VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2025

MAIN STAGE

Y-OTIS (Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, United Kingdom)
Otis Sandsjö, Petter Eldh, Dan Nicholls, Jamie Peet

STEAM DOWN (United Kingdom)

TRIO „ALLIANCE“ (Israel, Lithuania)
Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Petras Vyšniauskas, Arkadijus Gotesmanas

ISHMAEL ENSEMBLE (United Kingdom)
Pete Cunningham, Holysseus Fly, Stephen Mullins, Jake Spurgeon, Rory O’Gorman

EIVIND AARSET GROUP (Norway)
Eivind Aarset, Audun Erlien, Wetle Holte, Erland Dahlen, Sven Persson

MARIJUS ALEKSA „VILNIUS X-O“ (Lithuania)
Dominykas Vyšniauskas, Paulius Kilbauskas, Marijus Aleksa

THEON CROSS (United Kingdom)
Theon Cross, Nikos Ziarkas, James Akers, Nadav Schneerson

Bilal (USA)
Conley „Tone“ Whitfield, Randy Runyon, Joseph Grissett aka Joe Blaxx, Bilal

30 YEARS E.S.T. TRIBUTE TO ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO (Sweden, Norway)
Dan Berglund, Magnus Öström, Joel Lyssarides, Mathias Eick, Frederik Ljungkvist, Ulf Wakenius

CHARLES LLOYD SKY QUARTET (USA)
Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, Kweku Sumbry

SHOWCASE STAGE

THE PRESENTATION OF LP ALL REEDS DUO (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Andrius Balachovičius

Agnė Pasaravičienė Quartet (Lithuania, Czechia, Belgium)
Agnė Pasaravičienė, Tadas Pasaravičius, Jan Sedlak, Yannick Ballmann

JAN MAKSIMOWICZ / DMITRIJ GOLOVANOV – BEYOND (Lithuania)
Jan Maksimowicz, Dmitrij Golovanov

LUVHURTS (Lithuania)
Mantvydas Pranulis, Dominykas Snarskis, Kornelijus Pukinskis

KEISTA BJAURI ŽUVIS (WEIRD UGLY FISH) (Lithuania)
Aistė Kalvelytė, Julius Čepukėnas

THE FOLDS (Lithuania)
Domantas Pūras, Dominykas Snarskis

TRIO NEDA / LABUTIS / BANYS (Lithuania)
Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Vytautas Labutis, Richardas Banys

TRIO EL GREY (Lithuania)
Leonardas Pilkauskas, Tadas Žukauskas, Tuomas J. Räsänen

VERONIKA CHICHI KVARTETAS (Lithuania, Latvia)
Veronika ChiChi, Dmitrij Golovanov, Artūrs Duckis, Domantas Razmus

DUCK SAVED JONES (Lithuania, Latvia)
Andrius Savčenko, Dovydas Jonas Šulskis, Artūrs Duckis

FREAKY KID (Lithuania, Latvia)
Artūrs Duckis, Andrius Savčenko, Danielius Skeivelas, Tuomas J. Räsänen

Meeting with the masters

Guest – Prof. Vyacheslav Ganelin, winner of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Art

Master Class by Prof. Vyacheslav Ganelin, Jarusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Conference

NICE TO MEET YOU | LITHUANIAN JAZZ STAGE PRESENTATION
Dmitrij Golovanov / Lithuanian Jazz Federation

LET’S TALK ABOUT MONEY | JAZZ FUNDING CASES AROUND EUROPE
Dorotėja Būdaitė, Lithuanian Jazz Federation

IN DEPTH CONVERSATION: NORDIC JAZZ SCENE
Ramūnas Zilnys, LRT Pop Music Editor

VISUAL ARTS

Noewe Foundation Collection / artists Katja Novitskova, Klara Zetterholm

Retrospective 2002-2024, festival photography exhibition by Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2024

MAIN STAGE

SEED. (United Kingdom)
Cassie Kinoshi, Deji Ijishakin, Joseph Oti, Jack Banko Courtney, Joe Bristow, Anna Carter, Shirley Tetteh, Deschanel Gordon, Rio Kai, Patrick Boyle

ILL CONSIDERED (United Kingdom)
Idris Rahman, Liran Donin, Emre Ramazanoglu

JHARIS YOKLEY feat. BIGYUKI (USA)
Jharis Yokley, Bigyuki

JONES JONES (Lithuania / USA)
Mark Dresser, Larry Ochs, Vladimiras Tarasovas

SATOKO FUJII TOKYO TRIO (Japan)
Satoko Fujii, Takashi Sugawa, Ittetsu Takemura

BINKER MOSES (United Kingdom)
Binker Golding, Moses Boyd

RABIH ABOU-KHALIL GROUP (Lebanon, USA, Poland)
Rabih Abou-Khalil, Jarrod Cagwin, Mateusz Smoczynski, Krzysztof Lenczowski

PETTER ELDH POST KOMA (Germany, Norway, Sweden)
Petter Eldh, Sofia Jernberg, Otis Sandsjö, Jonas Kullhammar, Christian Lilinger

KEISTA BJAURI ŽUVIS / WEIRD UGLY FISH (Lithuania)
Aistė Kalvelytė, Julius Čepukėnas

IMMANUEL WILKINS QUARTET (USA)
Immanuel Wilkins, Micah Thomas, Rick Rosato, Kweku Sumbry

SHOWCASE STAGE
KANG BANG (Lithuania)
Kristupas Kmitas, Andrius Šiurys, Nikita Kiriuchinas, Gregory Horoneko
CINAMONO DUO (Lithuania)
Laura Budreckytė, Vytis Nivinskas
LAZY DIAMOND’s UNDERGROUND (Lithuania)
Paulina Simutytė, Andrius Šiurys, Dominykas Snarskis
DMITRIJ GOLOVANOV SOLO (Lithuania)
Dmitrij Golovanov
VILNIUS JJAZZ ENSEMBLE (Lithuania)
Jievaras Jasinskis, Simonas Šipavičius, Domantas Razmus
BROKEN GLASS 4TET (Lithuania)
Pranas Kentra, Jievaras Jasinskis, Simonas Kaupinis, Domantas Razmus
MINDAUGAS STUMBRAS QUARTET (Lithuania)
Mindaugas Stumbras, Donatas Petreikis, Gediminas Stepanavičius, Tuomas Räsänen
NIKITA KIRIUCHINAS “SACRED VOLTAGE” (Lithuania)
Nikita Kiriuchinas
DUCK SAVED JONES (Lithuania)
Andrius Savčenko, Artūrs Duckis, Dovydas Jonas Šulskis
NO NAME JAZZ FELLAS (Lithuania)
Dmitrij Golovanov, Artūrs Duckis, Domantas Razmus
TWO FACE TIDE (Lithuania)
Martynas Šerpytis, Bertram Kvist Lynggaard, Andrius Savčenko, Gediminas Stepanavičius, Dovydas Jonas Šulskis

CONFERENCE

From the big picture perspective: a conversation with Frank Bolder
Frank Bolder, North Sea Jazz Festival
Moderator Julijus Grickevičius

Real and perceived messages of today’s jazz
Marieke Meischke / Jazz in Europe, Krzystof Komorek / Donos Kulturalny, John Sharp / All About Jazz
Moderator Ramūnas Zilnys

What kind of identity are we expecting in jazz today?
Frank Van Berkel / Bimhuis, Michael Stückl / Unterfahrt Jazz Club, Patrick Szilagyi / Opus Jazz Club
Moderatorius Donatas Puslys

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS
Future jazz study prospects: Berklee Campus Valencia
Mentors: Simone Pilon and Viktorija Pilatovic

SATOKO FUJII MASTER CLASS

MEETING WITH THE MASTERS
– Satoko Fujii, Mark Dresser, Larry Ochs, Laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts Vladimiras Tarasovas
– Laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts Petras Vyšniauskas and the presentation of the book Vyšnia džiazo sode

VISUAL ARTS
Rūta Jusionytė / „Lewben Art Foundation“ Collection

Festival Photography Exhibition
RETROSPECTIVE 2002-2023, author Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2023

MAIN STAGE

MARILYN MAZUR SOLO (Denmark)
Marilyn Mazur

BEADY BELLE (Norway)
Beate S. Lech, Bjarne Gustavsen, Bjørn Sæther, Marius Reksjø, Ingrid Fantoft, Agnes Andersen

MARIA FAUST JAZZ CATASTROPHE: 4TH MUTATION (Denmark)
Maria Faust, Lars Pilgaard, Kresten Osgood

