Jazz Articles

Milan Stanisavljevic: Awakening

by Jerry D'Souza
November 26, 2011

Milan Stanisavljević evokes the intimacy of a trio to set up some evocative images on his debut CD, Awakening. The pianist has his vision and his focus in clear perspective; this is a jazz recording, the music well within the mainstream, even as Stanisavljević finds his calling in swing and blues. Tempering that approach is the solid empathy that he has with drummer Andjelko “Djele" Stupar and bassist Milan Nikolić. Stanisavljević began playing piano when he was eight ...