Leonidas \u0160inkarenka – bass
Bass guitar virtuoso, composer, and one of the most prominent masters of Lithuanian jazz, Leonidas \u0160inkarenka has been on stage for more than 45 years. Having debuted in the ensembles of Vladimir Chekasin and Petras Vy\u0161niauskas and performed in the band “D\u017eiazo nublok\u0161ti”, he became one of the key figures of the country’s jazz scene, later successfully developing projects like “Vilnius Jazz Quartet”, “Lithuanian Jazz Trio”, and a solo career as a leader.<\/p>\n\n
The musician’s discography includes over 60 albums, and his touring geography spans more than 100 international festivals across Europe, the US, and Asia. In 2014, his group “Jazz 5” performed at the legendary London club “Ronnie Scott\u2019s” opening for jazz star Billy Cobham. For his contributions to Lithuanian culture, L. \u0160inkarenka was awarded the Bir\u0161tonas Jazz Festival Grand Prix (2006) and the Medal of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2008).<\/p>\n\n
The project “Jazz 5 N” blends traditional and modern jazz elements into a dynamic, technically impeccable, and ever-changing musical fabric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leonidas \u0160inkarenka and “Jazz 5 N” (Lithuania) \u2013 bass guitar virtuoso and composer, on stage for more than 45 years. Having performed with V. Chekasin, P. Vy\u0161niauskas, “Vilnius Jazz Quartet”, and appeared at over 100 international festivals and London’s “Ronnie Scott\u2019s” club, together with “Jazz 5 N” he masterfully blends jazz tradition with modern sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[332],"class_list":["post-27977","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-participants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/27977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaunasjazz.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio_group?post=27977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}