Seeing New Performers At The 2024 Java Jazz Festival: From Mezzaluna To Adjani

Mezzaluna at the Java Jazz Festival 2024 (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Java Jazz Festival 2024 which took place last weekend at JIExpo Kemayoran, Central Jakarta presents many young musical talents who are relatively new in the music industry and are not well known enough, especially for jazz music lovers.

During the three days of the event, May 24-26, several names such as Mezzaluna, ArumtaLa and Adjani participated in celebrating the event, in the midst of the famous line-up from within and outside the country.

For Mezzaluna, Java Jazz is her first music festival. The 23-year-old singer and songwriter shared the stage with Mea Shahira, a label partner and also a friend during school.

In his performance, Mezzaluna performed 'Misty', one of the standard jazz songs that many young jazz singers cover to show their ability to process emotions while singing.

In front of many people, he also performed his own song entitled 'You Should Know' as well as some other song covers. Mezzaluna said she was satisfied with her performance that night.

"I'm really nervous about performing here. So, before going up to the stage I thought about how to make it look relaxed, and I thought I did a good job," Mezzaluna told VOI after her appearance.

On the same day, Adjani also displayed his ability to sing. He performed with Sri Hanuraga who was much more experienced on the jazz stage.

Adjani rarely appears on the music stage, but he has released four songs since 2021, two of which are very thick with jazz, namely 'You' and 'Let's Go'.

Another performer who is quite interesting to note are ArumtaLa, a duo consisting of Laura Pradipta (vocals) and Arini Kumara (contrabas). Although both are not younger than Mezzaluna and Adjani, ArumtaLa is a new music group that released a single earlier this year.

In his appearance, ArumtaLa performed his flagship song entitled 'Entering the Wind', a jazz song that is often used on social media platforms. They also performed several covers of songs, such as 'I Will Definitely Come' from Utha Likumahuwa, Sunday Night from Benjamin Sueb, and Time from Erwin Gutawa.