Mingo Rajandi<\/strong>, a composer and double bass player with roots in the Estonian jazz scene, ventures in her artistic aspirations boldly into the freely improvised, the meticulously composed, the multidisciplinary, often seeking common ground between these. In the last years she can be found in a theatrical setting as often as on a concert stage.<\/p>\n In her quintet she is revisiting a more conventional jazz lineup, but only on the surface! The group performs her original music that is at times wrapped in elaborate compositional structures or whirling off into energetic improvisational bursts at others, but is always rooted in a song – a story to tell, a melody to spell it out. And she really has a great group to deliver them – some of the finest Estonian jazz artists with strong individual voices of their own, they nevertheless fuse into a single energetic organism in live performance.<\/p>\n In august 2020 Mingo Rajandi Quintet released their first album \u201cTo Be!\u201d that was nominated for the Estonian Music Awards. In spring 2020 Mingo won the Estonian Theatre Prize for the best original music and was also awarded with the prize of the Jazz Composer of the Year.<\/p>\n","videos":[{"video":"