Event description
Domas Aleksa - bass
Nnaji - vocal
Liutauras Janušaitis - synth, flute, sax
Augustas Baronas - drums
(soul, hiphop)
Domas Aleksa is undoubtedly one of the most prominent virtuosos of bass guitar in Lithuania. Domas Aleksa's last tour took place in China 6 years ago and now Domas is back with a new album "TRIPPIN" recorded together with vocalist Nnaji, who hails from Berlin, R&B and neosoul scene.
Get ready to embark on a musical journey from soul to rock, from jazz to hip-hop!
Domas Aleksa is a composer, producer and international project initiator. His instrument can be heard not only in the concerts and recordings of the country's most famous jazz bands, but also pop and electronic music groups.
In 2012, the bassist joined D. Pulauskas' band, and performed with them at many prestigious international jazz festivals, including London, Ottawa, Tokyo, and the most important festivals in Africa, China, India, South Korea. Dom has recorded more than 40 albums in a variety of musical styles, including four solo albums.
Nnaji is a soul and rhythm and blues vocalist, songwriter and music producer. He was born and raised in Berlin, but has been living in Lithuania for some time now.
Nnaja is a soloist who has gained recognition for his performances with the German National Jazz Orchestra and for his neo-soul jam sessions in Berlin. Nnaji's vocals seamlessly blend different styles of music, immersing the audience in a pleasant, sensual atmosphere.
Composer, arranger, electronic music producer, multi-instrumentalist Liutauras Janušaitis is best known as a jazz saxophonist in Lithuania. He was the first Lithuanian to graduate from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA), and he still plays in the quartet "Boylston Jazz Quartet" with his fellow students from Japan and South Korea.
Liutauras has been playing with many Lithuanian jazz, funk and pop artists and bands for more than a decade, and he performs annually as a member of various music projects in European countries, USA, Canada, South Korea and Japan.
He is also a member of Jievaras Jasinski's band Reinless, and together with Jasinski he formed the Lithuanian JJazz Ensemble, the predecessor of the Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble, in which he also performs.
In addition to the work he has recorded in Lithuania, he has also recorded more than ten albums as a guest artist, in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Spain and the United States. In 2017, his solo double album Two Different Sides (CD and LP format) was released to great acclaim.
Augustas Baronas is one of the country's foremost jazz drummers, playing music ranging from traditional jazz to rhythm and blues to soul. He started performing intensively when he was still a schoolboy, playing with the big band "The Magic Time Orchestra" at various festivals in Lithuania, Latvia, Germany and Sweden.
Baron's partners on stage include well-known Lithuanian jazz musicians Kęstutis Vaiginis, Dmitrijus Golovanovas, Veronika Čičinskaite-Golovanova, Leonardas Pilkauskas, D. Aleksa, Dominykas Vyšniauskas and many others. From 2018 to 2023 he was a member of Dainius Pulauskas' acoustic bands and toured with them to India, Egypt, Italy, Switzerland and Poland.