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. The first season was attended by 270 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. Q
ualifying round is completely interactive and takes place in the Internet space. Members of the jury and the audience get acquainted with the participants on the project website. Registration for participation in the Festival-contest is absolutely free of charge for musicians. The final part goes live in “jazz” cities of the world. All the expenses associated with travel and accommodation of those participants, who passed to the final round, are covered by the festival organisers. The first final of MJF were held in June, 5-8, 2013
MJF is based on jam session. Only individual musicians-improvisers are invited
to participate in it. Each competitive day unfamiliar musicians able to create spontaneously will be brought together in ensembles by drawing lots. During competitive days of the final round, improvisers will be displaying their
improvisational and ensemble abilities in different jazz styles - swing, bebop, Latin American jazz, jazz ballad, fusion, jazz rock, funk, and others. A single day will be dedicated to evaluation of the ability of competitors to create musical compositions in ensemble. The special contest day will held in new nomination "New musical instruments & techniques". The Festival is completed by a Gala-concert of the Festival-contest winners. This day, Grand Prix Awards is presented to the winner of the Contest. The jury of the Festival includes leading jazz experts and educators, well-known jazz musicians, famous lovers of jazz. MJF is accompanied by TV and Internet broadcasts. Mission of MJF is identifying the best improvising jazz artists and giving broad
public recognition of their talent, increasing the commercial value of the jazz “product” and spreading the idea of improvisation as an essential quality of contemporary thinking. The goal of the project is attracting the interest of the international community
through the Internet and other mass-media to the Festival and professional jazz musicians participating in it. Professionals and lovers of jazz from 150 countries of the world follow the development of the project. After few months since the start of the project the Internet round of MJF First online season was attended by 270 musicians from 41 countries around the world. Official website | http://master-jam.com
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