http://2018.bjf.rs/en "NO LIMITS" Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.15 http://2018.bjf.rs/en/schedule/kurt-elling-quintet/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.bjf.rs/?post_type=schedule&p=793 Kurt Elling is one of the most important jazz vocalists in the last two decades, a global contemporary jazz star and one of the most devoted promoters of the genre. His closing concert of the 25th Belgrade Jazz Festival in 2009 is considered as one of the best performances in the recent history of this manifestation. On his third visit to Serbia, he will promote his latest album, The Questions: following the old recipe, this new set list brings the finest mix of jazz, Broadway music, and impressive covers of rock and roll anthems – songs by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel.

]]> http://2018.bjf.rs/en/schedule/enrico-rava-quintet-feat-joe-lovano/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:15:24 +0000 http://www.bjf.rs/?post_type=schedule&p=794 Trumpeter Enrico Rava has established the contemporary jazz aesthetics in Italy and helped the careers of many extraordinary talents we’ve seen playing on this Festival in previous years (Gianluca Petrella, Giovanni Guidi, Stefano Bollani). Joe Lovano won a considerable number of Downbeat Magazine awards in various categories, he is a one-time Grammy winner and 14 times Grammy nominee. Their set list consist mostly of compositions by Rava, providing an excellent ground for the battle of these two giants, accompanied by Giovanni Guidi and with Americans Dezron Douglas and Gerald Cleaver forming the rhythm section.

]]> http://2018.bjf.rs/en/schedule/irina-karamarkovic/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:22:34 +0000 http://www.bjf.rs/?post_type=schedule&p=799 Irina Karamaković completed studies of Jazz Singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz and doctoral studies in Philosophy at the Institute for Jazz Research at the same University. Meanwhile, she build an impressive performing career: recorded some 15 albums, (Sandy Lopicic Orkestar, The Gitarren der Liebe, LA Big Band…), and one with her own band Songs from Kosovo, presenting old folk songs with unconventional, very contemporary arrangements. She will perform this program along with new works at this Festival for the first time in Serbia.

]]> http://2018.bjf.rs/en/schedule/ugljesa-novakovic-kvintet/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:19:07 +0000 http://www.bjf.rs/?post_type=schedule&p=795 Alto saxophonist and composer Uglješa Novaković, soon after completing his studies in Graz, found himself in the Soul Connection orchestra led by Duško Gojković. He continued his career between Zagreb and Belgrade, jazz and pop music, big band arrangements and dreams about his own band. His debut album Tales From the Past (Metropolis Jazz) features his compositions in post-bop manner, inspired by Kenny Garrett, Michael Brecker and Chris Potter music. His music brings New York to the Balkans, confirming the immense power of the new Serbian jazz wave.

]]> http://2018.bjf.rs/en/schedule/uros-spasojevic-project/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:21:16 +0000 http://www.bjf.rs/?post_type=schedule&p=798 Uroš Spasojević, bassist and composer from Valjevo, finds his inspiration in the ambient music from the ECM label. He released four albums so far and the notable American record label Abstract Logix carried on with their promotion. He travelled to Norway to record his new album as a duo with Valjevo-based pianist Bojan Marjanović, in the famous Rainbow Studio AS built by Jan Erik Kongshaug, the man behind the most important EMC recordings. The bass and piano duo brings a sense of tension, contrast and complementarity of these two instruments.

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