History

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, Leonidas Šinkarenka, 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)
Leonidas Šinkarenka, 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 ART
“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 ART
Photography Exhibition „Retrospective 2022-2017“ / author Dainius Labutis

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2017

MAIN STAGE
GET THE BLESSING (United Kingdom)
JAGA JAZZIST (Norway)
JONES JONES (USA, Lithuania)
VLADIMIR TARASOV & LITHUANIAN ART ORCHESTRA feat. Vladimir Chekasin (Lithuania)
NEIL COWLEY TRIO (United Kingdom)
PHAROAH SANDERS QUARTET feat. William Henderson, Oli Hayhurst and Gene Calderazzo (USA)

SHOWCASE STAGE
Quite Sublime (Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany)
JazzyBit (Romania)
Lorenzo De Finti Quartet (Italy)
Very Cool People (Latvia)
Quantum Trio (Poland)
Dogon (Switzerland)
Amazonas (Sweden)
H. Soror (Ukraine)
The Bodhisattwa Trio (India)
Paweł Kaczmarczyk Audiofeeling Band (Poland)
Naked (Serbia)
Ku.Piece (Lithuania)
Shinkarenko Jazz 4N (Lithuania)
Džiazlaif (Lithuania)
Mockūnas, Mikalkėnas, Berre (Lithuania, Norway)
D. Jurevičius group (Lithuania)
Liutauras Janušaitis Quintet (Lithuania)

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS (panel discussion)
Art economics: how do we buy and what do we pay for. Moderator Rūta Vainienė
Estonian case – why success? Moderator Arnoldas Pranckevičius
Silk road for jazz: how to conquer the East? Moderator Agnė Biliūnaitė
Festivals vs. daily life: are the 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)

Richardas Banys (Lithuania)

China Moses (Lithuania, USA, UK)

PHRONESIS (UK, Denmark, Norway)

OREGON (USA)

CHASSOL (France)

The Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet (USA)

 

SHOWCASE STAGE

Songs I Like (Switzerland)

IORI (Germany)

Naima (Spain)

Bete Smate (Lithuania)

iTrio (Switzerland)

Safran (Germany)

Niogi (Israel)

Mirko Pedrotti Quintet (Italy)

Vytautas Labutis & Silent Blast (Lithuania)

Marcus Schinkel (Germany)

Hellmüller Trio (Switzerland)

Başak Yavuz Quartet (Turkey)

 

LOBBY STAGE

Armed Sheep Doom Cloud Prank (Lithuania)

Bigband of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Leader Tomas Dičiūnas. (Lithuania)

 

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS (panel discussion)

Jazz audience: getting older or growing? Moderator Linas Kontrimas

Jazz and management: are they compatible? Moderator Aušra Listavičiūtė

Jazz without women? Moderator Margarita Jankauskaitė

 

VISUAL ARTS

Dainius Labutis. Retrospective.

Vytautas Suslavičius. Imprisoned in Jazz.

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2015

MAIN STAGE

Leonid Šinkarenko Jazz 4N (Lithuania)

Soweto Kinch (Great Britain)

Marius Neset Quartet (Norway, Great Britain)

Vladimir Tarasov & Lithuanian Art Orchestra | Sound’s Tapestry, part 2 (Lithuania)

Marc Ducret & Liudas Mockūnas (Lithuania, France)

SONS OF KEMET (Great Britain)

Chistian Scott aTunde Adjuah (USA)

Avishai Cohen Trio | From Darkness (Israel)

 

LOBBY STAGE

Vytautas Labutis & Silent Blast (Lithuania)

Donatas Petreikis Quartet (Lithuania)

Leonardas Pilkauskas Sassy Connections (Lithuania, Latvia)

New Dress (Lithuania, Germany)

Agatos langai (Lithuania)

Broma Jazz Orchestra (lead. Vitalis Vidikas) (Lithuania)

Made in 234 (Lithuania)

N-Atomic Trio (Lithuania)

Brave Noises (Lithuania)

Inception (Lithuania)

MorganFreeman (Lithuania, Germany, USA)

Juozas Kuraitis Quartet (Lithuania)

LMTA Bigbendas (lead. Tomas Dičiūnas) (Lithuania)

Arman Isojan Quintet (Lithuania)

Petras Vyšniauskas. Vyšnių Trio (Lithuania)

Reinless (Lithuania)

 

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ MARGINS (panel discussions)

Jazz and Media. (Mod. Jolanta Kryževičienė)

