EESTI JAZZLIIT

Jaanika Ventsel

The vocalist Jaanika Ventsel’s repertoire mainly includes jazz music standards. In 2015, she released her debut album Sweet Roses, which had 8 original songs and 2 songs by American authors. Most of the songs on the CD are arranged for a trio – a vocal, a guitar, a double bass.

In addition to jazz music and original music, Jaanika has also arranged Estonian traditional songs.

Jaanika has studied jazz music at Tallinn Georg Ots Musical College and traditional music at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Jaanika organised Nõmme Jazz annual festivals, youth competition, and concerts during 2005–2017.