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Vid Jamnik

Slovenian vibraphonist and composer Vid Jamnik first encountered jazz at age 11, under the mentorship of the legendary Yugoslav vibraphonist Boško Petrović. He would soon perform with many renowned musicians and ensembles, including Jimmy Cobb, Georgie Fame, Jim Rotondi, Stefan Milenkovich, Gianni Basso, Dusko Goykovich, Arthur Lipner and the JM Jazz World Orchestra under the direction of Luis Bonilla.

Vid graduated from the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt, Austria in 2012. In 2014, he released his debut album Last Minute! on Alessa Records. After taking private lessons with Gary Burton, and on the recommendation of the great vibraphonist, he went on to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. He graduated in 2018, having studied with Ed Saindon, Terence Blanchard, George Garzone, Kenny Werner, Dave Santoro, Ralph Peterson, Dave Samuels and many others. In 2022, he obtained his Master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, having studied with Joe Locke, Joel Ross, Stefon Harris, Dayna Stephens and Miguel Zenón.

In 2022, he released a duo album of originals and standards with vocalist Ajda Stina Turek, called Rajska ptica (Slovenian for A Bird of Paradise). In the same year, he also won the absolute first prize in the PAS Italy Percussion Competition.

In addition to his quartet Urgent Detergent, he is heading a pioneering project Viva Jazz Forma, fusing sounds of outdoor metal sculptures with jazz and electronic music, thus bridging the visual and musical worlds.

 Vid Jamnik is a Balter Mallets Artist. 

Awards

Italy Percussion Competition (PAS Italy)
1st Prize Absolute, Jazz Vibraphone, 2022
7 Virtual Jazz Club Competition (online)
2nd place, 2019
MalletLab International Online Keyboard Percussion Competition 

Finalist, 2018
EBU European Jazz Competition — Rotterdam, The Netherlands Finalist, 2015


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Arina Fujiwara: Neon

Read "Neon" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Neon, pianist-composer--arranger Arina Fujiwara's luminous debut release, ends on an unexpected note, a solo take on Scott Joplin's “Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), his most popular and enduring tune. It complements her program of four excellent originals and an inspired reconception of “Hotaru Koi," a Japanese children's song. Fujiwara's “Maple Leaf Rag" flows out of Joplin's classic ragtime style but is full of her own playful virtuosity. Beginning out of time, she moves freely from one rhythmic-harmonic eddy to the next, ...

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Nikos Chatzitsakos: Tiny Big Band!

Read "Tiny Big Band!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Bassist Nikos Chatzitsakos' Tiny Big Band, formed in 2018, is basically a nonet with vocalist Lian Zac added on three of the album's eleven tracks, trumpeter Robert Mac Vega-Dowda sitting in on five, vibraphonist Vid Jamnik on four, guitarist Gianmarco Ferri on two. The accent is on straight-ahead contemporary jazz, exemplified by seven standards from the Great American Songbook and a quartet of handsome themes whose jazz credentials are exemplary. The ensemble plays with assurance and enthusiasm, ...

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“Mr. Jamnik is one of the most talented young musicians I have met in many years.”

 Gary Burton, vibraphonist and educator

Primary Instrument

Vibraphone

Location

New York City

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

TEACHING PORTFOLIO: sites.google.com/view/vidjamnik

 

Parker-Anderson Enrichment — New York, NY

After-school Piano Classes (K-8), 2022-present

Private Studio — New York, NY & Ravne na Koroskem, Slovenia

Vibraphone, Piano, Theory & Analysis, Improvisation,

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Neon

Self-Produced
2023

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Tiny Big Band!

Self Produced
2022

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Videos

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