The 23rd Tallinn International Festival Jazzkaar rejoiced 24 000 music-lovers with more than a hundred events in Tallinn and in 16 other places all over Estonia. The new venue and festival center Marina Pavilion built by the festival's production partner RGB in the vicinity of Old Town at the seaside got the most positive feedback from both the audience and musicians.

The keywords of this festival were new Estonian and European jazz, new venues, more active relationship with the people of Tallinn and the audience. Jazz sounded for ten days all over Estonia and brought a lot of fresh and good creation to the listeners, Klassikaraadio radio station broadcasted many of the concerts and the festival media team reflected everything that happened on the Jazzkaar website and Facebook page.

Brian Melvine arrived at NO99 Jazz Club already an hour before the event. He wanted to get the feeling and the vibe. That evening it was time for his documentary film screening “Reflections” followed by the concert with his latest project, Brian Melvin's Global Village. I was able to have a chat with him just before the event.

Kristina Pärtelpoeg talked with Brian Melvin before the concert.

Zap Mama is a Belgian musical group founded and led by Marie Daulne. Sources of Zap Mama's music include Daulne's roots in the Democratic Republic of Congo her upbringing in Belgium, and her return to Africa to rediscover her musical roots. They have been performing with Alanis Morissette, Bilal, Erykah Badu, Tony Allen, Ladysmith Black Mambazo etc, made soundtracks to lots of movies and even to video games.