What is the address of Jazz today? (Mod. Julijus Grickevičius)

Classics and Jazz. Friends forever or eternal rivals? (Mod. Prof. Leonidas Donskis)

 

VISUAL ARTS

Rimvydas Kepežinskas’ poster exhibition

Vytautas SuslavičiusImprisoned in Jazz

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2014

The Terence Blanchard E-Collective (USA)

Steve Coleman And Five Elements (USA)

Kneebody (USA)

Mark Turner Quartet (USA)

Vein Feat. Greg Osby (Switzerland, USA)

Vladimir Tarasov And Lithuanian Art Orchestra “Gobelenas” (Lithuania)

Hubert Dupont Jasmim (France)

Marcus Pesonen Hendectet (Denmark, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany)

Sheep Got Waxed (Lithuania)

Pae Kollektiiv (Estonia)

Ąžuolas Paulauskas. “Project Evolution” (Lithuania)

LEONARDAS PILKAUSKAS And PAULIUS VOLKOVAS – D’PENDENT ENSEMBLE (Lithuania)

Bigband of the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy (leaded by DMITRIJUS GOLOVANOVAS) (Lithuania)

Made In 234 (Lithuania)

JAZZ DUO (LEONARDAS PILKAUSKAS And JURGIS BALTRUŠAITIS) (Lithuania)

Reinless (Lithuania)

National Defence Volunteer Forces Bigband, leaded by Capt. Ričardas Čiupkovas

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2013

VOLCAN: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Horacio El Negro Hernandez, Armando Gola & Anthony Carrillo (CUBA, USA)

Miguel Zenon Quartet (USA)

Ernie Watts Quartet (USA)

Neda & Labutis Jazz Quartet (LITHUANIA)

Laureate Of The International Piano Competition Jazz Improvizacija

Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang & Stian Westerhus (NORWAY)

Snarky Puppy (USA)

Fun Clock (LITHUANIA)

Soul Moustache (LITHUANIA)

The Proof Quartet (LITHUANIA)

Arvydas Joffe Jazz Quartet (LITHUANIA)

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2012

Ravi Coltrane Quartet (USA)

Chris Dave And The Drumhedz (USA)

Lieder Leaders (Azerbaijan)

Wallace Roney Quintet (USA)

State Of Monc (The Netherlands)

François Corneloup Trio (France)

John Albert Group (Italy, Lithuania, Germany)

Kaarna (Finland)

Viktorija Pilatovič Quintet (Greece, USA, Cameroon, Lithuania, Nigeria)

Domas Aleksa & D‘Orange (Lithuania)

Dmitrij Golovanov (Lithuania)

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2011

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT (USA)

Marijus Sūdžius, (Lithuania)

David Binney Group (USA)

Emile Parisien Quartet (France)

Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Ensemble (USA)

InSearch (Lithuania)

OZMA (France)

Jay Phelps Quintet (Great Britain)

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2010

GERALD CLAYTON TRIO (USA)

ROBERT GLASPER TRIO (USA)

Jazz Quartet: Elias Stemeseder, Max Santner, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius (Lithuania, Austria)

Artūras Anusauskas (Lithuania)

JING’A’LING (Lithuania)

Sylvain Cathala PRINT (France)

Dave Samuels – Nikolai Panov Alliance. Organik band (USA)

Eivind Aarset “Sonic Codex 4tet” (Norway)

Jan MAKSIMOWICH GROUP (Lithuania)

Jay PHELPS – Sebastian WEISS – Robin ARISTORENAS – Rick JAMES – Marijus ALEKSA (Great Britain, Lithuania)

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2009

Yaron Herman Trio, (France)

Louis Sclavis Trio (France)

La Campagnie des Musiques à Ouïr (France)

Grant Windsor, Femi Temowo, Marijus Aleksa (Great Britain, Lithuania)

Melosolex (France)

OZMA (France)

CRAM (Netherlands)

Rosario Giuliani Quintet (Italy)

Andrea Pellegrini, Riccardo Ienna, Vytautas Labutis, Eugenijus Kanevičius (Italy, Lithuania)

Beady Belle (Norway)

Lars Danielsson & Leszek Możdżer (Sweden, Poland)

Petras Vyšniauskas and his students (Lithuania)

Billy Cobham Band (USA, Europe)

VILNIUS – EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2009 / EUROPEAN JAZZ

QU5 (Lithuania)

ATOMIC (Norway, Sweden)

Sun Trio (Finland)

