Composer
and jazz performer Dorado Schmitt was born in St. Avold, in
Lorraine "France", the May 29th, 1957. Since his
chlidhood, thanks to his family devoted to music, he was plunged
in the Gypsy jazz. His father formed him to the guitar since
the age of 7, showed him the music of the Master, the great
Django Reinhardt. Under this influence, he improved his style
by playing all the musics of the master, even the most technical
solos, in order to perform perfectly the Django style. Moreover
his father initiates him into the violin and Dorado plays it
with the same feeling. His talent let him more and more be
independant. Dorado leaves an artistic heritage too, because
several of his works are great success in the jazz and are
taken back by many of them: The Bossa Dorado, from the "Parisienne" album,
Natacha from the "Gypsy réunion" album, Tchawolo
swing from the "Latcho Drom" CD. He also took part
in the soundtrack of the film Latcho Drom, "Have a nice
trip", of Tony Gatlif, and where he played himself. Dorado
Schmitt is currently promoting his album "Dorado Sings" (EMD,
France). For more info visit these web links: www.myspace.com/labelemd or http://dorado.schmitt.free.fr/anglais/biography.html (...JG
170).
Ron
Brendle is jazz / rock / acoustic musician from Charlotte,
North Carolina, United States of America. Ron Brendle has been
a freelance bassist in the Charlotte area since 1981. His innovative
compositions and improvisational style have earned five awards
as "Jazz Artist of the Year" by Creative Loafing
Magazine. Ron was the recipient of two North Carolina Arts
Council Jazz Composer Fellowship Grants, which helped to produce
his CDs "Hypermobility" and " Photograph".
Ron's composition "Not Forgetting" was used in the
motion picture "The Architect" and his compositions "Hypermobility" and "Freeway" were
featured on two JazzSouth Sampler CDs. Ron also performs numerous
educational outreach concerts each year as part of the Charlotte
Jazz Society and as bassist with Viva Klezmer. Ron graduated
from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor Degree in
music. He studied bass with Charlie Haden at the Atlantic Center
for the Arts in New Smyrna, Florida. Web links: ronbrendle.com or www.myspace.com/ronbrendle (Headliner
...JG
170).
Interviewer:
Hello Future Music! So tell me who future music is? Future
Music: Rob Barsky & Rich Arbaugh in the studio, we play
all parts... when we do live, several other friends back us
up. / Interviewer: So you know a lot of people? Do a lot of
people know you? Fan wise? Future Music: Well, we've been around
since 1985... we have a rather loyal following... and Myspace
had opened up the possibility of being heard world wide. We've
made over 23,000 friends in about 11 months... all this was
science fiction when I started the band in 1985... there was
No Internet! So, Future Music heads into the future like everyone
else... learning as we go. / Interviewer: Is that how you got
your title? Future Music: In the summer of 1985 I sat and watched
the Live Aid Concert. It was the first event in many years
that really captured the spirit of Woodstock. I found that
quite exciting. That night I wrote a song called 'Future Music'.
It was about the power of music and how it could be a positive
influence on the future. The song eventually became our name...
Web links: www.futuremusic.us or www.myspace.com/robb9000 (...JG
170).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Klub
Siprazje, Beograd - Otvaranje sezone
Nova
sezona Kluba Siprazje (Beograd, Golsvortijeva 13) pocela je
u cetvrtak, 12. septembra 2007. godine, izlozbom rock fotografija
zrenjaninskog fotografa Tibora Raca, nakon koje je sledila
velika zabava. Tibor Rac se osam godina unazad bavi rock fotografijom
i pre nepunih godinu dana objavljena je njegova monografija "Rockgraph
selfzin", koja pokriva sve bitne aktere domace muzicke
scene u periodu od 1991. do 2006. godine. Posetioci su imali
jedinstvenu priliku da na jednom mestu u isto vreme poslusaju
i muzicki izbor nekolicine relevantnih muzickih i kulturnih
autoriteta sa ovih prostora. Ulaz je bio slobodan. Tokom jeseni
2007. godine, , u Klubu Siprazje vas izmedju ostalih ocekuju
Zikica Simic (svakog utorka), zurka emisije "Nevidjeno",
Radija B92, Meki Spoj, Solution DJ's, Marko (Gangbangers),
Vuca (Darkwood Dub), Olja ( Autopark), Testera crew, DJ Brka,
kao i mnogi drugi interesantni ljudi kojima DJ-ing nije svakodnevna
aktivnost. Detaljan program kluba nalazi se na web adresi: www.myspace.com/siprazje .
