Trio Mirka Novak & Jan Tengler & Jakub Zomer will perform at U Staré paní.
The performers
Mirka Novak ()
Mirka Novak – singer, vocal experimenter who loves improvisation, 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 ()
Czech double bassist Jan Tengler started to study jazz in 2002, when he began studying double bass at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory under Jaromír Honzák.
He accepted his first professional engagement in 2005 in the quartet of guitarist Roman Pokorný, and at the same time became a member of the young band Work In Progress, which attracted attention with its high-quality original repertoire. In 2006, the leading Czech jazz vocalist Jana Koubková offered him a collaboration, and for the next two years he accompanied her on festival and club stages. Jan Tengler has collaborated with many vocal and instrumental soloists such as 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.