Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Latvian All-Stars

Five decades of Miles Davis’s music. A five-course dinner, carefully selected 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 mark the 100th birthday 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 share highlights from Miles Davis’s biography throughout the evening. Nords will choose the evening’s musical programme together with Dāvis Jurka of the Latvian Radio Big Band. Chef Valters Zirdziņš (B7) and sommelier Jānis Volkinšteins (Vieta) will pair the food and wines with Miles Davis’s musical legacy.

Taking on the roles of Miles and his fellow musicians, and performing Davis’s music from five decades of the last century, will be leading Latvian musicians Dāvis Jurka, Kārlis Vanags, Gints Pabērzs, Miķelis Dzenuška, Rūdolfs Dankfelds, Toms Poišs, Ritvars Garoza, Reinis Puriņš and Kristīne Prauliņa.

Musical menu
#1 · New York, Paris, Blue Note — Bebop & Birth of the Cool
#2 · Prestige — The First Quintet & the Cookin’ era
#3 · Kind of Blue, Columbia & Gil Evans — Modal jazz & orchestral colours
#4 · The Second Quintet & Wayne Shorter — 1960s avant-garde & post-bop
#5 · Electric, Fusion & Funk — Bitches Brew, On the Corner & Tutu

We’ll present the exact concert programme and menu closer to the event.

Food and wine

They say Miles—especially when visiting his hometown of St. Louis—loved good barbecue above all else. In New York, he enjoyed roast chicken with his old friend Charlie Parker. That doesn’t mean we’ll be serving only barbecue or chicken…

He drank spirits—gin, vodka and whiskey. In large quantities, especially in the early 1950s, he also used cocaine and heroin (sorry, those won’t be part of the dinner). Later, after making a fortune and being able to live in style, he didn’t turn down the finest champagnes. There’s no record of Miles having a particular favourite wine… But that doesn’t mean we won’t let our imaginations run free and present our vision of what Miles might have liked to drink, and why! Rest assured: we’ll pair Miles’s musical legacy with the best wines we can find in Vieta wine bar’s extensive portfolio. Valters Zirdziņš and the B7 team will dream up some good food to go with them. You’ll 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 · keyboards — Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Joe Zawinul

Practical information
When? 20 November 2026
Where? Hanzas Perons atrium
What time? 19:00; doors open at 18:00
Language? Latvian
Price? €149

The price includes:
• Five-course dinner by chef Valters Zirdziņš (B7)
• Wines selected by Jānis Volkinšteins (Vieta) and Aigars Nords from Vieta’s portfolio
• An exclusive concert programme performed by Latvia’s leading musicians
• A seat at a table

Please notify us of any allergies or special dietary requirements when purchasing your ticket. Places are limited!

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