GRAHAM COSTELLO STRATA (United Kingdom)
Harry Weir, FergusMcCreadie, Kevin Cahill, Gus Stirrat, Graham Costello

TIGER TRIO / Nicole Mitchell, Joelle Leandre, Myra Melford (USA, France)
Nicole Mitchel, Joelle Leandre, Myra Melford

EURORADIO JAZZ ORCHESTRA, leader Jievaras Jasinskis
Axel Mardsjo, Pavlo Barabashchuk, Emma Rawicz, Joël Metz, Karolis Šarkus, Agnes Darelid, Carlotta Armbruster, Guro Kvale, Christina Lachberger, Martin Declercq, Reinis Puriņš, János Löber, Maj Kavšek, Rahel Talts, Kryštof Tomeček, Oskari Siirtola, Bruna Matić, Zacchary Leblond

VLADIMIR TARASOV’S AUSTRIAN CIRCLE (Lithuania, Austria)
Andreas Schreiber, Christoph Cech, Peter Herbert, Vladimiras Tarasovas

AIRELLE BESSON TRY! (France)
Lynn Cassier, Airelle Besson, Benjamin Moussay, Fabrice Moreau

SHOWCASE STAGE
TRIO NEDA / LABUTIS / BANYS (Lithuania)
Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Vytautas Labutis, Richardas Banys
SNUS (Lithuania, Denmark)
Apolinaras Dubauskas, Mėta Pelegrimaitė, Klaudija Indriliūnaitė, Jens Ozmec, Rasmus Emil Hegner Nielsen, Jesper Lorup Christensen
KINVA (Ukraine)
Anastasija Litvinyuk, Roman Chraniuk, Igor Hnydyn
WEIRD UGLY FISH / KEISTA BJAURI ŽUVIS (Lithuania)
Aistė Kalvelytė, Julius Čepukėnas
VERONIKA CHICHI QUINTET (Lithuania)
Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova, Dmitrijus Golovanovas, Arkadijus Gotesmanas, Domantas Razmus, Artūrs Duckis
BROKEN GLASS 4TET (Lithuania)
Pranas Kentra, Jievaras Jasinskis, Simonas Kaupinis, Domantas Razmus
KJ COLLECTIVE (Lithuania)
Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė, Karolis Šarkus, Andrius Savčenko, Artūrs Duckis, Tuomas Räsänen
ARKADY GOTESMAN’S project PRAYER (Lithuania)
Arkadijus Gotesmanas, Kazimieras Jušinskas, Dominykas Norkūnas, Simonas Kaupinis, Darius Bagdonavičius, Haroldas Parulis, Skirmantas Rumševičius

CONFERENCE
Weightlessness

Welcome speech / Daina Urbanavičienė, Vice-Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

Presentation: What will humans be like in the future?
Kristupas Sabolius, Philosopher

Presentation: Gender inequality in the cultural sector: what do the numbers tell us and how to achieve change?
Kamilė Čelutkaitė, EU programme “Creative Europe”, Head of the office in Lithuania

Discusion: What have we learned from the war in Ukraine?
Valeriu Culea, Jazz’n Chișinău International Festival, Ken Waxman, JazzWord, Rozana Mihalache, Green Hours Jazz Cafe, moderated by Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė, Music Critic

Discussion: Jazz magazine in the XXI century – mission possible?
Pawel Brodowski, Jazz Forum, Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė, Music Critic

VISUAL ART
Aidas Bareikis ACCIDIOUS / „Lewben Art Foundation“ Collection

Festival Photography Exhibition
RETROSPECTIVE 2002-2022, author Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2022

MAIN STAGE

RYMDEN (Norway, Sweden)
Bugge Wesseltoft, Dan Berglund, Magnus Öström

GHOST-NOTE (USA)
Robert Searight, MonoNeon, Dominique Xavier Taplin, Peter Knudsen, Jonathan Mones, Danny Wytabis, Devin Way

VLADIMIRAS ČEKASINAS / 75 (Lithuania)
Vladimiras Čekasinas, Petras Geniušas, Vytautas Labutis, Richardas Banys, Liudas Mockūnas, Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Larisa Stannow, Leonid Shinkarenko, Domantas Razmus, Šv. Kristoforo kamerinis orkestras, leader Modestas Barkauskas

GREGORY PRIVAT (France)

BEN WENDEL GROUP (USA)
Ben Wendel, Shai Maestro, Joe Sanders, Greg Hutchinson

WE STAND WITH UKRAINE / Vladimiras Tarasovas, Volodymyr Solianyk, Mark Tokar (Lithuania, Ukraine)

ANTHONY BRAXTON SAXOPHONE QUARTET (USA)
Anthony Braxton, James Fei, Chris Jonas, André Vida

SHOWCASE STAGE
JOHN’S SHOWER BAND (Lithuania)
Simonas Krukonis, Vainius Indriūnas, Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Jonas Filmanavičius
SYNTHETIKA (Lithuania)
Nikita Kiriuchinas, Artiom Zalizko, Jonas Filmanavičius
LAIVO TROUPE (Lithuania)
Kazimieras Jušinskas, Kristupas Gikas, Simonas Kaupinis, Dominykas Norkūnas, Gediminas Stepanavičius, Domantas Razmus
DUO Vytautas Labutis / Andrius Balachovičius (Lithuania)
21st CENTURY QUINTET (Lithuania, Armenia, Latvia)
Davit Avetisyan, Andrius Savčenko, Danielius Skeivelas, Artūrs Duckis, Mihails Novikovs
LITHUANIAN YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA (Lithuania)
Agnė Repečkaitė, Grantas Kleinauskas, Martynas Šerpytis, Lukas Raulinaitis, Gintarė Tumaitė, Gytis Girdauskas, Austėja Marija Kimbartaitė, Deividas Skridaila, Mindaugas Vaškys
VERONIKA CHICHI QUINTET (Lithuania)
Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova, Dmitrijus Golovanovas, Artūrs Duckis, Domantas Razmus, Arkadijus Gotesmanas
JUZT (Lithuania)
Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Nikita Kiriuchinas, Vainius Indriūnas, Tuomas Räsänen
QUARK EFFECT (Lithuania)
Kornelijus Pukinskis, Matas Samulionis, Dominykas Snarskis

CONFERENCE
Coping with the Inevitable
Speaker Tomas Šinkūnas
Discussion / Lessons from Closed Venues
Moderator Rasa Murauskaitė
Is Radio Still Relevant in the Age of Spotify?
Speaker Giedrius Masalskis

MASTER CLASS
Lecture
Navigating the systems and the Unknown in the Music of Anthony Braxton
Lecturer Prof. James Fei

VISUAL ARTS

“Lewben Art Foundation” Exhibition:

“Disarm (Violin IX)”
Author Pedro Reyes

“Fountain”
Author Žilvinas Kempinas

Festival Photography Exhibition
RETROSPECTIVE 2022-2021 by Dainius Labutis

MOTION MOVIE
BOLERO
by Vladimiras Čekasinas

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2021

MAIN STAGE

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO (Israel)
Avishai Cohen, Elchin Shirinov, Roni Kaspi

LARS DANIELSSON & LIBERETTO (Sweden, France)
Lars Danielsson, Grégory Privat, Krister Jonsson, Magnus Öström

VLADIMIRAS ČEKASINAS TRIO (Lithuania)
Vladimiras Čekasinas, Vytautas Labutis, Arvydas Joffė

EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY (United Kingdom)
Emma-Jean Thackray, Dougal Taylor, Dwayne Kilvington, Lyle Barton, Ben Kelly

VLADIMIRAS TARASOVAS QUARTET (Lithuania)
Vladimiras Tarasovas, Vytautas Labutis, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Eugenijus Kanevičius

SHOWCASE STAGE
SYNTHETIKA (Lithuania, Latvia)
Nikita Kiriuchinas, Artiom Zalizko, Mihails Novikovs
THE HONKIN’ DUDES BRASS BAND (Lithuania)
Dovydas Stalmokas, Lukas Pivoriūnas, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Aurimas Rimeikis, Dominykas Vyšniauskas, Jievaras Jasinskis, Mikas Kurtinaitis, Ignas Kasikauskas
AUGUSTĖ RAGUOTYTĖ QUARTET (Lithuania)
Augustė Raguotytė, Gabija Vareikaitė, Artūrs Duckis, Dovydas Šulskis
JUZT (Lithuania)
Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Nikita Kiriuchinas, Vainius Indriūnas, Tuomas Räsänen
TANGO IN JAZZ (Lithuania)
Leonardas Pilkauskas, Egidija Mačiulytė, Vytautas Straižys, Gediminas Stepanavičius, Tuomas Räsänen
21st CENTURY QUINTET
Davit Avetisyan, Andrius Savčenko, Danielius Skeivelas, Artūrs Duckis, Mihails Novikovs

