{"id":1074,"date":"2026-08-24T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/?page_id=1074"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:13:07","slug":"m-a-m-a-apdovanojimai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/m-a-m-a-apdovanojimai\/","title":{"rendered":"M.A.M.A. awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">2025 marked a historic milestone for Lithuania\u2019s jazz community \u2013 for the first time in the history of the M.A.M.A. Music Awards, a separate <strong>\u201cJazz of the Year\u201d nomination<\/strong> was introduced. Its establishment represents an important recognition of Lithuanian jazz within the country\u2019s broader music industry and gives jazz artists a permanent place among the key categories of Lithuania\u2019s most prominent music awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The category was established to recognize the most significant Lithuanian jazz releases and to reflect the creativity, professionalism, continuity, and international relevance of the country\u2019s jazz scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The first-ever nominees for the \u201cJazz of the Year\u201d award in M.A.M.A. history were:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>All Reeds Duo<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 album\u00a0<em>\u201eReeds\u201c<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Donatas Petreikis<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 album\u00a0<em>\u201eNorthern Dream\u201c<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jan Maksimowicz ir Dmitrij Golovanov<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 album\u00a0<em>\u201eAfter \u010ciurlionis\u201c<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindaugas Stumbras<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 album\u00a0<em>\u201eThe Spinner of Yarns\u201c<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 album\u00a0<em>\u201eOdd Numbers\u201c<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the 15th anniversary M.A.M.A. Awards ceremony, held on February 20, 2026, another important chapter was written in the history of Lithuanian jazz \u2013&nbsp;<strong>the first-ever M.A.M.A. \u201cJazz of the Year\u201d award went to the Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble for their album&nbsp;<em>\u201eOdd Numbers\u201c<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This award is significant not only for its recipients. For the first time, jazz was recognized on the M.A.M.A. stage as a category in its own right, alongside other prominent genres in Lithuanian music. This marks an important step towards increasing the visibility of Lithuanian jazz, strengthening its position within the country\u2019s music industry, and introducing Lithuania\u2019s contemporary jazz scene to an even wider audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first \u201cJazz of the Year\u201d award has now been presented, but it also marks the beginning of a new tradition \u2013 from now on, Lithuanian jazz has a place of its own in the history of the country\u2019s most prestigious music awards.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-ieji tapo istoriniu etapu Lietuvos d\u017eiazo bendruomenei \u2013 pirm\u0105 kart\u0105 M.A.M.A. muzikos apdovanojim\u0173 istorijoje \u012fsteigta atskira&nbsp;\u201eMet\u0173 d\u017eiazo\u201c nominacija. Jos atsiradimas \u017eymi svarb\u0173 Lietuvos d\u017eiazo pripa\u017einim\u0105 bendrame \u0161alies muzikos industrijos lauke ir suteikia d\u017eiazo k\u016br\u0117jams nuolatin\u0119 viet\u0105 tarp svarbiausi\u0173 Lietuvos muzikos apdovanojim\u0173 kategorij\u0173. Nominacija sukurta siekiant \u012fvertinti reik\u0161mingiausius Lietuvos d\u017eiazo muzikos leidinius ir atspind\u0117ti \u0161alies d\u017eiazo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1074","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1074\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzlt.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}