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Mickeylee

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Born in 1978, Serbia

1996-1999 Music School "Stankovic" in Belgrade, Serbia

1999-2005 Jazz guitar and jazz composition study at the University for music and dramatic arts in Graz, Austria

2001, 1st prize at the International Big Band Composition Contest in Barga, Italy

Composed music for films (Die Toten Körper der Lebenden, Copy, Das Andere) and theater (Liebesgesänge I&II)

Played with lots of jazz and rock bands in Austria and abroad (Germany, Italy, Serbia, Tunisia, Holland, Turkey, UAE…)

Currently lives in Vienna where he plays, composes and teaches guitar

Mickylee, John Stowell, Ulf Bandgren: Portuguese Blue

Read "Portuguese Blue" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
February 17, 2023

Portuguese Blue is a record that joins the talents of three jazz guitarists, Mickylee, John Stowell, and Ulf Bandgren. It is one of those “guitar summit" recordings which combines the talents of exceptional guitarists and, as such, is an inviting document. Groups consisting of three guitarists are not unheard of in jazz music but they are not very common. Duo conversations open many possibilities but trios can open even wider harmonic possibilities. Sometimes these types of records feature good playing ...