VISUAL ART
The Lewben Art Foundation presents”YETI” (or Snowman), a sculptural object by Tomas Daukša

Festival Photography Exhibition
RETROSPECTIVE 2002-2020 by Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2020

MAIN STAGE

SHINKARENKO JAZZ 4N (Lithuania)
Leonid Shinkarenko, Vytautas Labutis, Janas Maksimovičius, Linas Būda

PETRAS GENIUŠAS & LIUDAS MOCKŪNAS (Lithuania)
Petras Geniušas, Liudas Mockūnas, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Povilas Jurkša, Simonas Kaupinis, Domantas Razmus

MARIJUS ALEKSA & PAULIUS KILBAUSKAS (Lithuania)
Marijus Aleksa, Paulius Kilbauskas

VLADIMIRAS ČEKASINAS & VLADIMIRAS TARASOVAS “Fantasies Based on Eleven Nietzshe’s Strophes” (Lithuania)
Vladimiras Čekasinas, Vladimiras Tarasovas

PETRAS VYŠNIAUSKAS, VYTAUTAS LABUTIS, EUGENIJUS KANEVIČIUS, ARKADIJUS GOTESMANAS (Lithuania)
Petras Vyšniauskas, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Arkadijus Gotesmanas

SHOWCASE STAGE
KATARSIS4 (Lithuania)
Arminas Bižys, Algirdas Janonis, Danielius Pancerovas, Kazimieras Jušinskas
LEONARDAS PILKAUSKAS „BIRTHDAY“ SEPTET feat. KOTRYNA JANUTAITĖ (Lithuania)
Leonardas Pilkauskas, Jievaras Jasinskis, Tomas Botyrius, Dominykas Vyšniauskas, Paulius Volkovas, Denis Murašov, Domantas Razmus, Kotryna Janutaitė
SYNTHETIKA (Lithuania, Latvia)
Nikita Kiriuchinas, Artiomas Zalizko, Mihails Novikovs
CASTOR STETSON (Lithuania)
Deimantas Balys, Vainius Indriūnas, Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Domantas Razmus, Kazimieras Jušinskas
JUZT (Lithuania)
Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Nikita Kiriuchinas, Vainius Indriūnas, Tuomas Räsänen
MINDAUGAS STUMBRAS QUINTET (Lithuania)
Dmitrij Golovanov, Mindaugas Stumbras, Denis Murašov, Domantas Razmus, Mindaugas Vadoklis
21st CENTURY QUINTET (Lithuania)
Davit Avetisyan, Andrius Savčenko, Danielius Skeivelas, Artūrs Duckis, Mihails Novikovs

Festival Photography Exhibition
VYTAUTAS SUSLAVIČIUS “Captured by Jazz”

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2019

MAIN STAGE

DJANGO BATES’ BELOVÈD (United Kingdom)
Django Bates, Petter Eldh, Peter Bruun

ODED TZUR QUARTET (Greece, Israel, USA)
Oded Tzur, Nitai Hershkovits, Petros Klampanis, Jonathan Blake

THE COMET IS COMING (United Kingdom)
King Shabaka, Danalogue The Conqueror, Betamax Killer

GOGO PENGUIN (United Kingdom)
Chris Illingworth, Nick Blacka, Rob Turner

PORTICO QUARTET (United Kingdom)
Duncan Bellamy, Milo Fitzpatrick, Keir Vine, Jack Wyllie

VLADIMIRAS ČEKASINAS, VLADIMIRAS TARASOVAS (Lithuania)
Vladimiras Čekasinas, Vladimiras Tarasovas

FLAT EARTH SOCIETY (Belgium)
Peter Vermeersch, Peter Delannoye, Rob Banken, Michel Mast, Bruno Vansina, Berlinde Deman, Bart Maris, Marc Meeuwissen, Marti Melia Marganon, Kristof Roseeuw, Pauline Leblond, Peter Vandenberghe, Teun Verbruggen, Wim Segers, Frederik Leroux Roels

THE BAD PLUS (USA)
Reid Anderson, Orrin Evans, Dave King

SHOWCASE STAGE
TRIO TRYS (Lithuania)
Juozas Milašius, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Arkadij Gotesman
LEONARDAS PILKAUSKAS „BIRTHDAY“ SEPTET (Lithuania)
Leonardas Pilkauskas, Jievaras Jasinskis, Tomas Botyrius, Valerijus Ramoška, Paulius Volkovas, Denis Murašov, Domantas Razmus, special guest – Kotryna Janutaitė
CASTOR STETSON (Lithuania)
Deimantas Balys, Nojus Drąsutis, Domantas Razmus, Arnas Mikalkėnas, Kazimieras Jušinskas
BRAVE NOISES (Lithuania)
Mantvydas Leonas Pranulis, Mindaugas Stumbras, Kazimieras Jušinskas, Arminas Bižys, Dominykas Žernys, Dominykas Snarskis
VERONIKA CHICHI „SINGER OF A 1000 FACES“ (Lithuania)
Veronika ChiChi, Dmitrijus Golovanovas, Heikko Remmel, Augustas Baronas
TIESULAS (Lithuania)
Grigas Andrulis, Pijus Oras, Kristupas Kmitas
AUREOLĖ / NIMBUS (Lithuania)
Audrius Zalcas, Tomas Razmus, Mindaugas Apulskis, Nerijus Ardzevičius, Arnas Mikalkėnas
MAKSIMOVICH / GOLOVANOV „THOUSAND SECONDS OF OUR LIFE“ (Lithuania)
Jan Maksimovič, Dmitrijus Golovanovas
NEDA / LABUTIS / BANYS (Lithuania)
Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Vytautas Labutis, Richardas Banys
„DIALOGUE“ / DENISS PASHKEVICH & ARKADIJ GOTESMAN (Latvia, Lithuania)
Deniss Pashkevich, Arkadij Gotesman
OAK BIRCHES & KLAIPĖDA JAZZ ORCHESTRA / leader Kęstutis Sova (Lithuania)
„Ąžuoliniai berželiai“, Tomas Razmus, Simonas Kaupinis, Arnas Mikalkėnas
DOVYDAS STALMOKAS „LOW BLOW“ (Lithuania)
Aaron Keane, Simonas Kaupinis, Lukas Pivoriūnas, Dovydas Stalmokas, Gediminas Stepanavičius, Ignas Kasikauskas
CINAMONO (Lithuania)
Laura Budreckytė, Simonas Šipavičius, Vytis Nivinskas, Domantas Razmus

CONFERENCE
The Egyptian / Arab experience in Jazz in the 20th century / presented by Amro Salah
Festival as a creator and an inspiration for Estonian artists / presented by Anne Erm
Large and small jazz scenes in Lithuania / presented by Julijus Grickevičius
Review of “Jazz from Lithuania 2019”

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS
Who told Louis Armstrong about Vilkija? Litvaks in the Jazz Culture / moderator Viktoras Bachmetjevas

VISUAL ARTS
“Echo”/ author Matas Janušonis

DOCUMENTARY FILM
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2018

MAIN STAGE

ANDY SHEPPARD with ESPEN ERIKSEN TRIO (United Kingdom, Norway)
Andy Sheppard, Espen Eriksen, Lars Tormod Jenset, Andreas Bye

LITHUANIAN JJAZZ ENSEMBLE (Lithuania)
Vytautė Pupšytė, Tomas Botyrius, Leonardas Pilkauskas, Liutauras Janušaitis, Tomas Razmus, Simonas Šipavičius, Jievaras Jasinskis, Albinas Gražulis, Valentas Marozas, Laurynas Lapė, Audrius Zalcas, Valerijus Ramoška, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Tomas Dičiūnas, Pranas Kentra, Arman Isojan, Domantas Razmus

GORILLA MASK (Canada, Germany)
Peter Van Huffel, Roland Fidezius, Rudi Fischerlehner

NILS PETTER MOLVÆR (Norway)
Nils Petter Molvær, Johan Lindström, Jo Berger Myhre, Erland Dahlen