Autor: Predrag Ivanovic, Beograd, Srbija.
Candy
Store, Kragujevac, SRB - Presentation
Candy
Store was founded in Kragujevac, Serbia in 2001. The first
line-up played blues standards and had no original songs. In
2003, members of the band left their town to attend the university,
and the band quit. In late 2005, they reformed to work on the
original material, and significally changed their music style.
The band has now a new line-up, and is preparing the first
LP. The band is influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Queens of the
Stone Age, Miles Davis, A Perfect Circle, Frank Zappa and RATM.
The sound of the band is huge, loud, warm, fuzzy, groovy, melodic
and sometimes psychedelic. The line-up consists of Vladimir
Strkalj (guitar), Nikola Milovanovic Crazy (bass), Milos Stefanovic
(drums) and Kosta Miletic (vocal). The first Candy Store's
EP is called "Radiopassive (6 songs) and is released on
independent Silicon Brain Records label, August 1st, 2007.
Web links: www.myspace.com/candystoreband or www.
candystore.co.yu . (...JG
170).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Combination
Head, UK - Presentation
Combination
Head is classic rock / progressive / rock band from Northwest,
United Kingdom. This is the latest and greatest prog band out
of England, an instrumental band formed by veteran musicians,
of which prog fans should at least be familiar with drummer
Paul Burgess for his stints with Camel and Jethro Tull. The
primary composer is Paul Birchall, who a long resume in the
music industry. Birchall focuses on Hammond and other vintage
keys and so the style here is very 1970s prog - oriented, but
done with modern production and high-energy. Third member of
the band is Keith Ashcroft, bass / guitar player. In fact,
they may be the best instrumental prog to come out of England
since the 70s. The music often has the flowing nature of Camel,
and there are also aspects of Caravan, Emerson, Lake And Palmer,
Argent and other classic prog bands. Web link: www.combinationhead.com (...JG
170).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Safet
Isovic - In memoriam
Safet
Isovic, jedan od najboljih izvodjaca sevdalinki svih vremena,
rodjen je 1936. godine u Bileci, a preminuo je 2. septembra
2007. godine u Sarajevu gdje je proveo cijeli zivotni i radni
vijek. Prema misljenju velike vecine glazbenih kriticara i
poznavatelja izvornog narodnog melosa, Safet Isovic bio je
ponajbolji interpretator bosanskohercegovackih sevdalinki.
Od 1956. godine pjevao je sevdalinke na radiju i televiziji.
Bio je pobjednik mnogih velikih festivala, dobitnik Zlatnog
mikrofona i oko 35 zlatnih i srebrnih ploca, zatim dobitnik
Estradne nagrade BiH i Estradne nagrade bivse Jugoslavije.
Bio je clan Udruľenja estradnih radnika. Njegovi antologijski
snimci su: "Đul Zulejha", "Boluje Hanka Prijedorka", "Braca
Morici", "Djevojka sokolu zulum ucinila", "Grana
od bora, pala kraj mora", "Jutros rano prodjoh kraj
Morica hana", "Kasno podjoh iz Morica hana", "Mujo
kuje konja po mjesecu", "Moj dilbere", "Kisa
bi pala", "Dvi planine vis' Travnika grada", "Mujo
djogu po mejdanu voda", "Od sveg' me je sacuvala
majka", "Kolika je seher Banja Luka", "Put
putuje Latif-aga", "Vozila se po Vrbasu ladja", "Slavuj
ptica mala", "Zmaj od Bosne", "Haj, kakve
Ajka crne oci ima", "Vrbas voda nosila jablana", "Aksam
mrace, moj po Bogu brate". Takodjer su vazne i brojne
njegove novokomponirane pjesme, koje se dobrim dijelom oslanjaju
na tradicionalnu bosansku pjesmu - sevdalinku. Medju njima
se isticu: "Kad sretnes Hanku", "Jablani se
povijaju", "Hajro, Hajrija curo najmilija", "Zelen
orah od roda se savija", "Bosna moja", "Malenim
sokakom ne prolazim vise", "Na mezaru majka place", "Oci
moje kletvom bih vas kleo", "Sta se ovo Bosnom cuje", "Oj,
Safete, Sajo Sarajlijo", "Pjevaj Bosno, pa me razveseli", "Sjetuje
me majka", "Seher grade, Banja Luko mila", "Zelen
lisce goru kiti" (sa Miletom Petrovicem), "Da sam
sjajna mjesecina". Snimio je nekoliko pjesama u duetu
sa velikim izvodjacima bosanske pjesme: Zaimom Imamovicem,
Miletom Petrovicem, Bebom Selimovic.
