The International Festival-Contest of Jazz Improvisation Skills “Master-Jam Fest" from Odessa ("a jazz capital" of Ukraine, cultural & touristic center near Black Sea) has started an online preselection of jazz musicians, improvisers.
It was founded by Mikhail Freidlin, the well-known author and producer of the legendary “Jazz Carnival in Odessa" in Ukraine and abroad.
Master Jam Fest is a conceptually new festival-competition of jazz improvisation skills, based on the principles of a jam session!
Final of this enchanting holiday will be held in Odessa in the end of April, 2013 th, and will mark the International Day of UNESCO's Jazz! It will be expected number of foreign artists. There are leading jazz experts and educators, well-known connoisseurs and lovers of jazz in the jury of the festival.
Mission of the festival-contest is:
to determine best jazz performers able to improvise and publicly recognize their talent. This project combines professional competition and unique atmosphere of the jazz festival.
The Winners of the online-tour will be invited to take part in the final of the contest. The travel and accommodation in Odessa during the final tour will be paid to them.
Please, note that only individual musicians-improvisers can take part in The “Master Jam Fest” (not jazz-bands), which from this ensembles-bands will be created during the final by drawing lots.
The competition days will be devoted to the final round of the various styles of jazz. The jury will select the best “instruments” of the day at the end of each competition day. Winners of the contest day will form the best jazz ensemble of a respective jazz style (Mainstream, Latin jazz, Jazz Ballad, Fusion, Jazz-Rock (or Funk)).
Final results for all contest days will determine laureates (“Jazz Grand Masters”) for each instrument and they will form the “Grand Prix” jazz ensemble of the festival.
Members of Laureate-ensemble of the festival will be awarded cash prizes and will be presented with an opportunity to record at one of the best recording studios of the world along with a worldwide tour.
Simultaneously with the Final Stage the results of voting for “the People’s Choice Award” in every nomination will be summed up. The winners of this voting are not invited to Odessa but personal pages in the “Hall of Fame” will be opened for them on the Festival’s website. Interviews with them, their best video- and audio-records will be posted to these pages.
The video-presentations of the contestants will be accepted till the 31st of December 2012.
But it is advisable to do it earlier, because the jury has its limits of the time for examining applications and taking objective decisions!
It was founded by Mikhail Freidlin, the well-known author and producer of the legendary “Jazz Carnival in Odessa" in Ukraine and abroad.
Master Jam Fest is a conceptually new festival-competition of jazz improvisation skills, based on the principles of a jam session!
Final of this enchanting holiday will be held in Odessa in the end of April, 2013 th, and will mark the International Day of UNESCO's Jazz! It will be expected number of foreign artists. There are leading jazz experts and educators, well-known connoisseurs and lovers of jazz in the jury of the festival.
Mission of the festival-contest is:
to determine best jazz performers able to improvise and publicly recognize their talent. This project combines professional competition and unique atmosphere of the jazz festival.
The Winners of the online-tour will be invited to take part in the final of the contest. The travel and accommodation in Odessa during the final tour will be paid to them.
Please, note that only individual musicians-improvisers can take part in The “Master Jam Fest” (not jazz-bands), which from this ensembles-bands will be created during the final by drawing lots.
The competition days will be devoted to the final round of the various styles of jazz. The jury will select the best “instruments” of the day at the end of each competition day. Winners of the contest day will form the best jazz ensemble of a respective jazz style (Mainstream, Latin jazz, Jazz Ballad, Fusion, Jazz-Rock (or Funk)).
Final results for all contest days will determine laureates (“Jazz Grand Masters”) for each instrument and they will form the “Grand Prix” jazz ensemble of the festival.
Members of Laureate-ensemble of the festival will be awarded cash prizes and will be presented with an opportunity to record at one of the best recording studios of the world along with a worldwide tour.
Simultaneously with the Final Stage the results of voting for “the People’s Choice Award” in every nomination will be summed up. The winners of this voting are not invited to Odessa but personal pages in the “Hall of Fame” will be opened for them on the Festival’s website. Interviews with them, their best video- and audio-records will be posted to these pages.
The video-presentations of the contestants will be accepted till the 31st of December 2012.
But it is advisable to do it earlier, because the jury has its limits of the time for examining applications and taking objective decisions!