DOMAS ŽEROMSKAS QUINTET (Lithuania)
Domas Žeromskas, Leonardas Pilkauskas, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Arman Isojan, Jonas Gliaudelis

NOW VS NOW (USA)
Jason Lindner, Panagiotis Andreou, Justin Tyson

MATHIAS EICK QUINTET (Norway)
Mathias Eick, Erlend Slettevoll, Håkon Aase, Audun Erlien, Torstein Lofthus

DEVA MAHAL (USA)
Deva Mahal, Ashton Sellers, Dominic Marshall, Patrick Stewart, Alex Brajkovic

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS
DISCUSSION: Planning a festival programme. How to retain your ID? / moderator Laima Slepkovaitė
DISCUSSION: What it takes for the idea to meet its patron? / moderator Julijus Grickevičius

VISUAL ARTS
Photography Exhibition „Retrospective 2022-2017“ / author Dainius Labutis

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2017

MAIN STAGE

GET THE BLESSING (Great Britain)
Jake McMurchie, Pete Judge, Clive Deamer, Jim Barr

JAGA JAZZIST (Norway)
Andreas Mjøs, Erik Johannessen, Even Ormestad, Lars Horntveth, Line Horntveth, Marcus Forsgren, Martin Horntveth, Øystein Moen

JONES JONES (USA, Lithuania)
Mark Dresser, Larry Ochs, Vladimiras Tarasovas

VLADIMIR TARASOV & LITHUANIAN ART ORCHESTRA AND SPECIAL GUEST VLADIMIR CHEKASIN | TAPESTRY. Part 3 | RONDO a’la STRAVINSKY (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Liudas Mockūnas, Valerijus Ramoška, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Jievaras Jasinskis, Šarūnas Kačionas, Juozas Milašius, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Arkady Gotesman, Pavel Giunter, Arnas Mikalkėnas, Paulius Tamolė, Vladimir Chekasin, Vladimiras Tarasovas

NEIL COWLEY TRIO (Great Britain)
Neil Cowley, Rex Horan, Evan Jenkins

PHAROAH SANDERS QUARTET (USA)
Pharoah Sanders, William Henderson, Oli Hayhurst, Gene Calderazzo

SHOWCASE STAGE

QUITE SUBLIME (Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany)
Karolis Šarkus, Jonathan Dafgård, Daniel Nagel, Enea Besana

JAZZYBIT (Romania)
Teodor Pop, Mihai Moldoveanu, Szabó Csongor-Zsolt

LORENZO DE FINTI QUARTET (Italy)
Lorenzo De Finti, Gendrickson Mena Diaz, Stefano Dall’Ora, Marco Castiglioni

VERY COOL PEOPLE (Latvia)
Elvijs Grafcovs, Māris Vitkus, Valters Sprūdžs, Andris Buiķis, Māris Jēkabsons, Oskars Ozoliņš, Laura Rozenberga, Kristaps Lubovs

QUANTUM TRIO (Poland)
Michał Jan Ciesielski, Kamil Zawiślak, Luis Mora Matus

DOGON (Switzerland)
Eric Hunziker, Thomas Tavano, Tobias Hunziker

AMAZONAS (Sweden)
Biggi Vinkeloe, Thomas Gustafsson, Annika Törnqvist, Anders Kjellberg

H.SOROR (Ukraine)
Mykola Lebed, Natasha Steel, Natasha Pyrohova

THE BODHISATTWA TRIO (India)
Bodhisattwa Ghosh, Bijit Bhattacharya, Premjit Dutta

PAWEŁ KACZMARCZYK AUDIOFEELING BAND (Poland)
Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Kuba Dworak, Dawid Fortuna, Wojciech Długosz – Mr Krime, Hubert Kaszycki

NAKED (Serbia)
Djordje Mijuskovic, Rastko Uzunovic, Branislav Radojkovic, Goran Milosevic

KU.PIECE (Lithuania)
Donatas Bielunskis, Klaudijus Štuopinis, Dominykas Norkūnas, Mantas Augustaitis

SHINKARENKO JAZZ 4N (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Jan Maksimovich, Leonid Shinkarenko, Linas Būda

DŽIAZLAIF (Lithuania)
Kazimieras Jušinskas, Paulius Vaškas, Danielius Pancerovas, Aurelijus Užameckis, Ignas Kasikauskas

MOCKŪNAS, MIKALKĖNAS, BERRE (Lithuania, Norway)
Liudas Mockūnas, Arnas Mikalkėnas, Håkon Berre

D. JUREVIČIUS GROUP (Lithuania)
Deimantas Jurevičius, Domas Žeromskas, Mantvydas Leonas Pranulis, Nojus Drąsutis, Jonas Drėma Gliaudelis

LIUTAURAS JANUŠAITIS QUINTET (Lithuania)
Liutauras Janušaitis, Tomas Dičiūnas, Paulius Volkovas, Domas Aleksa, Jonas Drėma Gliaudelis

SILENT BLAST QUARTET (Lithuania)
Mindaugas Vadoklis, Vytautas Labutis, Domas Žeromskas, Nojus Drąsutis, Jonas Drėma Gliaudelis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS
(discussion stage)

THE ECONOMICS OF ART: HOW DO WE BUY AND WHAT DO WE PAY FOR.
Moderator Rūta Vainienė

THE ESTONIAN CASE – WHY SUCCESS?
Moderator Arnoldas Pranckevičius

SILK ROAD FOR JAZZ: HOW TO CONQUER THE EAST?
Moderator Agnė Biliūnaitė

FESTIVALS VS. DAILY LIFE: ARE FESTIVALS THE OLIGARCHS OF THE JAZZ INDUSTRY?
Moderator Kristijonas Bartoševičius

BROADCAST OR DIE: THE FUTURE AND FORECAST OF PUBLISHING.
Moderator Daina Dubauskaitė

WHEN IS THE BIRTHDAY OF LITHUANIAN JAZZ?
Moderator Julijus Grickevičius

VISUAL ARTS

Algimantas Aleksandravičius. THROUGH THE HIT NOTE.
Vytautas Suslavičius. IMPRISONED IN JAZZ.

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2016

MAIN STAGE

JACQUES KUBA SEGUIN (Canada)
Jonathan Cayer, Jacques Kuba Seguin, Frédéric Alarie, Jim Doxas

RICHARDAS BANYS (Lithuania)

CHINA MOSES (Lithuania, USA, United Kingdom)
China Moses, Luigi Grasso, Mike Gorman, Marijus Aleksa, Luke Wynter

PHRONESIS (United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway)
Jasper Høiby, Ivo Neame, Anton Eger

OREGON (USA)
Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Paolino Dalla Porta, Mark Walker

CHASSOL (France)
Christophe Chassol, Mathieu Edouard

THE AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE QUARTET (USA)
Ambrose Akinmusire, Sam Harris, Harish Raghavan, Justin Brown

SHOWCASE STAGE

SONGS I LIKE (Switzerland)
Christoph Pepe Auer

IORI (Germany)
Tasso Savvopoulos, Peter Ehwald

NAIMA (Spain)
Luis Torregrosa, Enrique Ruiz, Rafael Ramos Sania

BETE SMATE (Lithuania)
Žygimantas Bačkus, Adomas Bitinas, Danielius Pancerovas, Gediminas Strupinskas, Augustas Genutis, Kasparas Petkus

iTRIO (Switzerland)
Pierre Sottas, Jan Trösch, Urs Wittwer

SAFRAN (Germany)
Klaus Schüller, Friedrich Weber, Ben Briggmann, Mats Niepmann

NIOGI (Israel)
Omri Abramov, Guy Shkolnik, Hedi Yatouji, Ilya Dynov

MIRKO PEDROTTI QUINTET (Italy)
Mirko Pedrotti, Lorenzo Sighel, Luca Olzer, Michele Bazzanella, Matteo Giordani

VYTAUTAS LABUTIS & SILENT BLAST (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė, Domas Žeromskas, Nojus Drąsutis, Jonas Filmanavičius

HELLMÜLLER TRIO (Switzerland)
Franz Hellmüller, Patrick Sommer, Martin Perret

BAŞAK YAVUZ QUARTET (Türkiye)
Başak Yavuz, Adem Gülşen, Apostolos Sideris, Ekin Cengizkan

LOBBY STAGE

ARMED SHEEP DOOM CLOUD PRANK (Lithuania)
Arman Isojan, Simonas Šipavičius, Domantas Razmus, Klaudijus Štuopinis, Pranas Kentra

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS
(discussion stage)

JAZZ AUDIENCE: GETTING OLDER OR GROWING?
Moderator Linas Kontrimas

VISUAL ARTS

DAINIUS LABUTIS photography exhibition RETROSPECTIVE

VYTAUTAS SUSLAVIČIUS. Imprisoned in jazz.

