The weekend in Korça was under the rhythms and atmosphere of jazz and blues music. Artists and groups, from within the country but mainly from other countries, gathered in the Old Market of Korça, within the Gjon Mili Jazz & Blues Festival, bringing life to the city and its many visitors.

“Gjon Mili, Jazz & Blues Festival” brought a fantastic evening to the Old Market of Korça yesterday.

This festival that promotes the figure of Gjon Mili, the world-famous photographer from Korça, is coming to Korça for the tenth year in a row”,  the mayor of Korçë, Sotiraq Filo said.

“Gjon Mili Jazz&Blues Festival” aims to promote the figure of Gjon Mili, as the only connecting bridge that the Albanian nation has with the world history of Jazz and Blues music, making it part of the Cultural and Artistic Heritage of Albania.

As an amateur musician who played the oboe, Gjon Mili had a special connection with Jazz music and managed to document its two most important periods: the Swing age and the Modern Jazz period, when musicians began to play mainly for artistic purposes.

It all started in 1943, when Gjon Mili made for Life magazine, 2 of his most famous photo sets “The Lindi Hop” and “Jam Session”.

In this second edition of the “Gjon Mili” Festival, the artists first performed in Tirana, at the installation “Reja” and then at the “Old Bazaar” in Korça.

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