Oct 27 – 32. Beogradski džez festival

Avishai Cohen Trio

domomladine — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 04:49:58 +0000

One of the biggest stars on contemporary jazz scene, contrabassists Avishai Cohen is in a way the discovery of Belgrade Jazz Festival, where he performed in 2007. The audience was captivated by the eclectic, contemporary jazz approach with the hints of Jewish musical tradition, as the charismatic contrabass player became the global forerunner of current generation of jazz authors. On his second Belgrade concert, he will present two new exceptional talents from Israeli scene – pianist Omri Mor and percussionist Itamar Doari.

Antonio Serrano Quintet Flame&Co

domomladine — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 04:52:37 +0000

Antonio Serrano, who was a student of the famous Larry Adler, is currently one of the most virtuoso world players of chromatic harmonica with an interest in various musical worlds, ranging from classical music, jazz, blues, tango and flamenco, all the way to movie scores (films by Pedro Almodovar). As a member of the final ensemble of legendary Paco de Lucia, he also became a pioneer in introducing of harmonica in flamenco and that aspect of his work will be presented in Belgrade, with the quartet appropriately named – Flame&Co.

Vesna Pisarović: „The Great Yugoslav Songbook“

domomladine — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 05:02:11 +0000

After a long career on pop music scene, singer Vesna Pisarović shocked the music world when she decided at the end of last decade to dedicate herself fully to jazz. New project involves the research into the heritage of the popular music of SFRY from the fifties and sixties. In the new interpretations, popular repertoire – big band ballads, Eurovision entries, chansons, twist and early rock – was deconstructed by the skillful undertaking of an international band, in which Greg Cohen (contrabass, USA), close associate of John Zorn occupies a special role.

David Helbock Trio

domomladine — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 05:04:35 +0000

Pianist and composer David Helbock is one of the leading Austrian musicians of younger generation. He won the most prestigious European piano competition in Montreux (2007, 2010), where he also received the award given by the audience. Along with his own material, he mastered an exceptionally successful jazz rendition of Prince’s musical opus. Just before the festival, his new, sixth album will be released, as his first recording for one of the most respected European labels – ACT Music & Vision from Germany.