The first Master-Jam season Internet voting for People’s Choice Award was held during 6 months until the first final day on the festival website in parallel with selection finalists by the jury.   Even the online phase participant, who didn’t become the finalist, but scored more votes of the Internet audience on the festival website, could become the winner of the vote.   By the audience online voting results [...]

Gala Concert opening. June, 8, 2013   Dear friends! When we want to observe planets’ movements, we equip ourselves with telescope. When we want to follow notes’ movements, we get tickets to a concert. In both cases, we can become bystanders of the extraordinary events and, if lucky, to get unforgettable impressions of what we saw and heard!     On the 8th of June, 2013, guests of Odessa Russian Drama Theater was [...]

The International Festival-Contest of Jazz Improvisation «Master-Jam Fest» started the Online Preselection of the season 2013–2014.   The participants’ registration will be held until December 15, 2013 on our site master-jam.com   Registration is Free.   MJF is the first in the practice of the world jazz community annual year-round Festival-contest which uses global communication capabilities of the Internet. MJF is the International Festival-contest. The [...]

New!   In the season 2014 an additional nomination called "New musical instruments and techniques" is found at requests of the MJF Internet audience.   Who can participate?   1. Performers, using contemporary techniques: e.g., scratch, beatboxing, beat making. 2. Musicians, using various electronic devices: samplers, effectors, loop stations, theremin, controllers, drum machines, synths etc.   MJF Organizing Committee has already [...]

Master-Jam Fest is on Soundcloud now! Follow and Listen! And surprise for СJs & DJs!   Soon we’ll start to upload to our Soundcloud channel the live audio from Master-Jam Fest Final 2013 jam-performances, where you can listen, share it and post comments! Now you can listen some music works of our finalists and contestants in our channel too.   [...]

Odessa was one of the few “jazz” cities of the world, in which International Jazz Day established by UNESCO was celebrated for the first time in 2012     That time the celebration was initiated by author and general producer of “Odessa Jazz-Carnival” (from 2001 to 2010) Mikhail Freidlin and the founder, and permanent leader [...]

Dear friends, have you ever thought if it is possible to model jazz in clay? Sculpt from crystal, carve out of marble? Cast in bronze? And the «Master-Jam Fest» creators thought once. Because creating the grand prize of the jazz festival isn’t easy at all. Especially the prize of such an unusual, innovative, «jam» festival-competition of jazz improvisation. Therefore, the prize was to be unusual and unique, it was supposed [...]

    The Organizing Committee of «Master-Jam Fest» and Jewellery House «Lukatskiy» have agreed on the establishment of a series of jewelry musical instruments presented in the MJF instrumental categories with an option to purchase by all comers. More about this joint project of Jewelry House «Lukatskiy» and the Organizing Committee of MJF will be announced additionally.   Reference: Jewelry House «Lukatskiy» — a partner of MJF — produced a memorable gift — [...]

MJF is the first in the practice of the world jazz community annual year-round Festival-contest which uses global communication capabilities of the Internet. MJF is the International Festival-contest. The first season was attended by 271 talented improvisers from 41 countries of the world! MJF is the conceptually new project. It is based on the principle of jam session. This is both a serious professional skills competition and festival.   The Internet round — is completely interactive and takes place in the Internet space. Registration for participation in the Festival-contest [...]

For the first time of the world jazz festivals’ practice more than 40 bright improvisers from 16 countries met and united in star music bands to determine the  improviser in the drive atmosphere. Also premieres, exhibitions, workshops, and music surprises were held during Festival days. MJF Final days were accompanied by TV and Internet broadcasts. The  project became a striking phenomenon of the jazz [...]

Dear friends! We propose to your attention the official promo-video of the first International festival-contest of jazz improvisation skills "Master-Jam". June, 5-8, 2013 (Odessa, UA)   Sincerely yours, “Master-Jam” team