Neda & Artūras Anusauskas Quartet (Lithuania)

BrassBastardz (Lithuania)

Aleksa Brothers Group (Lithuania)

VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ 2008

Bill Frisell takes on Keaton, Morrison & Woodring (USA)

INTERCONTINENTAL – The Sibongile Khumalo & Jack DeJohnette project (USA, South Africa, Great Britain)

Chick Corea & John McLaughlin FIVE PEACE BAND (USA)

Shinkarenko JAZZ 4 (Lithuania)

Bobby Previte & The New Bump (USA)

Kindergarten (France)

Erik Truffaz Quartet (France)

Miroslav Vitous & Franco Ambrosetti Trio and Symphonic Sound (Switzerland, Italy)

Gone With Jazz (Lithuania)

VILNIUS CITY JAZZ 2007

THE BAD PLUS (USA)

Choir “BREVIS” (leader G. Venislovas) & Jazz Trio (Lithuania)

THE SHIN (Georgia)

EMPIRICAL (Great Britain)

OZMA (France)

Victor Bailey Group (USA)

The LEADERS (USA)

Peter Brötzmann & Joe McPhee Quartet (Germany, USA)

Chris Minh Doky & The Nomads (USA)

Artūras Anusauskas Jazz Quartet (Lithuania)

John Scofield Trio Plus Horns (USA)

Anna Koroliova Quartet (Russia)

VILNIUS CITY JAZZ 2006

Junction (Lithuania)

Denis Rollins’ Badbone & Co (Great Britain)

Chris Potter Trio (USA)

Philip Hamilton Project (USA, Lithuania)

OZMA (France)

The Five Corners Quintet (Finland)

Selen Gulun Trio (Turkey)

Wayne Shorter Quartet (USA)

V. Chekasin Old Friends Jam (Lithuania)

Bill Evans “Soulgrass” (USA)

VILNIUS CITY JAZZ 2005

Kerem Görsev Trio, Turkija / Turkey

Gilad Atzmon Group, Didžioji Britanija / Great Britain

Johnny La Marama, JAV, Suomija, Vokietija / USA, Finland, Germany

Izaline Calister Krioyo, Nyderlandai / Netherlands

Dee Dee Bridgewater J’ai deux amours, JAV / USA

Vytautas Labutis Quartet, Lietuva / Lithuania

Quelques Fiers Mongols, Prancūzija / France

Puzzle Music, Lietuva / Lithuania

Dave Douglas & Keystone, JAV / USA

Hear Hear! Suomija / Finland

Medeski Martin & Wood, JAV / USA

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2004

Tomas Kutavičius (Lithuania)

Bianca Morales and The Pori Jazz All Stars band (Finland)

Ronald Snijders Band, West by West (Netherlands)

Tjant (Faroes Islands)

Yggdrasil (Faroe Islands)

Christian McBride Band (USA)

Leonid Shinkarenko project Remenbrance, featuring Eve Cornelious and Leonid Vintskevich (Lithuania, USA, Russia)

Jean – Luc Ponty (France)

Traffic Quartet (Lithuania)

La Campaqnie des Musiques Á OUÏR (France)

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2003

Copenhagen Art Ensemble (Denmark)

Lithuanian Jazz Trio (Lithuania)

David Linx & Diederik Wissels Quartet (Belgium, France)

Raivo Tafenau Quartet featuring NEDA (Estonia, Lithuania, Finland)

TRANS – ATLANTIC (Russia)

Marcus Miller & Marcus Miller Band (USA)

JAZZ DUO Bàlvànyos Judit & Varga Zsolt (Hungary)

MAN SOUND (Ukraina)

Man Bites Dog (Netherlands)

Vladimir Chekasin WORLD MUSIC SHOW (Lithuania, Germany, Russia)

Erik Vermeulen Trio (Belgium)

D. Labutis photo exhibition – JAZZ MY LIFE

Vilnius Mama Jazz 2002

Satoko Fujii Quartet (Japan)

Vienna Art Orchestra – Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love (Austria)

Malina’s Top Secret (Lithuania)

Second Approach (Russia)

Oddjob (Sweden)

DUO L.V.K.A. (Lithuania)

Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy (USA)

Saskia Laroo Rap Band (Netherlands)

TRIO TöYKEäT (Finland)

Anatoly Vapirov Project – Mirror of Memory (Bulgaria, Lithuania)

IDIOT (Lithuania, Finland)

Karim Ziad Ifrikya (France)