25 May at 22.30 Bacaro Athens Jazz Bar Restaurant
26 May at 21.00 10th European Jazz Festival, Technopolis, Athens
UMA is a co-operation of two musicians – Aleksei Saks and Robert Jürjendal – who came together in the beginning of 2007. UMA plays it’s members’ compositions, which have classical forming and Nordic ambient atmosphere enriched with free and jazz improvisations. London Jazz Festival 2009 presented UMA as "An unconventionally beautiful combination of guitar, trumpet and the rarely-heard corno da caccia".
Aleksei Saks plays trumpet and corno da caccia (hunting horn) both coloured with sound effects and looper. Robert Jürjendal plays mostly Ovation semi-acoustic guitar (new standard tuning) equipped with midi-pickup, Roland VG-8, loopers etc.
UMA has performed on Tallinn’s Days of Culture in St.-Petersburg, Tallinn Music Week, Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Viljandi Guitar Festival, London Jazz Festival.
First CD of UMA „Civitas Soli“ was released in the end of 2008 (Elwood) with great help of producer Markus Reuter (Germany) and ambient guru Robert Rich (USA).
