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Mindaugas Stumbras: Inspirations
by Vitalijus Gailius
Mindaugas Stumbras is a leading jazz guitarist of Lithuanian scene who has much of potential to be broadly acclaimed by international community. He graduated from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow in 2019, and he has already played and toured internationally not only with the well known Lithuanian fusion jazz band Brave Noises, but ...
Liudas Mockūnas & Arvydas Kazlauskas: Purvs
by Vitalijus Gailius
Purvs is a collaboration between two outstanding Lithuanian saxophone players, Liudas Mockūnas and Arvydas Kazlauskas. Despite being friends for a long time they have never played together before. The album was made in two parts. The first recording took place in the autumnal splendour of Latvian marshland, the second in an ampitheatre made of ...
Juozas Milašius / Tomas Kutavičius / Dalius Naujokaitis and Lithuanian Young Composers Orchestra: Live at Willisau, 1993
by Vitalijus Gailius
Juozas Milašius, Dalius Naujokaitis-Naujo and Tomas Kutavičius were the most provocative figures on the Lithuanian scene in the 1990s. Playing bebop or following the Ganelin Trio tradition was not the their thing back then (and it is not in 2021 either). They played passionately and intensely and beyond genre boundaries. Stories about destroyed pianos and audiences ...
Julius Windisch Quartet: Chaos
by Vitalijus Gailius
Berlin-based pianist and composer Julius Windisch may not be a household name but he is not a newcomer either. He is a member of the psychedelic electro / jazz / improvisational duo Caesarean Moons, and in 2017 released his debut album, Drama (QFTF), recorded with his quintet. He has also been playing with other musicians on ...
Svetlost: Jazz (to the working class)
by Vitalijus Gailius
It seems that Macedonia might be fertile ground for developing a jazz/improvised music scene. One of the best Macedonian groups is the trio Svetlost. After its debut album was featured in Bandcamp's selection for best jazz records of 2019, the trio came to the attention of the international community. Originally, Svetlost was a trio, but the ...
Katarsis4: Katarsis4
by Vitalijus Gailius
A young generation of Lithuanian jazz and improvised music has been blossoming for the last few years, and Katarsis4 could be taken as one of the best examples of those youngsters who are looking toward new sonic approaches by reshaping the heritage of the past and mixing it with their own ideas.Katarsis4 is a ...
Spinifex: Soufifex
by Vitalijus Gailius
The Amsterdam-based sextet Spinifex—well known for their passion to cross stylistic borders, tight irregular structures and robust improvisational eruptions—still continue their journey through different musical traditions. On their fifth full-length album, Soufifex, the ensemble flee the European musical tradition and turn their faces to the Oriental world, i.e. to the Sufi, mystical Islamic belief and practice ...
Liudas Mockūnas: Hydro 2
by Vitalijus Gailius
Liudas Mockūnas, an iconic Lithuanian improvisation and jazz figure, still continues his exploration of water. By combining water and reeds he steps into an unpredictable and unique sonic meadow. His first attempt to put the bridle on water, Hydro, was released in 2017 by NoBusiness Records. At the end of 2018 the same label presented the ...
The End: Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen
by Vitalijus Gailius
The End emerge as a massive collaboration among Norwegian baritone saxophonist Kjetil Møster, Swedish baritone sax hooligan Mats Gustafsson, Norwegian noise-jazz guitarist Anders Hana, the San Francisco-based avant-rock band Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier and miraculous singer Sofia Jernberg. The quintet's debut “Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen" manages to grasp several musical traditions. It sounds ...
Džiazlaif: Džiazlaif
by Vitalijus Gailius
The Lithuanian jazz scene is aglow with its young generation. Džiazlaif is one of those collectives that Lithuania can be proud of. The band's name is a pronunciation of “jazz life" in Lithuanian. Behind this name stand six young, crazy and innovative guys who have been playing together for about two years and giving the local ...