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2015

MAIN STAGE

SHINKARENKO JAZZ 4N (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Jan Maksimovich, Leonid Shinkarenko, Arvydas Joffė

SOWETO KINCH (Great Britain)
Soweto Kinch, Percy Pursglove, Nick Jurd, Greg Hutchinson

MARIUS NESET QUARTET (Norway, Great Britain)
Marius Neset, Josh Blackmore, Dan Nicholls, Dave Manington

VLADIMIR TARASOV & LITHUANIA ART ORCHESTRA | SOUND TAPESTRY. PART 2 (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Liudas Mockūnas, Jan Maksimovich, Dovydas Stalmokas, Dominykas Vyšniauskas, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Šarūnas Kačionas, Tomas Kutavičius, Gailė Griciūtė, Artūras Bumšteinas, Juozas Milašius, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Arkady Gotesman, Pavel Giunter, Vladimir Tarasov

MARC DUCRET & LIUDAS MOCKŪNAS (Lithuania, France)
Marc Ducret, Liudas Mockūnas

SONS OF KEMET (Great Britain)
Shabaka Hutchings, Theon Cross, Tom Skinner, Sebastian Rochford

CHRISTIAN SCOTT ATUNDE ADJUAH PRESENTS STRETCH MUSIC (USA)
Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields, Isadora Mendez-Scott, Elena Pinderhughes, Braxton Cook, Kris Funn, Corey Fonville, Joe Dyson

AVISHAI COHEN TRIO | FROM DARKNESS (Israel)
Avishai Cohen, Eden Ladin, Daniel Dor

LOBBY STAGE

VYTAUTAS LABUTIS & SILENT BLAST (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Darius Donskich, Adomas Ališauskas, Kristupas Gylys, Domas Žeromskas, Nojus Drąsutis, Jonas Filmanavičius

DONATAS PETREIKIS QUARTET (Lithuania)
Donatas Petreikis, Paulius Volkovas, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Vytis Vainilaitis

LEONARDAS PILKAUSKAS. SASSY CONNECTIONS (Lithuania, Latvia)
Vytis Smolskas, Leonardas Pilkauskas, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Ivars Arutjunjans

NEW DRESS (Lithuania, Germany)
Donata Jan, Anthony Sawadsky, Birk Buttchereyt, Thorben Tschertner, Nicolai Ditsch

AGATOS LANGAI (Lithuania)
Mindaugas Apulskis, Kornelijus Pukinskis, Danielius Pancerovas, Marius Giedra, Augustas Genutis, Domas Snarskis, Akvilė Kalaušytė, Rūta Gricajavaitė

BROMA JAZZ ORCHESTRA (LEAD. VITALIS VIDIKAS) (Lithuania)
Einaras Baltrimas, Juras Lapienis, Jonas Stankevičius, Laurynas Bilinskis, Robertas Šulcas, Darius Girnys, Dalius Sasnauskas, Vitalis Vidikas, Linas Jankauskas, Vytautas Bložė, Albertas Mineikis, Ugnius Arcabas, Vilius Naruševičius, Tadas Petkevičius-Grajauskas, Paulius Vaicekauskas, Kasparas Naujokas, Marius Giedra, Matas Čerenkovas

MADE IN 234 (Lithuania)
Karolis Šarkus, Artūras Daunys, Nojus Drąsutis, Jonas Filmanavičius

N-ATOMIC TRIO (Lithuania)
Dominykas Norkūnas, Dovydas M. Buidovas, Kristupas Kmitas

BRAVE NOISES (Lithuania)
Mantvydas Pranulis, Danielius Pancerovas, Kazimieras Jušinskas, Mindaugas Stumbras, Dominykas Žernys, Domas Snarskis

INCEPTION (Lithuania)
Tomas Dičiūnas, Domas Žostautas, Andrius Kairys

MORGANFREEMAN (Lithuania, USA, Germany)
Andrius Dereviančenko, Dennis Sekretarev, Matt Adomeit, Tristan Renfrow

BIG BAND OF THE LITHUANIAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND THEATRE (LEADER TOMAS DIČIŪNAS) (Lithuania)
Tomas Dičiūnas, Kazimieras Jušinskas, Algirdas Janonis, Adomas Bitinas, Haroldas Parulis, Donatas Petreikis, Mantas Pilvelis, Matas Samulionis, Danielis Pancerovas, Dario Zara, Audrius Zalcas, Tomas Vedeckas, Aleksandr Karčmit, Petras Juška, Jievaras Jasinskis, Edvardas Jucius, Rokas Podelis, Jonas Gliaudelis, Adas Gecevičius, Viktor Semcov, Ignas Kasikauskas, Julius Valančiauskas, Paulius Vaicekauskas, Richardas Banys, Edgar Sabilo, Rokas Jackūnas, Tadas Jundulas

JUOZAS KURAITIS QUARTET (Lithuania)
Juozas Kuraitis, Paulius Volkovas, Denis Murašov, Darius Rudis

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2014

MAIN STAGE

PAE KOLLEKTIIV (Estonia)
Allan Järve, Mairo Marjamaa, Aleksander Paal, Keio Vutt, Johannes Kiik, Kirke Karja, Madis Meister, Siim Usin, Tõnu Tubli

THE TERENCE BLANCHARD E-COLLECTIVE (USA)
Terence Blanchard, Fabian Almazan, Charles Altura, Donald Ramsey, Oscar Seaton

LEONARDAS PILKAUSKAS IR PAULIUS VOLKOVAS – D’PENDENT ENSEMBLE (Lithuania)
Leonardas Pilkauskas, Paulius Volkovas, Vygintas Kisevičius, Denis Murašov, Domantas Razmus

MARK TURNER QUARTET (USA)
Mark Turner, Avishai Cohen, Joe Martin, Marcus Gilmore

HUBERT DUPONT JASMIM (France)
Hubert Dupont, Naïssam Jalal, Denis Guivarc’h, Nelson Veras, Youssef Hbeisch

SHEEP GOT WAXED (Lithuania)
Simonas Šipavičius, Paulius Vaškas, Adas Gecevičius

VLADIMIR TARASOV AND LITHUANIAN ART ORCHESTRA | TAPESTRY (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Liudas Mockūnas, Jan Maksimovich, Dovydas Stalmokas, Dominykas Vyšniauskas, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Jievaras Jasinskis, Juozas Milašius, Tomas Kutavičius, Dmitrij Golovanov, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Vytis Nivinskas, Arkady Gotesman, Pavel Giunter, Rytis Kamičaitis, Anatoly Lomonosov, Vladimir Tarasov

VEIN FEAT. GREG OSBY (Switzerland, USA)
Greg Osby, Michael Arbenz, Thomas Lähns, Florian Arbenz – drums

MARKUS PESONEN HENDECTET (Denmark, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany)
Anna Chekassina, Live Berger Brekke, Adam Pultz Melbye, Marc Lohr, Otis Sandsjö, Liudas Mockūnas, Frank Gratkowski, Tobias Wiklund, Petter Hängsel, Jonathan Ahlbom, Markus Pesonen

KNEEBODY (USA)
Adam Benjamin, Shane Endsley, Ben Wendel, Kaveh Rastegar, Nate Wood

STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS (USA)
Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Anthony Tidd, Sean Rickman

LOBBY STAGE

MADE IN 234 (Lithuania)
Karolis Šarkus, Lukas Smulskis, Artūras Daunys, Nojus Drąsutis, Jonas Filmanavičius

JAZZ DUO (Lithuania)
Leonardas Pilkauskas, Jurgis Baltrušaitis

REINLESS (Lithuania)
Vytis Smolskas, Paulius Volkovas, Juozas Kuraitis, Valerijus Ramoška, Laurynas Lapė, Jievaras Jasinskis, Paulius Vaicekauskas, Ąžuolas Paulauskas

BIG BAND OF LITHUANIA NATIONAL DEFENCE VOLUNTEER FORCES, LEADED BY CAPT. RIČARDAS ČIUPKOVAS (Lithuania)

CLUB NIGHT

ĄŽUOLAS PAULAUSKAS | PROJECT EVOLUTION (Lithuania)
Raimondas Dauginas, Valerijus Ramoška, Tomas Botyrius, Gintaras Šulinskas, Tomas Maslauskas, Ąžuolas Paulauskas

