Baltic Jazz Trio ''Centenary''
Dainius Pulauskas, Toivo Unt, Māris Briežkalns
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This Trio involving outstanding Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian jazz musicians made its debut in Baltic countries culture week in Paris in 2008 and soon after released its debut album Baltic Saga.
Since then, the Trio gave numerous concerts in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, appeared in Vilnius Jazz, Jazzkaar (Tallinn), Ottawa Jazz Festival (Canada), Mustjala (Saaremaa Island) and Schleswig-Holstein Festival (Germany), J.F.Kennedy Center in Washington (USA), OAS House of Americas (USA), Rosetum Jazz Festival, Milan (Italy), The Hague (the Netherlands) and many more.
This year the Trio introduces its second album Centenary,
which in addition to Dainius Pulauskas’ compositions features
collaborative arrangements of works by renowned Lithuanian, Latvian and
Estonian composers Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Arvo Pärt, Pēteris
Vasks and Raimonds Pauls.
In Trio’s music one easily detects Baltic flavour, resourceful
application of folklore elements and rhythm characteristic of these
regions. At the same time, the musicians stay in touch with acoustic
jazz trio standards.