JAM 2022 – Balkan Jazz Connections
Balkan Jazz Relations is this year’s motto of the 15th edition of the Jazz Respect Month Festival in Montenegro, which will take place from April 1st to 30th. As part of
the concert program, the Ming Vocal Quartet from Belgrade, led by pianist and composer Nevena Pejčić, Gordan Spasovski Trio from Skopje, will present their successful debut album “Light Pillar”, Mimika Orchestra from Zagreb led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Maka Murtić.
Also, the ensemble from Istanbul, a jazz trio led by pianist and composer Baturaj Jarkin with the participation of Nagma Jarkin, vocal soloist and performer on the Turkish traditional instrument kemece, will also premiere. The young Podgorica band Kuhinjazz will also present their original music.
The saxophone quartet Super Sax 4, from Subotica, consisting of experienced saxophonists: Jasna Jovićević, Adam Klem, Gabor Bunford and Max Kočetov, will perform in front of young and promising musicians and groups.
As part of the permanent series Jazz, it will premiere a documentary about Herbie Hancock: Possibilities from 2006, directed by Doug Byrne and John Fine, and a French feature film about Django Reinhard from 2017, directed by Etienne Mosquito. In addition to Podgorica,
the map of festival events includes Cetinje, Bar and Pljevlja.
We thank everyone who contributed to participate in the organization of the largest jazz event in our country: KIC “Budo Tomovic”, Secretariat for Culture of the Capital, Tourist Organization of Podgorica, Museums and Galleries of Podgorica, Royal Theater Zetski dom, Cultural Center Bar , The Municipality of Pljevlja and the Pljevlja Cultural Center, the Yunus Emre Institute, Turkish Airlines and the French Institute.
The final week of the festival will be followed by representatives of the French radio Couleurs Jazz Radio.
With the celebration of the International Jazz Day on April 30, we are concluding the JAM 2022 program with a guest appearance by the Mimika Orchestra.
More information on the link: https://kicpodgorica.me/