BIG BAND OF THE LITHUANIAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND THEATRE (LEADED BY DMITRIJ GOLOVANOV) (Lithuania)

VISUAL ARTS

Photography exhibition
Authors: Dainius Labutis, Marijus Petrauskas, Vytautas Suslavičius, Albertas Švenčionis

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2013

MAIN STAGE

MIGUEL ZENON QUARTET (USA)
Miguel Zenon, Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig, Henry Cole

ERNIE WATTS QUARTET (USA)
Ernie Watts, Christof Sänger, Rudi Engel, Heinrich Köbberling

HOLGER MARJAMAA (Estonia)

ARVE HENRIKSEN, JAN BANG & STIAN WESTERHUS (Norway)
Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, Stian Westerhus

SNARKY PUPPY (USA)
Michael League, Larnell Lewis, Nate Werth, Bob Lanzetti, Justin Stanton, Mike Maher, Chris Bullock, Mike Harrison, Colin Cunningham

VOLCAN | GONZALO RUBALCABA, HORACIO EL NEGRO HERNANDEZ, ARMANDO GOLA & ANTHONY CARRILLO (Cuba, USA)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Armando Gola, Anthony Carrillo

CLUB NIGHT

NEDA & LABUTIS JAZZ QUARTET (Lithuania)
Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Vytautas Labutis, Leonardas Bėkša, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Darius Rudis

FUN CLOCK (Lithuania)
Gabrielė Senkevičiūtė, Kasparas Mėginis, Aurimas Piečiukaitis, Arnas Jasalinis, Deividas Jakavičius, Justas Markevičius

SOUL MOUSTACHE (Lithuania)
Vytis Smolskas, Vytautė Pupšytė, Jonas Gliaudelis, Tomas Dobrovolskis

THE PROOF QUARTET (Lithuania)
Giedrius Nakas, Nora Strolytė, Paulius Vaicekauskas, Kasparas Naujokas,

ARVYDAS JOFFE JAZZ QUARTET (Lithuania)
Arnas Mikalkėnas, Tomas Razmus, Nerijus Ardzevičius, Arvydas Joffė

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2012

MAIN STAGE

LIEDER LEADERS (Azerbaijan)
Salman Gambarov, Farida Mamedova

WALLACE RONEY QUINTET (USA)
Wallace Roney, Ben Solomon, Victor Gould, Rashaan Carter, Kush Abadey

FRANÇOIS CORNELOUP TRIO (France)
François Corneloup, Hélène Labarrière, Simon Goubert

JOHN ALBERT GROUP (Italy, Lithuania, Germany)
Christian Pabst, Leonardas Pilkauskas, Marco Zenini, Jonas David Kröper (aka Jonasu)

VIKTORIJA PILATOVIČ QUINTET (Lithuania, Greece, Cameroon, Nigeria, USA)
Viktorija Pilatovič, Vagelis Stefanopoulos, Adédèjì Adetayo, Benson Enowben Itoe, Owen Hart Jr.

CHRIS DAVE AND THE DRUMHEDZ (USA)
Chris Dave, Kebbi Williams, Isaiah Sharkey, Jermaine Williams

DMITRIJ GOLOVANOV (Lithuania)

RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET (USA)
Ravi Coltrane, David Virelles, Dezron Douglas, Johnathan Blake

CLUB NIGHT

VILNIUS BALYS DVARIONAS MUSIC SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Lithuania)
Karolis Šarkus, Lukas Smulskis, Adomas Ališauskas, Veronika Guželytė, Artūras Daunys, Nojus Drąsutis, Tomas Podvaiskis, Jonas Filmanavičius, Rokas Mickevičius, Vytautas Labutis

STATE OF MONC (The Netherlands)
Arthur Flink, Hielke Praagman, Ben van den Dungen, Rafael Morales Aguin, Tuur Moens

VILKŠU PA MUGURU (Lithuania)
Silvija Pankūnaitė, Agnietė Ivanauskaitė, Giedrius Nakas, Donatas Bielunskis

JAZZ 4 KĖDAINIAI (Lithuania)
Vidmantas Valantiejus, Donatas Petreikis, Paulius Vaicekauskas, Kasparas Naujokas

KAARNA (Finland)
Tuomas Paukku, Julius Heikkilä, Mikko Nurmi, Tatu Henttonen

BAISIOS STYGOS (Lithuania)
Tadas Dešukas, Paulius Volkovas, Vytis Nivinskas, Vytis Vainilaitis

KAF KAF (Lithuania)
Donata Januševičiūtė, Kristijonas Doveika, Donatas Petreikis, Dovydas Mindaugas Buidovas, Rasa Vaštakaitė

DOMAS ALEKSA & D‘ORANGE (Lithuania, Great Britain)
Domas Aleksa, Robin Aristorenas, Vytis Smolskas, Aleksander Raichenok, Mindaugas Vadoklis, Darius Rudis

SHEEP GOT WAXED (Lithuania)
Paulius Vaškas, Simonas Šipavičius, Adas Gecevičius

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2011

MARIJUS SŪDŽIUS (Lithuania)

DAVID BINNEY GROUP (USA)
David Binney, John Escreet, Matt Brewer, Dan Weiss

EMILE PARISIEN QUARTET (France)
Émile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne, Sylvain Darrifourcq

BILLY CHILDS JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (USA)
Billy Childs, Tim Garland, Carol Robbins, Larry Koonse, Hamilton Price, Brian Blade

INSEARCH (Lithuania)
Juozas Martinkėnas, Nojus Jurkus, Paulius Adomėnas, Mantas Augustaitis

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT (USA)
Robert Glasper, Casey Benjamin, Burniss Earl Travis, Mark Colenburg

OZMA (France)
Adrien Dennefeld, Edouard Séro-Guillaume, David Florsch, Guillaume Nuss, Stéphane Scharlé

JAY PHELPS QUINTET (Great Britain)
Jay Phelps, Karl Adedare Rasheed-Abel, Michael Mwenso, Jonathan Gee, Matt Home

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2010

JAZZ QUARTET (Lithuania, Austria)
Elias Stemeseder, Max Santner, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius

ARTŪRAS ANUSAUSKAS (Lithuania)

JING’A’LING (Lithuania)
Vytautė Pupšytė, Vytis Smolskas, Paulius Volkovas, Julius Valančauskas, Gediminas Augustaitis

SYLVAIN CATHALA PRINT (France)
Sylvain Cathala, Stéphane Payen, Jean-Luc Lehr, Franck Vaillant

DAVE SAMUELS – NIKOLAI PANOV ALLIANCE. ORGANIK BAND (USA)
Dave Samuels, Nikolai Panov, Ron Oswanski, Marko Marcinko

EIVIND AARSET SONIC CODEX 4TET (Norway)
Eivind Aarset, Bjørn Charles Dreyer, Audun Erlien, Wetle Holte

JAN MAKSIMOVICH GROUP (Lithuania)
Jan Maksimovich, Dominykas Vyšniauskas, Paulius Adomėnas, Mantas Augustaitis

ROBERT GLASPER TRIO (USA)
Robert Glasper, 
Derrick Hodge, Mark Colenburg

JAY PHELPS – SEBASTIAN WEISS – ROBIN ARISTORENAS – RICK JAMES – MARIJUS ALEKSA (Great Britain, Lithuania)

GERALD CLAYTON TRIO (USA)
Gerald Clayton, Harish Raghavan, Justin Brown

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2009

YARON HERMAN TRIO (France)
Yaron Herman, Simon Tailleu, Cedric Bec

LOUIS SCLAVIS TRIO (France)
Louis Sclavis, François Merville, Olivier Lété

LA CAMPAGNIE DES MUSIQUES À OUÏR (France)
Denis Charolles, Frédéric Gastard, Julien Eil

FEMI TEMOWO, GRANT WINDSOR, MARIJUS ALEKSA (Great Britain, Lithuania)
Femi Temowo, Grant Windsor, Marijus Aleksa

MELOSOLEX (France)
Denis Charolles, Frédéric Gastard, Vincent Peirani

OZMA (France)
Adrien Dennefeld, Edouard Séro-Guillaume, David Florsch, Guillaume Nuss, Stéphane Scharlé

CRAM (The Netherlands)
Corrie van Binsbergen, Rutger van Otterloo, Mick Paauwe, Arend Niks

