Estlitfest: The Villu Veski And Robert Mitchell Jazz Quartet

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Live music: The Villu Veski and Robert Mitchell Jazz Quartet

One of Estonia’s best-known jazz musicians, Villu Veski, teams up with the UK’s Robert Mitchell to bring live jazz to the EstLitFest stage on Friday night. The UK-Estonian Villu Veski and Robert Mitchell Jazz Quartet are: Villu Veski, Estonia (saxophones), Robert Mitchell, UK (keyboards), Heikko Remmel, Estonia (double bass), and Saleem Raman, UK (drums) including special guest Tiit Kalluste, Estonia (accordion).

Villu Veski is one of Estonia’s best-known jazz musicians and has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages. For more than a decade he has organised and hosted an international future music festival Juu Jääb on his native Muhu Island in Estonia.

Robert Mitchell is an acclaimed British jazz musician with a formidable reputation as a gifted pianist and composer.