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Walter Fischbacher (USA) – piano, Petr Dvorský (CZ) – double bass, Ulf Stricker (D) – drums The jazz piano trio, known as a great backing band for many singers and especially American singers, wants to finally present itself in its purely instrumental form after years. In 2022, they recorded a new album, which is entirely composed of jazz remakes of Beatles songs, and with this program they went on two large Central European tours in 2023 and 2024.

The Original Prague Syncopation Orchestra is a leading Czech professional orchestra engaged in authentic interpretation of early American jazz, blues and dance music of the 1920s. due to the use of period instruments, original playing techniques and sophisticated arrangements, this orchestra is considered one of the most faithful in style. LINEUP: Michael Chomiszak · trumpet Jan Pospíšil · saxophones, clarinet Vojtěch Pospíšil · saxophones, clarinet Matěj Šmíd · trombone, vocals Antonín Dlapa · banjo, guitar tomáš mika · banjo Jan Brabec · banjo Pavel Jurečka · double bass, sousaphone jiří Gilík · piano iva blažková · piano alice bauer · vocals Christmas in Brno 2. the best Christmas in the world. Right after the ones at your house.

Roberta Genna – vocals, guitar, Jakub Zomer – keyboards, piano, Jan Tengler – double bass, Martin Kopřiva – drums Roberta Genna (b. 1992) studied jazz singing at the conservatory in Bologna. She reached the finals of several jazz competitions in Italy, such as Vittoria Jazz Festival, My Way Festival and also won the Pippa Ardini Vocal Award. In 2020, she participated in the TV competition "The Voice of Italy", where she advanced to the top 16. At Chicco Bettinradi's 2021 competition, she placed an excellent second.

Renegatz is a band of four young musicians from Brno, whose work combines the influences of modern and traditional jazz, funk, folk tradition and blues. The line-up consists of Andrej Hrubčo (keyboards), Michal Ondrička (saxophone), Andrej Hudec (bass guitar) and David Kašuba (drums). 

Joe George aka JG Shahid is not only an Emmy-nominated film music composer from Chicago, but also a successful singer-songwriter. His songs are indeed rooted in folk, but arranged in a new guise that combines modernity and nostalgia. They cover a wide range of colors, from classic Anglo-American folk and Americana to film compositions.

An evening in honor of Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, featuring the Original Swingtime Big Band with singer Anita Horn. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance group founded in 1938 in New York and became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era.

The founding of the orchestra was preceded by Miller's involvement in other orchestras, where he played as an accompanying trombonist from the twenties. He collaborated with famous jazzmen such as Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Tommy Dorsey. In 1942, Miller decided to support the US Army, he began performing with his orchestra in places where the US Army was active. On December 15, 1944, 80 years ago, the plane carrying Glenn Miller disappeared while traveling to see American soldiers, and the musician and conductor was declared missing the day after.

Already on December 16, 2024, listeners will remember the glorious era of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and famous hits of the 40s such as: In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, Tuxedo Junction, A String of Pearls, Pennsylvania 6-5000 , Chattanooga Choo-Choo, American Patrol, Kalamazoo,St. Louis Blues March, Star Dust, Fools Rush In, Blueberry Hill, Over the Rainbow and Serenade In Blue. The Austrian Original Swingtime Big Band with singer Anita Horn will perform the songs.

The nine-member The Puzzled Band can rock both Inka Zemánková and a proper blues band. Puzzlers love Czech swing songs, and whether you arrive without accidents on a moped or by snowmobile, you will feel like you were born to the rhythm.

Member of the Municipal Theater Brno, actor, director and translator, one of the leading performers of musical theater in the Czech Republic, winner of the Thalia Award for the role of Jean Valjean in the musical Bídníci. Together with extraordinary musicians - Tomáš Zedek (piano), Ondřej Nejezchleb (guitar), Jarda Panuš (bass guitar), Ondřej Malach (drums) - under the brand name PGA BAND he interprets the compositions of world-renowned artists such as STING, ADELE in original arrangements and with Czech texts , ROBBIE WILLIAMS, GREGORY PORTER, MICHAEL BUBLÉ and others.. Songs like Shallow, Angels, Kiss from a Rose, Layla and more. MdB member Ivana Vaňková will also appear as a guest.

Monika Lidmerová and her band bring you a mixture of rock, pop, a bit of funk and a pinch of jazz.

They play for dancing and listening Brno Philharmonic conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, Salon Orchestra Brno, Jazz Archive and Cymbal Classic. The ball is organized by the Union of Orchestral Musicians in cooperation with the management of the Brno Philharmonic.

Rahel Talts (Estonia) - piano

Donatas Petreikis (Lithuania) - saxophone

Mariusz Praśniewski (Poland) - bass

Jesper Lørup Christensen (Denmark) - drums

Rahel Talts Quartet is a group that plays Estonian pianist and composer Rahel's original music. The band's music could mainly be described as energetic, acoustic, melodic jazz which has some influences from Baltic and Nordic folk melodies as well as from old traditional jazz and bebop, which makes the music unique and special. In short, it is a happy, melodic jazz with fun twists. 

In May 2023, Rahel Talts Quartet released their first album called "Greener Grass", which was very well received, and they’re starting to record a new album this November! The quartet have played tours and concerts in France, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and more. Latest tour was to Southeast Asia, which was very successful.

Well-known songs in their own arrangements.

In the context of the JazzFestBrno show, we have pianist Sullivan Fortner fixed primarily from 2022, when he perfectly congenially accompanied the American singer Cécile McLorin Salvant. Even then, his playing was so great that it was only a matter of time before the festival would also invite him to a performance in which he would play the main role.

Saxophonist Will Vinson and pianist Aaron Parks have been meeting in various formations for twenty years. Now the time has come for them to try the most intimate and, according to many musicians, the most difficult thing: the format of just a duo. For his needs, they adapted their older warehouse by and supplement the concert program with classic jazz material, which, however, they present with a highly personal, original contribution. The joint chamber performance of such experienced musicians of the middle jazz generation will undoubtedly be a very powerful experience not only from a purely musical point of view, but also in the sense of perfect mutual communication between creators who have been "listening to each other" for a long time.