & «Soulful Crew»

Evilena Protektore on the new ethno-jazz album by Māris Briežkalns Quintet — «Latgalian Evergreens»

Aleksandra Line contemplates on whether Latvian pride in folk heritage manifest in jazz music as well

Krists Saržants on “Songs without Words» — Raimonds Pauls’ music from the past through the present into the future

Kaspars Zaviļeiskis on the «Jason Hunter Baltic Quartet» album «ImagiNation»

Jānis Žilde on an album by an Estonian guitarist Ruslan PX and a funk band from Riga, «FunCOOLio,» — «Play Bossa – Nova»

Aleksandra Line searches for Latvians in the historical «JAZZ-kvadrat» magazine

CONVERSATIONS

Irita Kalēja & Jānis Ivuškāns on relentless work, endless ideas, transformations, and dreams that, on Pegasus wings, soar ever higher

Arta Jēkabsone on dancing on the roof, fateful encounters, unplanned recordings, living in the bubble of stress…

Matīss Žilinskis & Jurģis Lipskis on going to America and realizing that Latvians are a unique nation

Indriķis Veitners & Kārlis Vanags on celebrating Gunārs Rozenbergs’ 75th anniversary, honoring the oldest generation of Latvian jazz, and the latest album «Linda» by the Latvian Radio Big Band

EVENTS

International team of educators on this year’s successes and challenges of «Ventspils Groove» festival

Santa Šillere on «Voicingers on Tour» in its third year in Riga — new venue, new teachers, Latvians singing in Chinese, and other exciting things

Maija Moira Mazanova on taking risks and hosting jams at «M/Darbnīca» simultaneously with a grand jazz festival and the Latvian ethnic «overlords»

Guna Pūcīte-Skujāne & Adams Vaicis on the second year of the «Džeztivāls» and how it flourishes with new collaborations and beautiful music

Aleksandra Line on the bold ventures and Latvian conceptualism at graduation exams for Academy students

Aleksandra Line taking a look back at the fifth Šķiuņa Jazz festival in Lūznava Manor

Evilena Protektore on Latvia’s jazz splendor at Rīga’s most prominent jazz and improvised music festival, «Rīgas Ritmi 2023»

Evilena Protektore sharing daily notes from the «Saulkrasti Jazz» festival camp