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Zvonimir Tot

Zvonimir Tot (z-VON-e-mere TOTE) is a jazz guitarist, composer and arranger with a style deeply rooted in the jazz tradition but flavored by his European origin. He holds too many university degrees. Tot has performed in the United States, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, and Spain. He has performed and/or recorded with many world-renowned musicians, including:

- Saxophonists Chris Potter, Scott Hamilton, Billy Harper, Jamey Aebersold, Eric Alexander, Chip McNeill, and Peter King
- Violinists Johnny Frigo and Stefan Milenković
- Drummers Ernie Adams, Paul Wertico and Byron Landham
- Bassists Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and John Clayton
- Pianists Larry Novak and Larry Vuckovich
- Harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy
- Accordionist Lelo Nika
- Guitarists Philip Catherine, Henry Johnson, and Paulinho Garcia
- Organists Joey DeFrancesco and Bobby Floyd
- Vocalists Patricia Barber, Jackie Allen, and Carmen Lundy

Tot has recorded seven CDs as a leader: Balkan Roots (Groove Art Records, 2022),  Sarabande Blue (Groove Art Records, 2021), Standards Live at the Jazz Showcase (Groove Art Records, 2016), Eloquent Silence (Chicago Sessions, 2009), Unspoken Desire (Groove Art Records, 2007), Blue Quest (Groove Art Records, 2007), and Travels and Dreams (Groove Art Records, 2004), as well as numerous CDs as a sideman

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Article: Liner Notes

Zvonimir Tot's Jazz Stringtet: Sarabande Blue

Read "Zvonimir Tot's Jazz Stringtet: Sarabande Blue" reviewed by Howard Mandel


"On this record I'm trying to fuse two things I know something about: classical composition and jazz," says Zvonimir Tot, the Serbian-born, jny: Chicago-based guitarist, composer, arranger, improviser and educator regarding Sarabande Blue, his sixth album as a leader. The debut of Tot's Stringtet, an ensemble several years in development, is a gift from a musical ...

Album

Expectation & Experience

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Expectation; J.C. Jones; Empty Shelf; Quiet House; The Great Divide; Feeling Remote; Breathe; A Change of Climate; Alternative Facts; Every Day Is Monday; No Peace Without Justice; The Show Can’t Go On; Empty Stage; Six Hundred; Lockdown; The New Abnormal; Experience.

Album

Sarabande Blue

Label: Groove Art Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Groove Me Wah; Aneri - Lament; Sarabande Blue; Fuga Longa, Vita Brevis; Bruce's Dilemma; Voda Zvira; Blue Quest; Maki (Guts & Glory); Fugue For Mr. N.P; Brother Nicolau.

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Groove Me Wah

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Label: Groove Art Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 07:27

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Zvonimir Tot

Read "Take Five with Zvonimir Tot" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Musician Zvonimir Tot: Zvonimir Tot (z-VON-e-mere TOTE) is a jny: Chicago-based jazz guitarist, composer and arranger with a style deeply rooted in the jazz tradition but flavored by his European origin. Tot has performed in the United States, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, and Spain. He has performed ...

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Article: Album Review

Zvonimir Tot's Jazz Stringtet: Sarabande Blue

Read "Sarabande Blue" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Guitarist Zvonimir Tot says there are two things he knows something about, classical composition and jazz. He combines those two bodies of knowledge in his presentation of Sarabande Blue. The Serbian-born and now Chicago-based guitarist collaborated with a “string quintet" for the outing, adding the bass of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Robert Kassenger to a string ...

Album

Standards Live at the Jazz Showcase

Label: Groove Art Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: CD 1: 1. It Could Happen to You 2. Black Orpheus 3. The Thumb 4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 5. Beautiful Love 6. Just Squeeze Me 7. Emily CD 2: 1. My Romance 2. Wave 3. All Blues 4. On the Sunny Side of the Street 5. A Child is Born 6. Doxy

Album

Bright Morning

Label: BP Music Productions
Released: 2011
Track listing: Bright Morning; Jackals and Hounds; Happy Hour in Five; Missed the Train; Stay; Revenge; Below Freezing; So Sweet; You Did What!?

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Benefit for Japan in April at Jazz Showcase Chicago

A “BENEFIT FOR JAPAN" is being planned to be held at the Jazz Showcase this April... Here are the details from Chicago Jazz Bassist, Steven Hashimoto as they are shaping up so far: “The events in Japan are almost too much for my mind to handle; nevertheless, I'm involved with organizing a benefit for victims of ...


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