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Five amazing contemporary jazz musicians from Central and Eastern Europe July 10, 2021 These five amazing contemporary jazz musicians should be more than enough to convince you of that. Inga Bērziņa (Latvia) Inga Bērziņa is one of Latvia’s best-known active jazz vocalists and a teacher at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and the Riga Cathedral Choir School. Bērziņa made a name for herself in the 1990s as part of the Inga Bērziņa Jazz Trio, while also collaborating with numerous renowned jazz and popular musicians, such as the Orchestra RIGA, the Jelgava Big Band and the ...

MORE Pianist Keith Jarrett Photo © Daniela Yohannes / ECM Records It’s been quite a challenging year, but fortunately good music continues to come my way as we near the end of 2020. I have been particularly taken by House of Mirrors and the lyrics of her songs. I have also been loving a spate of great new releases from ECM, including a live album from Keith Jarrett, who usually rewards his worshipful audiences with beautiful encores after intense and demanding solo performances. Jarrett called this 2016 Budapest concert one of his best, made all ...