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| status       = NIFERTIK!
| maintainer   = JoelDSmith
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{{Infobox
| name                = Jazzinty International Music Workshop and Festival
| local name          = Jazzinty, mednarodne glasbene delavnice in festival
| logo                = Jazzinty International Music Workshop and Festival (logo).svg
| street              = Novi trg 5
| town                = SI-8000 Novo mesto
| telephone           = 386 (0)7 3930 390, 386 (0)(3) 838 1030
| fax                 = 
| email               = 
| website             = http://www.jazzinty.com/en/
| email               = jazzinty@jazzinty.com 
| organised by        = Zavod za kulturo, šport, turizem in mladino Novo mesto (Novo mesto Institute for Culture, Sport, Tourism and Youth)
| frequency = annual
| dates and duration = August, mid, 6 days
| duration weeks     = 33 (2012) 34 (2013) 34 (2014)
| festival dates      = 17.8.2015 - 22.8.2015, 15.8.2016 - 20.8.2016, 14.8.2017 - 19.8.2017, 13.8.2018 - 18.8.2018, 12.8.2019 - 17.8.2019, 16.8.2021 - 21.8.2021, 15.8.2022 - 20.8.2022, 14.8.2023 - 19.8.2023
| contacts =
{{Contact
| name                = Jure Dolinar
| role                = Executive Producer
| telephone           = 386 (0) 41 399 659
| email               = jure.dolinar@lokalpatriot.si
}}
{{Contact
| name                = Domen Bohte
| role                = Music Manager
}}
|accounts=
http://twitter.com/Jazzinty
http://www.facebook.com/jazzinty
https://www.instagram.com/jazzinty/?hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/user/JazzintyFestival
}}

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Founded in [[established::2000]], the [[Jazzinty International Music Workshop and Festival]] is a week-long series of workshops, masterclasses and concerts that takes place every August in the town of [[Municipality of Novo mesto|Novo mesto]]. Over the years, it has become one of the main international musical events in the Dolenjska region, bringing many major names from the jazz and near-jazz worlds to mentor and perform. The event is organised by the [[Novo mesto Institute for Culture, Sport, Tourism and Youth]], with the support of the [[LokalPatriot Institute]] and the [[Municipality of Novo mesto]].
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==Beginnings==

The original idea for Jazzinty was developed by violinist [[Marijan Dović]], with [[Marko Zajc]], at that time director of the [[LokalPatriot Institute|LokalPatriot]] cultural centre organising the first workshops. Quite a number of the early participants have gone on to successful domestic and international musical careers, both within and outside jazz, among them [[Severa Gjurin]], [[Gal Gjurin]], [[Katja Šulc]], [[Lenart Krečič]], [[Dominik Bagola]] and [[Kaja Draksler]]. Starting out with a programme of more conventional jazz styles, both in terms of the workshops and the concerts, Jazzinty has since found room for more avant-garde streams and has also sought to attract young musicians from other musical backgrounds (rock, funk, classical) with a series of introductory jazz workshops under the tutelage of vocalist [[Ana Čop]].

==Format==

Jazzinty's educational activities stretch across a fairly intensive timetable: daily pre-workshop "tune-up" meetings, combo rehearsals (each mentor is in charge of an ensemble following a specific programme or style), lectures on different aspects of the creative process in jazz, one-to-one tuition and jam sessions. These activities have, since the start, taken place at the [[Marjan Kozina Music Conservatory]] and the [[LokalPatriot Institute|LokalPatriot Club]] in Novo mesto. The workshops have latterly been attended by around 100 musicians every year.

Festival concerts take place at the end of each day, featuring Slovenian and international artists, with the closing concert given over to presentations of the week's work by the various Jazzinty ensembles. Concert venues have included, over the years, the LokalPatriot Club, the music school, the garden of [[Dolenjska Museum, Novo mesto|Dolenjska Museum]], the [[Simulaker Gallery]] and the [[Janez Trdina Cultural Centre, Novo mesto|Janez Trdina Cultural Centre]]. All concerts are open to the public.

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==Mentors==

Over 60 mentors had been involved in the teaching programme by 2020, including Slovenian saxophonists [[Creative Jazz Clinic Velenje|Jure Pukl]] and [[Igor Lumpert]], a native of Novo mesto, double-bassists Reggie Workman (known for his work with John Coltrane) and Linda May Han Oh, guitarists John Abercrombie and Vlatko Stefanovski, saxophonist Bill Evans, singer Becca Stevens and Slovenian percussionist [[.abeceda Institute|Dré A. Hočevar]].

==Other activities==

At every festival until 2017, the [[Jazzon Award]] was given to the best Slovenian jazz composition, which was then performed at a special Jazzon LIVE concert. Jazzinty also ran the Jazzinty Abonma, a series of off-festival concerts, which took place throughout the year.

== See also ==

* [[LokalPatriot Institute]]
* [[Jazzon Award]]


== External links ==

* [http://www.jazzinty.com Jazzinty website] 
* [https://www.kcjt.si/festival-jazzinty Novo Mesto Cultural Institute website]
* [https://www.delo.si/kultura/glasba/jazzinty-za-siritev-obzorja-in-izpopolnjevanje-glasbenega-znanja/ Preview of Jazzinty 2019, includes interview with Jure Dolinar, ''Delo'', August 2019] (in Slovenian)
* [https://www.dnevnik.si/1042895071/kultura/glasba/gasper-livk-kontrabasist-in-skladatelj-iskanje-zvocne-kode Preview of Jazzinty 2019, includes interview with Gašper Livk, ''Dnevnik'', August 2019] (in Slovenian)
* [https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/glasba/jazzinty-ze-dvajsetic-veje-skozi-novo-mesto/496773 Preview of Jazzinty 2019, ''MMC'', August 2019] (in Slovenian) 
* [https://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/08/15/200439/napovedniki/prireditve/Festival_Jazzinty_Mladi_raziskovalci_ter_Becca_Stevens_Solo__LokalPatriot/?cookieu=ok Preview of Jazzinty 2018, ''Dolenjski list'', August 2018] (in Slovenian)
* [https://www.slovenskenovice.si/bulvar/glasba/jazzinty-presega-vsa-pricakovanja Preview of Jazzinty 2017, ''Slovenske novice'', August 2017] (in Slovenian)

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