Results for "Zagreb"

Joe Pandur

Born: January 23, 1968

Music came from my father's side of the family, my uncles played double bass, tamburitzas and guitar. I was introduced to the Guitar at age 9, but I got serious about music at age 12 and started getting more involved with playing and listening to the music. First interest for jazz I developed at age 16 when I heard Chick Corea's "Where have you been before", after I started to listen the old school jazz and my favorite artists became Bill Evans, Miles, Coltrane, Monk and so on; in addition to the best of jazz guitar like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Burrell, Martino, Scofield, Metheney, Stern etc

Luka Udjbinac

Born: July 24, 1978

electric, accoustic guitar, guitar synth Winner of award : 2006. "Zlatna Koogla" for best instrumental player in Croatia. 2006. "Status" for best jazz guitar player in Croatia LUKA UDJBINAC BAND won in total 7 awards in 2006. in categories - guitar (2), sax (2), drums (2), bass (1) award. C.V. Luka Udjbinac, born on 24.07.1978 in Zagreb, Croatia. Finished primary classical Music school (classical guitar) Blagoje Bersa. Continues his music education (jazz guitar) on Music High School "Vatroslav Lisinski" on department for "Jazz and popular music" with prof. Mario Igrec. 1998. winner of Croatian award "Young hopes of jazz Marjan Marjanovic". 1999

Zdenko Ivanusic

Zdenko Ivanusic, saxophone player and composer, a dynamic member of the Croatian music scene since 1990. Experience in classical music, jazz, fusion and funk allow him a unique approach in most musical settings, from a symphonic orchestra, chamber ensembles to a big band, a saxophone quartet or a small band. As the leader of the Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet, Funk Elastic, Zdenko Ivanušić Quartet, he is focused on promoting his own compositions and original arrangements of jazz standards. In composing and playing, polyrhythmic and polytonality is frequently employed, as well as emotional intensity and improvisational clarity

Tamara Obrovac: Ulika Revival

by Bruce Lindsay
July 30, 2014

In 1998 singer and songwriter Tamara Obrovac, from Istria in Croatia, released Ulika (CBS), an album dedicated to her grandmother. Ulika Revival revisits a dozen songs from that album, presenting new renditions informed by the 15 or 16 years that lie between the two releases. The revival is a great success, a masterly collection of strikingly ...

Leonard Cohen at Arena Pula

by Nenad Georgievski
September 14, 2013

Leonard CohenArena PulaPula, CroatiaAugust 2, 2013On a sweltering day, with temperatures rising high above in the red, Canadian singer Leonard Cohen performed with a skill, passion and hunger that ultimately rendered all those restrictive perceptions of age, time or genre utterly redundant. Performing on St. Elijah's day at a Roman amphitheater ...

Take Five With Luka Veselinovic

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 2013

Meet Luka Veselinovic:Luka Veselinovic was born in Rijeka, Croatia. His father was a guitarist and his grandmother, a piano teacher. He is a professional musician, bassist, and composer who has been in jazz music for the past 10 years. He began playing bass at 21, and soon after became a professional. Luka has attended ...

Kristian Terzic: Kristian Terzic

by Glenn Astarita
May 5, 2013

In case the good word hasn't gotten out, Croatia boasts a nascent jazz scene. Keyboardist Kristian Terzic dispatches a prime example of that notion, performing with fellow countrymen on this sparkling rendezvous that skirts jazz-fusion and the Latin element. Other than his impressive technical faculties, Terzic shines as an impressive composer. Regardless of tempo or when ...

The Rolling Stones - 50 Years

by Nenad Georgievski
December 1, 2012

The Rolling Stones--50 godinaHrvoje Horvat and Darko Glavan226ISBN: 978-953-313-079-8Profil knjiga d.o.o.2012Taking into consideration the short lifespan of a rock band, the longevity of the Rolling Stones can be counted as a miracle in an almost biblical sense. The question also arises of how many ...