Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Latvian All-Stars

Five decades of Miles Davis. A five-course dinner, hand-picked wines and a line-up of Latvian jazz stars – all in one unforgettable evening. Riga Wine & Champagne joins forces with the Pink Noise Riga music festival to celebrate the centenary of legendary musician Miles Davis with a special new event – the musical wine dinner Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Latvian All-Stars. How will it work? Aigars Nords will select and recount some of the most colourful episodes from Miles Davis’s life throughout the evening. Together with Dāvis Jurka of the Latvian Radio Big Band, he will also curate the evening’s musical repertoire. Chef Valters Zirdziņš (B7) and sommelier Jānis Volkinšteins (Vieta) will match the food and wines to Miles Davis’s musical legacy. Stepping into the roles of Miles and his musical collaborators, Latvia’s leading musicians – Dāvis Jurka, Kārlis Vanags, Gints Pabērzs, Miķelis Dzenuška, Rūdolfs Dankfelds, Toms Poišs, Ritvars Garoza, Reinis Puriņš and Kristīne Prauliņa – will perform Davis’s music from across five decades of the 20th century. The musical menu #1 · New York, Paris, Blue Note Bebop & Birth of the Cool #2 · Prestige The First Great Quintet & the Cookin’ era #3 · Kind of Blue, Columbia & Gil Evans Modal jazz & orchestral colours #4 · The Second Great Quintet & Wayne Shorter 1960s avant-garde & post-bop #5 · Electric, Fusion & Funk Bitches Brew, On the Corner & Tutu The full concert programme and menu will be revealed closer to the event. Food and wine They say Miles loved nothing more than a good barbecue, especially when visiting his hometown of St. Louis. In New York, he and good old Charlie Parker were partial to roast chicken. That does not necessarily mean we will be serving only barbecue and chicken... He reportedly drank the hard stuff – gin, vodka and whisky. He also consumed cocaine and heroin in considerable quantities, particularly in the early 1950s (sorry, those will not be making an appearance at dinner). Later, once he had made a pile of money and could afford to live in style, he developed a taste for top-class Champagne. There is no record of Miles having one particular favourite wine. That does not mean we will not let our imaginations run wild and present our own vision of what Miles might have enjoyed drinking – and why. Rest assured, we will pair Miles’s musical legacy with the finest possible wines from Vieta wine bar’s extensive portfolio. Valters Zirdziņš and the B7 team will dream up the food to match. You’re going to love it! Miles Davis Latvian All-Stars Reinis Puriņš · trumpet Miles Davis Dāvis Jurka · saxophone Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Hank Mobley Kārlis Vanags · saxophone Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter Gints Pabērzs · saxophone John Coltrane Miķelis Dzenuška · vibraphone Milt Jackson Kristīne Prauliņa · vocals Shirley Horn Rūdolfs Dankfelds · drums Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams, Max Roach Toms Poišs · double bass Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Marcus Miller Ritvars Garoza · keys Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Joe Zawinul Practical information When? November 20, 2026 Where? Hanzas Perons Atrium What time? 19:00, doors open at 18:00 Language? Latvian Price? €149 The price includes • A five-course dinner by chef Valters Zirdziņš (B7) • Wines from Vieta’s portfolio selected by Jānis Volkinšteins (Vieta) and Aigars Nords • An exclusive concert programme performed by some of Latvia’s finest musicians• Table seating Please inform us of any allergies or dietary requirements when purchasing your ticket. Places are limited! rigawinechampagne.lv · pinknoiseriga.lv