Roman Miroshnichenko Wins Best Jazz Award In The 28th Annual USA Songwriting Competition

Guitarist, composer and bandleader Roman Miroshnichenko is the 1st Prize winner in the 28th Annual USA Songwriting Competition in the “Best Jazz Award" category with the single “Africa," featuring the legendary jazz guitarist Mike Stern. “Africa" is an elegant instrumental arrangement with Afro-Latin flavor, created by Roman in the summer of 2023 and based on the melody of the song by renown producer Stas Namin.

“Congrats, Roman! I’m glad that worked out for you! All the best bro!" —Mike Stern kindly noted about Roman’s success.

The USA Songwriting Competition, the world's leading international songwriting event honors songwriters, composers, bands, and recording artists. Winners were selected by a Blue Ribbon committee of music industry judges including record label publishers, producers from SONY Music, Warner/Reprise Records, etc.

Past honorees include Jan Anderson, Al Di Meola, Gino Vanelli, Jamie Alimorad, Dave Koz, Eric Moore, Leslie Johnson, Mark Lettieri, Henrik Andersen, Steffani Bennett, Gabriel Mann and others.