U Staré paní - Mirka Novak & Jan Tengler & Jakub Zomer, 2024-10-03

Mirka Novak & Jan Tengler & Jakub Zomer

Thursday 03. 10. 2024, 20:00

Trio Mirka Novak & Jan Tengler & Jakub Zomer will perform at U Staré paní.

The performers

Mirka Novak ()

Mirka Novak is a Czech singer, vocal experimenter who loves improvisation and a frontwoman of several bands dedicated to jazz, soul, funk. In 2022, she released her solo debut album Malbum on the Slovak label Hevhetia, featuring guest appearances by Zdeněk Bína, Endru and Ridina Ahmedová. For the past 10 years, she has been traveling regularly to the USA to record her original songs and collaborate with world-class musicians in Austin, Washington D.C., Boston and New York. She performs alone with a loop station or in jazz groups with musicians such as Federico G. Peña (Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller), Tarus Mateen (Betty Carter), Dave Manely (Jill Scott), David Haynes (Chaka Khan).

Jan Tengler ()

Jan Tengler is a Czech jazz double bassist. He started studying jazz in 2002, when he began studying double bass at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory with Jaromír Honzák. He accepted his first professional engagement in 2005 in the quartet of guitarist Roman Pokorný, at the same time becoming a member of the young band Work In Progress, which attracted attention with its high-quality original repertoire. In 2006 he was offered a collaboration with the leading Czech jazz vocalist Jana Koubková, whom he accompanied on festival and club stages for the next two years. Jan Tengler has collaborated with many vocal and instrumental soloists, including John Serry, Walter Fishbacher, Ondřej Pivec, Štěpán Markovič, Olga Škrancová, Yvonne Sanchez, Elena Sonnenshine and many others.

Jakub Zomer ()

Jakub Zomer is a Czech pianist. His repertoire is built on a solid foundation of jazz, blues and bossanova. Jakub is a graduate of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. His musical projects include Jakub Zomer Organ Trio, Bio Trio, Blues Band, Famous Swing Melodies.