ROSARIO GIULIANI QUINTET (Italy)
Rosario Giuliani, Flavio Boltro, Roberto Tarenzi, Darryl Hall, Benjamin Henocq

ANDREA PELLEGRINI, RICCARDO IENNA, VYTAUTAS LABUTIS, EUGENIJUS KANEVIČIUS (Italy, Lithuania)
Andrea Pellegrini, Riccardo Ienna, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius

BEADY BELLE (Norway)
Beate S. Lech, Marius Reksjø, Erik Holm, Tommy Kristiansen, Jørn Øien

LARS DANIELSSON & LESZEK MOŻDŻER (Sweden, Poland)
Lars Danielsson, Leszek Możdżer

PETRAS VYŠNIAUSKAS IR MOKINIAI (Lithuania)
Petras Vyšniauskas, Jan Maksimovich, Juozas Kuraitis, Dovydas Stalmokas, Simonas Šipavičius

BILLY COBHAM BAND (USA, Europe)
Billy Cobham, Jean-Marie Ecay, Christophe Cravero, Junior Gill, Hadrien Feraud

EUROPEAN JAZZ | VILNIUS – EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2009

QU5 (Lithuania)
Valentina Jaronskaja, Rūta Švipaitė, Nerijus Bakula, Romas Morkūnas, Audrius Pazniokas, Andrius Kairys

ATOMIC (Norway, Sweden)
Fredrik Ljungkvist, Magnus Broo, Håvard Wiik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love

SUN TRIO (Finland)
Kalevi Louhivuori, Olavi Louhivuori, Antti Lötjönen

NEDA & ARTŪRAS ANUSAUSKAS QUARTET (Lithuania)
Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Artūras Anusauskas, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Darius Rudis

BRASSBASTARDZ (Lithuania)
Daiva Starinskaitė (DivahDee), Alvydas Mačiulskis, Aurimas Rimeikis, Marijus Aleksa, Domas Aleksa, Aleksandras Raičenok, DJ Justas Fresh

ALEKSA BROTHERS GROUP (Lithuania, Great Britain)
Roberto Manzin, Robin Aristorenas, Domas Aleksa, Marijus Aleksa

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2008

BILL FRISELL TAKES ON KEATON, MORRISON & WOODRING (USA)
Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen

INTERCONTINENTAL – THE SIBONGILE KHUMALO & JACK DEJOHNETTE PROJECT (USA, South Africa, Great Britain)
Sibongile Khumalo, Jack DeJohnette, Byron Wallen, Jason Yarde, Billy Childs, Jerome Harris

CHICK COREA & JOHN MCLAUGHLIN FIVE PEACE BAND (USA)
Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, Vinnie Colaiuta

SHINKARENKO JAZZ 4 (Lithuania)
Leonid Shinkarenko, Dainius Pulauskas, Valerijus Ramoška, Linas Būda

BOBBY PREVITE & THE NEW BUMP (USA)
Bobby Previte, Ellery Eskelin, Bill Ware, Brad Jones

KINDERGARTEN (France)
Matthieu Donarier, Poline Renou

ERIK TRUFFAZ QUARTET (France)
Erik Truffaz, Christophe Chambet, Marc Erbetta, Patrick Muller

MIROSLAV VITOUŠ & FRANCO AMBROSETTI TRIO AND SYMPHONIC SOUND (Czechia, Switzerland, Italy)
Miroslav Vitouš, Franco Ambrosetti, Fabrizio Sferra

DŽIAZO NUBLOKŠTI / GONE WITH JAZZ (Lithuania)
Neda Malūnavičiūtė, Artūras Anusauskas, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Gediminas Laurinavičius

VISUAL ARTS

“RETROSPECTIVE 2002-2007” – Photo exhibition by Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS CITY JAZZ 2007

MAIN STAGE

BREVIS & JAZZ TRIO (Lithuania)
Choir “Brevis” leader Gintautas Venislovas, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Arvydas Joffė

THE BAD PLUS (USA)
Reid Anderson, Ethan Iverson, David King

THE SHIN (Georgia)
Zaza Miminoshvili, Zurab J. Gagnidze, Mamuka Gaganidze, David Shanidze, Alexander Khizanihishvili, Khvicha Khvitisiashvili, Zviad Totiauri, David Skhirtladze

EMPIRICAL (Great Britain)
Jay Phelps, Shaney Forbes, Nathaniel Facey, Christopher Kit Downes, Tom Farmer

OZMA (France)
Adrien Dennefeld, Edouard Séro-Guillaume, David Florsch, Guillaume Nuss, Stéphane Scharlé

VICTOR BAILEY GROUP (USA)
Victor Bailey, Casey Benjamin, Peter Horvath, Richie Morales

THE LEADERS (USA)
Bobby Watson, Chico Freeman, Eddie Henderson, Frederick Harris, Lonnie Plaxico, Billy Hart

PETER BRÖTZMANN & JOE McPHEE QUARTET (Germany, USA)
Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang

CHRIS MINH DOKY & THE NOMADS (USA)
Chris Minh Doky, Niclas Knudsen, Jonas Berg, Zoltan Csörsz

ARTŪRAS ANUSAUSKAS JAZZ QUARTET (Lithuania)
Artūras Anusauskas, Aleksandras Fedotovas, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Darius Rudis

JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO PLUS HORNS (USA)
John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Bill Stewart, Phil Grenadier, Eddie Salkin, Frank Vacin

CLUB NIGHT

INDRĖ STANKEVIČIŪTĖ (Lithuania)

DIXXBAND (Lithuania)

JUNCTION (Lithuania)
Kristina Jatautaitė, Laimonas Urbikas, Arūnas Viduolis, Domas Grumbinas, Mantas Liutikas, Paulius Stonkus, Mykolas Eiva

LABUTIS JAZZ QUARTET (Lithuania)

ANNA KOROLIOVA QUARTET (Russia)
Igor Nadezhdin, Igor Ivanushkin, David Tkebuchava, Anna Koroleva

EGLĖ VAKARINAITĖ PROJECT (Lithuania)

VILNIUS CITY JAZZ 2006

MAIN STAGE

JUNCTION (Lithuania)
Kristina Jatautaitė, Laimonas Urbikas, Arūnas Viduolis, Domas Grumbinas, Mantas Liutikas, Paulius Stonkus, Mykolas Eiva

DENNIS ROLLINS’ BADBONE & CO (Great Britain)
Dennis Rollins, Jay Phelps, Johnny Heyes, Pete Cochrane, Alex Morgan, Dewi Young

CHRIS POTTER TRIO (USA)
Chris Potter, Scott Colley, Antonio Sánchez

PHILIP HAMILTON PROJECT (USA, Lithuania)
Philip Hamilton, Chieli Minucci, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Darius Rudis

OZMA (France)
Adrien Dennefeld, Edouard Séro-Guillaume, David Florsch, Guillaume Nuss, Stéphane Scharlé

THE FIVE CORNERS QUINTET (Finland)
Jukka Eskola, Mikael Jakobsson, Timo Lassy, Antti Lötjönen, Teppo Mäkynen

SELEN GÜLÜN TRIO (Türkiye)
Selen Gülün, Sezin Ahmet Türkmenoğlu, Emir Özoğlu

WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET (USA)
Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade

VLADIMIR CHEKASIN OLD FRIENDS JAM (Lithuania)
Petras Geniušas, Vladimiras Čekasinas, Vytautas Labutis, Arvydas Joffė, Gediminas Laurinavičius

BILL EVANS SOULGRASS (USA)
Bill Evans, Vinny Valentino, Christian Howes, Ric Fierabracci, Joel Rosenblatt

CLUB NIGHT

GREEN BRIDGE BAND (Lithuania)

TOMAS BOTYRIUS, GRAŽVYDAS JANUŠKEVIČIUS, EUGENIJUS KANEVIČIUS, ARVYDAS JOFFĖ (Lithuania)

DOUDI JAZZ BAND (Lithuania)

SAULĖS KLIOŠAS (Lithuania)

OTAR MAGRADZE JAZZ TRIO (Georgia)
Otar Magradze, Giorgi Samsonadze, Valeri Pailodze

VILNIUS CITY JAZZ 2005

KEREM GÖRSEV TRIO (Türkiye)
Kerem Görsev, Volkan Hürsever, Cengiz Baysal

GILAD ATZMON GROUP (Great Britain)
Gilad Atzmon, Frank Harrison, Yaron Stavi, Asaf Sirkis, Romano Viazzani, Dumitru Ovidiu Fratila, Guillermo Rozenthuler

