Funk Habit (Single)Funk Habit by Funk Elastic, this is a jazz-funk and jazz-fusion groove, featuring electric guitar and tenor saxophone solos. This tune features Damir Šomen, one of the best Croatian session drummers and Jernej Bervar, a guitar player from Slovenia, currently residing in New York. Funk Habit jazz-funk by Funk Elastic is available for streaming and download at the online services, check out the most popular at Zivaldo Music.
Zdenko Ivanušić – flute, tenor saxophone & electric piano Krunoslav Zver – trumpet Ivan Mučić – trombone Jernej Bervar – electric guitar Damir Šomen – drums Robert Lajić – electric bass, sound engineering & production composed by Zdenko Ivanušić released June 14, 2021 Funk Elastic – Official Artist Channel @ Youtube
Jazz & World Music Albums released in 2019 Matija Dedić (Croatia) – Final Destination
Album: Influences Label: Alliance Records
Matija Dedić feat. Manu Katche & Thomas Bramerie – “Influences” – 1. Intro11 (Prelude) ; 2. Written Long Time Ago ; 3. Breathe (feat. Kabadayas, Judith N & Daniel) ; 4. 125 (Interlude) ; 5. Looking for an Answer ; 6. Influence ; 7. Just Drive (solo piano) ; 8. Gimme that Luv (feat. Kabadayas & Judith N) ; 9. Find the Modus ; 10. Final Destination ; 11. Coda
Funalez by Funk Elastic, Balkans folk groove flavor. Contemporary house groove instrumental with stylized Balkans or even Middle Eastern folk music flavor with rhythmic and metric shifts above steady grove. The song features bass, flute and tenor saxophone solos. Funalez is available for streaming and download at the online services, check out the most popular at Zivaldo Music. Zdenko Ivanušić – alto & tenor saxophone, flute, keyboards Robert Lajić – bass solo, programming, sound engineering & production composed by Zdenko Ivanušić released September 10, 2020 Website
Album Personnel: Kristian Terzic - Piano & Keyboards / Marko Matoševic - Drums / Luka Veselinovic - Upright & El.Bass / Branko Sterpin - Trumpet & Flugelhorn / Boris Popov - Percussion / Alen Spada - Guitar / Vojkan Jocic - Soprano & Tenor Sax / Luka Zuzic - Trombone / Marko Ramljak - Violin & Vocal
“Solid compositions and powerful arrangements enhance the band’s bottom line. Essentially, Terzic casts a mark of distinction since many other efforts of this ilk either favor commercial potential or the respective musicians’ technical prowess. The keyboardist successfully fuses both of those factors into a set that has significant replay value.” GLENN ASTARITA / All About Jazz
The JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2017 features songs from albums released in 2017 by independent jazz and world music artists from all over the world: Matija Dedic(Croatia), Roberto Magris Sextet(Italy/USA), Sinouj(Spain), Randy McGill(USA), Diego Figueiredo(Brazil), Florin Raducanu(Romania), Stefano Travaglini(Italy), Itamar Borochov(Israel), Florian Hoefner(Canada), Antoine Fafard(UK), The Steven McGill Project(USA), Bill Mentz(USA), Leon Neal(USA), António Silva Quartet(Portugal), Hayley Lam(USA), Igor Willcox 4tet(Brazil), Daniel Chia(Singapore), Marcin Malinowski(Poland), Sweet Lu(USA), Luis Alas & La Calle Ocho Funk(USA),The Besser Three(New Zealand)
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album "Antarctica and other destinations" is a collaboration of the
Croatian Radio Television Jazz Orchestra with the composer and
songwriter Mak Murtic and vocalists Maja Rivic and Anabela Baric. All of
the compositions were conducted by Sasa Nestorovic, except for "Seizo"
which was conducted by Andreas Marinello.
