JAM 2014 IN MONTENEGRO – EAST MEETS JAZZ

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We are happy to announce the Jazz Appreciation Month in Montenegro. From April 1st until April 30th UNESCO International Jazz Day, April 30th, we will celebrate jazz in ways we can. Six Montenegrin towns made it to the map this year: Podgorica, Cetinje, Tivat, Bar, Herceg Novi and Pljevlja.

We prepared over twenty programs for our curious audiences: young students, music lovers and jazz enthusiasts: concert performances of international artists, workshops, lectures, movie screenings, and a photo exhibition.

This year JAM in Montenegro develops the theme: “East Meets Jazz” exploring Eastern influences on jazz music. Turkish vocal ensemble A Capella Bogazici, Backyard Jazz Ensemble from Germany, Serbian Jazz Bre! Band and Tigran Hamasyan Trio are scheduled to tour the country.

The music workshops will be facilitated by a great American performer and educator Vinx D`Jon Parrette, as well as German composers Sfefan Schultze and Peter Ehwald, leaders of the Backyard Jazz Ensemble.

Along with the concerts and workshops, lectures and exhibition, movie cycles in several different cities are well worth attending. Here is the detailed calendar of the events:

PODGORICA

1 April

Photo exhibition

JAZZOGRAPHY

MIRCEA SORIN ALBUTIU (Romania)

KIC “Budo Tomovic“, Entrance Hall – 7:30 p.m.

Concert

A CAPELLA BOGAZICI (Turkey)

KIC “BudoTomovic“, Main Hall – 8p.m.

2 April

Workshop

THE ARTIST WITHIN

Vinx De’Jon Parrette (USA)

KIC “BudoTomovic”,  DODEST Hall – 11 a.m.

3 April

Jazz on Film

ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Director: Louis Malle; Music by Miles Davis; 1958)

KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST hall – 8 p.m.

4 April

Lecture

EAST MEETS JAZZ

Virgil Mihaiu (Romania)

KIC “BudoTomovic, American Corner – 1 p.m.

Jazz on Film

RAGTIME (Director: Milos Forman; Music by Randy Newman; 1981)

KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST Hall – 8 p.m.

5 April

Jazz on Film

BLUES BROTHERS (Director: John Landis; Music by various artists: Taj Mahal, Elmore James, James Brown, Otis Redding; 1980)

KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST Hall – 8 p.m.

9 April

Jazz Matinee

Jazz Ensembles of Vasa Pavic Art School of Music and Dance, class of Milorad Sule Jovovic

Blues Bar – 12 p.m.

10 April

American Corner Film Program*

feature film with jazz topic

American Corner – 7 p.m.

15 April

Jazz Workshop

BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Germany)

Vasa Pavic Art School for Music and Dance – 2p.m.

Concert

BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE

KIC “BudoTomovic”, main hall – 8p.m.

17. April

Lecture

IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO CALL IT, IT`S JAZZ

Dr Rade Amanovic, Faculty of Fine Arts, UDG

American Corner Podgorica – 1p.m.

Concert

JAZZ ECHOES ON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Vasa Pavic Art School for Music and Dance, Podgorica – 6:30p.m.

24 April

American Corner Film Program*

jazz documentary

American Corner, Podgorica – 7 p.m.

29 April

Press conference

TIGRAN HAMASYAN TRIO

KIC Budo Tomovic, Multimedia hall – 11p.m.

30 april

UNESCO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY

Concert

TIGRAN HAMASYAN TRIO

KIC “BudoTomovic” – 8 p.m.

BAR

2 April

Concert

A CAPELLA BOGAZICI (Turkey)

King`s Nikola Palace – 7 p.m.

TIVAT

13 April

Jazz Workshop

BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Germany)

Stefan Schutze, piano and Peter Ehwald, saxophone

Music School – 11 a.m.

Concert

BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro – 8 p.m.

28 April

Concert

TIGRAN HAMASYAN TRIO

Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro – 8 p.m.

30 April

UNESCO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY

Concert

Jazz Ensembles of Music School, Tivat

Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro – 7 p.m.

CETINJE

10 April

American Corner Film Program*

feature film with jazz topic

American Reading Room – 7 p.m.

14 April

Jazz Workshop

BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Academy of Music – 2 p.m.

Concert

BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Royal Theater Zetski Dom – 8 p.m.

24 April

American Corner Film Program*

feature film with jazz topic

American Reading Room – 7 p.m.

PLJEVLJA

3 April

American Corner Film Program*

feature film with jazz topic

American Corner – 5 p.m.

17 April

American Corner Film Program*

jazz documentary

American Corner – 5 p.m.

24 April

American Corner Film Program*

feature film with jazz topic

American Corner – 5 p.m.

HERCEG NOVI

25 April

Concert

SERBIAN JAZZ BRE! BAND (Serbia)

Dvorana Park – 8 p.m.

We are grateful to our partners, for helping us make possible the program this year: KIC “Budo Tomovic” Podgorica, US Embassy, Porto Montenegro, Yunus Emre Institut and Turkish Cultural Center of Podgorica, Ministerium fur Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Laudes Nordrhein-Westfalen, American Corner Podgorica, Royal Theatre Zetski Dom  Cetinje, Herceg Fest, HAPS, American Corner Pljevlja, American Reading Room Cetinje, Vasa Pavic Art School for Music and Dance, Podgorica, Music School of Tivat, Blues Bar of Podgorica and our numerous media friends and sponsors: Portal Analitika, Café del Montenegro, Pobjeda, Vijesti, dailies, RTV Atlas, NTV Montena and RTCG.

We hope you will be able to find events to inspire you – Welcome, meet jazz in Montenegro!

*More info about the American Corner Film Program available at American Corners and Reading Room Facebook pages or  phone: 020 667 065020 667 065