JOHNNY LA MARAMA (USA, Finland, Germany)
Kalle Kalima, Chris Dahlgren, Eric Schaefer

IZALINE CALISTER KRIOYO (The Netherlands)
Izaline Calister, Niata Augusta, José Lopretti, Ed Verhoeff, Reno Steba, Roël Calister, Rendel Rosalia

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER: J’AI DEUX AMOURS (USA)
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Patrick Manouguian, Marc Berthoumieux, Ira Coleman, Minino Garay

VYTAUTAS LABUTIS QUARTET (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Oleg Molokoyedov, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Arvydas Joffė

QUELQUES FIERS MONGOLS (France)
Eric Vagnon, Patrick Charbonnier, Jean-François Charbonnier, Véronique Mougin, Eric Delbouys, Gerald Chevillon

PUZZLE MUSIC (Lithuania)
Andrė Pabarčiūtė, Vytis Nivinskas, Marijus Aleksa, Beduin String Quartet: Vytautas Mikeliūnas, Ingrida Rupaitė, Tomas Savickas, Onutė Švabauskaitė, Loreta Juodkaitė

DAVE DOUGLAS & KEYSTONE (USA)
Dave Douglas, Marcus Strickland, Adam Benjamin, Brad Jones, Gene Lake, DJ Olive

HEAR HEAR! (Finland)
Jukka Perko, Severi Pyysalo, Teemu Viinikainen

MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD (USA)
John Medeski, Billy Martin, Chris Wood

VISUAL ARTS

JAZZ MY LIFE (continued) – Photo exhibition by Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2004

TOMAS KUTAVIČIUS (Lithuania)

BIANCA MORALES AND THE PORI JAZZ ALL STARS BAND (Finland)
Bianca Morales, Zhenia Gimer, Jyrki Kangas, Reino “Reiska” Laine

RONALD SNIJDERS BAND, WEST BY WEST (The Netherlands)
Ronald Snijders, Margreet Busstra, Robin van Geerke, Robert Alberga, Randy Winterdal, Walther Muringen, Giovanni Essed

TJANT (Faroe Islands, Denmark)
Villu Veski, Heðin Ziska Davidsen, Mikael Blak, Brandur Jacobsen

YGGDRASIL (Faroe Islands, Denmark)
Villu Veski, Heðin Ziska Davidsen, Kristian Blak, Mikael Blak, Brandur Jacobsen, Kári Sverrisson

CHRISTIAN McBRIDE BAND (USA)
Christian McBride, Ron Blake, Geoffrey Keezer, Terreon Gully

LEONID SHINKARENKO PROJECT REMENBRANCE, FEATURING EVE CORNELIOUS AND LEONID VINTSKEVICH (Lithuania, USA, Russia)
Leonid Shinkarenko, Valerijus Ramoška, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Vytautas Labutis, Jan Maksimovich, Dainius Pulauskas, Linas Būda, Pavel Giunter, Arkady Gotesman, Leonid Vintskevich, Eve Cornelious

JEAN-LUC PONTY (France)
Jean-Luc Ponty, William Lecomte, Guy Nsanguè Akwa, Thierry Arpino, Moustapha Cissé

TRAFFIC QUARTET (Lithuania)
Valerijus Ramoška, Liudas Mockūnas, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Arkady Gotesman

LA CAMPAGNIE DES MUSIQUES À OUÏR (France)
Christophe Monniot, Denis Charolles, Frédéric Gastard

VISUAL ARTS

JAZZ MY LIFE (continued) – Photo exhibition by Dainius Labutis

MAMA JAZZ IN POSTER – poster exhibition

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2003

LITHUANIAN JAZZ TRIO (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Leonid Shinkarenko, Arvydas Joffė

DAVID LINX & DIEDERIK WISSELS QUARTET (Belgium, France)
David Linx, Diederik Wissels, Christophe Wallemme, Stéphane Huchard

RAIVO TAFENAU QUARTET FEATURING NEDA (Estonia, Lithuania, Finland)
Raivo Tafenau, Ain Agan, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Petteri Hasa, Neda Malūnavičiūtė

TRANS – ATLANTIC (Russia)
Sergey Chipenko, Denis Shvytov, Vladislav Senchilo, Aleksej Lebedev, Ruslan Kapitonov

MARCUS MILLER & MARCUS MILLER BAND (USA)
Marcus Miller, Michael “Patches” Stewart, Roger Byam, Dean Brown, Bruce Flowers, Poogie Bell

JAZZ DUO BÀLVÀNYOS JUDIT & VARGA ZSOLT (Hungary)
Bálványos Judit, Varga Zsolt

MAN SOUND (Ukraine)
Volodymyr Trach, Yuri Romensky, Volodymyr Sukhin, Fedor Marun, Ruben Tolmachev, Volodymyr Mikhnovetsky

MAN BITES DOG (The Netherlands)
Tobias Klein, Damien Cluzel, Emmanuel Scarpa, Mark Haanstra

VLADIMIR CHEKASIN WORLD MUSIC SHOW (Lithuania, Germany, Russia)
Vladimir Chekasin, Barbara Buchholz, Tomas Kutavičius, Leonid Shinkarenko, Arvydas Joffė, ensembles Vydraga and Loyko

ERIK VERMEULEN TRIO (Belgium)
Erik Vermeulen,Eric Surmenian, Marek Patrman

COPENHAGEN ART ENSEMBLE (Denmark)
Ture Larsen, Peter Fuglsang, Lotte Anker, Anders Banke, Liudas Mockūnas, Flemming Agerskov, Jens Winther, Thomas Caudery, Peter Dahlgren, Klaus Löhrer, Thomas Clausen, Jakob Riis, Jonas Westergaard Anders Mogensen

VISUAL ARTS

JAZZ MY LIFE – Photo exhibition by Dainius Labutis

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2002

SATOKO FUJII QUARTET (Japan)
Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, Takeharu Hayakawa, Tatsuya Yoshida

VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA – DUKE ELLINGTON’S SOUND OF LOVE (Austria)
Mathias Rüegg, Anna Lauvergnac, Thorsten Benkenstein, Matthieu Michel, Bumi Fian, Thomas Gansch, Adrian Mears, Robert Bachner, Christian Muthspiel, Ed Partyka, Klaus Dickbauer, Florian Bramböck, Harry Sokal, Andy Scherrer, Herwig Gradischnig, Alegre Corrêa, Georg Breinschmid, Mario Gonzi

MALINA’S TOP SECRET (Lithuania)
Valerijus Ramoška, Vaidas Černiauskas, Rimas Brazaitis, Algis Kilis, Tomas Botyrius, Arnoldas Jankūnas, Virgis Pažemeckas, Romas Malinauskas, Arvydas Joffė, Vita Rusaitytė, Stepas Januška, Remigijus Ruokis, Gintautas Litinskas

SECOND APPROACH (Russia)
Tatiana Komova, Andrei Razin, Igor Ivanushkin

ODDJOB (Sweden)
Goran Kajfeš, Per “Ruskträsk” Johansson, Daniel Karlsson, Peter Forss, Janne Robertson

DUO L.V.K.A. (Lithuania)
Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius

LESTER BOWIE’S BRASS FANTASY (USA)
Gerald Brazel, Joseph Mac Gollehon, Chris Albert, Patrick Rickman, Vincent Chancey, Dion Tucker, Clifton Anderson, Bob Stewart, Vinnie Johnson

SASKIA LAROO RAP BAND (The Netherlands)
Saskia Laroo, Mash Out, Julius E. Green, Zoran Jager, Jose Luis Lopretti, Michael Cannon

TRIO TÖYKEÄT (Finland)
Iiro Rantala, Eerik Siikasaari, Rami Eskelinen

ANATOLY VAPIROV PROJECT – MIRROR OF MEMORY (Bulgaria, Lithuania)
Valerijus Ramoška, Vaidas Česnauskas, Petras Vyšniauskas, Vytautas Labutis, Danielius Praspaliauskis, Jan Maksimovich, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Audrius Stasiulis, Tomas Kutavičius, Eugenijus Kanevičius, Darius Rudis, Gediminas Laurinavičius, Anatoly Vapirov

IDIOT (Lithuania, Finland)
Jarkko Hakala, Mikko Innanen, Liudas Mockūnas, Hannu Leppänen

KARIM ZIAD IFRIKYA (France)
Karim Ziad, Aziz Sahmaoui, Vincent Mascart, David Aubaile, Michel Alibo, Mohammed Menni