All compositions written and arranged by: Mak Murtic Except: "Day and Night at the Andaman Sea" by Mak Murtic and Luka Smetisko Lyrics and narrative text written by: Mak Murtic All compositions conducted by: Sasa Nestorovic Except: Andreas Marinello on "Seizo"
Saxophones, Clarinets and Flutes: Miro Kadoic, Zdenko Ivanusic, Mario Bocic, Vojkan Jocic, Damir Horvat Trumpets: Antonio Gecek, Zvonimir Bajevic, Davor Krizic, Branko Sterpin, Darko Sedak Bencic Trombones: Mario Ferketin, Zvonko Kosak, Luka Zuzic, Miron Hauser Tuba: Joe Kaplowitz Guitar: Elvis Penava Piano and Keyboards: Joe Kaplowitz Except: Julije Njikos on "Seizo" El.Bass and Doublebass: Sasa Borovec Drums: Marko Lazaric Except: Adriano Bernobic on "Antarctica" and "A Place Glowing a Brilliant Red" Collective chant: Members of the Orchestra
Vocals: Maja Rivic and Anabela Baric Narration: Anabela Baric, Maja Rivic and Joe Kaplowitz cdbaby
"Ligheryan Rhapsody", the new album by the croatian pianist and composer Matija Dedić that arrives at his first solo work after fifteen years of intense recording activity. The idea of the album was born spontaneously by some piano improvisations during recording sessions while he was working with other projects. After three successive improvisation’s sessions the music takes shape in eleven piano solo songs that would make the track list. The compositions appear as a deep reflection on improvised music, the world in which the author perceives the existence to its full expression, and at the same time a tribute to composers of contemporary music who influenced him along his artistic career.-Workin' Label
1 Mountains 3:51 2 Spotlight 3:22 3 Quiet Afternoon 3:52 4 Ida Lupino 3:58 5 Passacaglia (With Improvisations) 5:34 6 Take Five 9:08 7 Children's Song No. 4 5:35 8 Voodoo 7:24 9 Dick Tracy And The Mystery Of A Love Song 13:55 10 One Man Plays The Drum 8:01
CROATIA: ZDENKO IVANUSIC ONLINE SAXOPHONE PLAYER AND COMPOSER
I'm just letting you know that after more than ten years I updated and redesigned my website, not so much in design but in technology under the hood (Wordpress). Now Zivaldo Music, Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet and Zdenko Ivanusic Online are under one domain.
At downloads page you can download (no account needed) all my albums in mp3@320kbps (zipped) and sheetmusic organized in sections.
All transcriptions at transcriptions page are checked and corrected recently and I added a few new.
My blog is now integral part of my website and it is organized in categories, so check it out.
If you have some time explore it and as always any comments or suggestions are welcome!
Line Up: Klaus Paier / accordion, bandoneon Asja Valcic / cello Paier and Valcic’s music is daring and full of curiosity, they present us with a road movie beyond convention that is full of layers and colours. “Silk Road” still maintains a unique and homogenous sound created by two adventurous explorers, who both fully master their instruments whilst complementing each other perfectly. "Nevertheless, “Silk Road“ has a unique and homogenous sound. The title song demonstrates Paier’s ability to introduce and transform musical themes: the bandeneon theme appears from a distance, builds up and becomes loaded with energy through elaborate pauses and rubatos. Equally masterful is the final piece “How Roses Are” that Paier has dedicated to his American colleague, accompanist and longstanding friend Frank Marocco, who died in March. However, it is an optimistic, even a cheerful song – a jazz farewell from Austria to Chicago in the New Orleans tradition." ACT
Miroslav Vitous John Patitucci Reggie Workman Steve Gadd, Al Foster Randy Brecker Simone Zanchini Adam Nussbaum Stan Mitrovic Martin Gjakonovski Bart Platteau Ben Schröder
Sometimes he likes to call his music “Fellini Jazz“. He brings Mediterranean flair to the epicentre of American jazz. He explores classical music and influences from India and the Far East and combines “folklore imaginaire“ with free forms of expression. Ratko Zjaca is a bridge-builder par excellence who keeps on delving his pillars into new waters. IN+OUT Records releases a portrait of this exceptional Croatian guitarist which presents the different facets of his career, with ten pieces of music spanning ten years and featuring him in a variety of line-ups. Zjaca studied classical music in Zagreb, then plunged into modern idioms at Rotterdam and at the New York University School of Music. He started to attend master classes given by the likes of Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Bob Brookmeyer, Joe Pass and Jim Hall. The last two in particular left their mark on his playing which has always been orientated towards the USA. Amongthe first musicians to appreciate his remarkable string wizardry were bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Al Foster. Ratko teamed up with these two in New York in 2000 for an intimate and intense trio experience, captured on the album “A Day In Manhattan“.In + Out
Her Name (M. Dedic) • Slawenskaya (M. Dedic) • Update (M. Dedic) • Maiden Voyage (H. Hancock) • Angst (M. Dedic) • Blue In Green (M. Davis) • Cheekee Chicks (M. Dedic) • Fragile (Sting) • Jungle Blues (M. dedic) • If I Where a Boy (Toby Gad)
All About Jazz (Dan McClenaghan) Pianist Matija Dedic's MD in NYC tiptoes into existence on a delicate rhythm, joined in short order by a sprinkling of crystalline notes in the melody, with a whisper of brushes and spare but assertive bass lines. "Her Name" is one of the pianist's five originals in the set, and has a wistful reverence that speaks, perhaps, to a yearning inf...
Stereophile (Thomas Conrad) Jazz has become a truly international art form in the new millennium, and some of its most creative players now come from places like Zagreb, Croatia. What makes Matija Dedic special is his touch and the way his poetic concept unfolds and deepens over the course of an album. Dedic is as seductive as Tord Gustavsen. The opening of the first track he...
Jazz Scan (Ric Bang) This album demonstrates anew that jazz truly is an international art. Matija Dedic, born in Croatia in 1973, began to play classical piano at age 5: a common path for Eastern European music students. He had broadened his interests by his 18th birthday, and he subsequently entered the Graz Jazz Academy. After graduation, he delivered his style of ja...
Cadence (David Franklin) Matija Dedic is a 38-year-old Croatian piano virtuoso who has played around the world with leading Jazz performers, including a number of well-known Americans, and won numerous awards world-wide. Bassist Archer and drummer Scott both boast extensive, impressive credentials. The modern mainstream MD in NYCis Dedic’s second album and the firs...
Jazz Review (Thomas R. Erdmann) "***** 5-Stars" Zagreb Croatia native, pianist and composer Matija Dedic earned a collegiate degree from the Jazz Academy in Graz, Austria. Dedic comes from a musical family; his father received musical awards and his mom sang with Louis Armstrong and Phil Woods. Some of Dedic's piano teachers have included jazz stalwarts Hal Galper and Barry Ha...
*MADIROSA
an invented word, for the author it means a Mediterranean rose,
representing her personal experience of the Mediterranean as a cultural and musical universe
“Musical Document from Eternity of Universe”
The songs on this album are complex, but in Tamara’s interpretation they seem a piece of cake – they sound flippant, dancing, as if that very combination of words and music was recorded in the eternity of the universe, just waiting for someone to translate it into the language of us mere mortals.
Although the music on Tamara’s seventh album will thrill you right from the very first hearing, its true value, like the value of the most valuable achievements of the world art, will be disclosed only when you hear it again and again, and you will simply keep listening to it time after time because every new listening will reveal some new filigree details, new sounds, new discreet interactions, new emotions, new refinement, new charm...
In the interpretations included in this album, Tamara artlessly and logically unites a serious approach and joke, tradition and modernity, classical music and ethno, formal demands and freedom, melody and improvisation, regional and middle-European.
Her music is unique, but also universal, close to a man who is ploughing the red Istrian soil, but also to every human being who feels the beauty of the fruits yielded by the soil of any colour.