1959
- Júlio Reny is born on February, 27th, in Porto Alegre, Rio
Grande do Sul, Brazil, son of barber Reni Antunes Barbo and
public server Júlia Gay Barbo. He spends his childhood in Cidade
Baixa district, and the music is already in his life through
his parents who listen to many records at home, his sister
takes him often to the movies in order to watch films with
Elvis Presley, The Beatles e from Brazilian Jovem Guarda...
1971 - He gets into high-school in Colégio Estadual Winston
Churchill. The older brothers introduce him to pop rock. Then
a deviation of conduct starts manifesting: Júlio and a school
mate start to steal records from stores. That wouldn't be so
bad if it wasn't constant. At least, this introduces him definitely
to heavy rock: The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath,
etc. He becomes a constant ruffian and gets in street conflicts
constantly... 2006 - He released his last work: "Diários
da Chuva" (see photo), playing with Wander Wildner in
Mao Santa (Vila Madalena); he is indicated to the Premio Açorianos
for best pop songwriter. Co-authorship by Frank Jorge and Carlo
Pianta (Graforreia Xilarmônica)... 2007 - He is preparing his
next album in which the title "Spring..." will lead
to a solar atmosphere, different from the dark and rainy atmosphere
from "Diários da Chuva" ("Diaries from the Rain").
Pre-selecting the set list, he is recording the first demos,
acoustic guitar and voice... Web link: www.myspace.com/renyj (Headliner
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170 ).
Biljana
Bilja Krstic - rodjena je u Nisu gde je u Muzickoj skoli "Dr
Vojislav Vuckovic" zavrsila osnovno i srednje muzicko
obrazovanje. U Beogradu je upisala i zavrsila Fakultet muzicke
umjetnosti. Pjevala je u horu mladih "Dr Vojislav Vuckovic" iz
Nisa i u Akademskom horu "Collegium musicum". Paralelno
sa tim radila je i muziku za vise pozorisnih predstava u Narodnom
pozoristu u Beogradu. Na pop sceni ex YU Bilja Krstic je prisutna
dugi niz godina. Poslije karijere u grupama Suncokret i Rani
Mraz, zapocinje solo karijeru i izdaje tri albuma pop orijentacije: "Prevari
veceras svoje drustvo sa mnom", "Iz unutrasnjeg dzepa" i "Bilja",
kao i jedan namjenjen djeci, "Loptom do zvezda".
Uporedo sa karijerom pop pjevacice, Bilja slijedi svoje najdublje
afinitete i vise godina strpljivo prikuplja autenticne audio
i notne zapise izvorne muzike. To su uglavnom rijetko izvodjene,
a vecinom i neobjavljene muzicke teme sa Kosova, juzne Srbije,
Vlaske oblasti, Makedonije, Rumunije, Bugarske i Madjarske.
Rezultat ovog rada su kompakt diskovi "Bistrik" i "Zapisi",
koji su nastali kao fuzija tradicionalne muzike i savremenog
aranzerskog postupka. Tokom 2003. godine Bilja i Bistrik su
radili na muzici za najgledaniji srpski film svih vremena - "Zona
Zamfirova". Upravo je zavrsen i izdat i treci CD nastao
u saradnji sa grupom Bistrik - "Tarpos" (na slici),
CD koji ce se pojaviti i na evropskom trzistu u izdanju njemacke
izdavacke kuce "Intuition". Bilja Krstic radi kao
muzicki urednik Prvog programa Radio Beograda. Web link: www.bilja.co.yu .
(...JG
169).
Od
17. do 24. rujna 2007. godine, u zagrebackom Studentskom centru
i Klubu KSET po drugi ce se puta odrzati Zagrebacki etno festival.
Organizacija ovog glazbenog susreta potaknuta je idejom upoznavanja
s razlicitim kulturama i narodima putem glazbe koja obiljezava
tradiciju tih naroda, a za koji se nadamo da ce Gradu Zagrebu
uspjeti predstaviti ljepotu glazbe iz razlicitih dijelova svijeta.
Za razliku od svog prvog izdanja, kada je festival istrazivao
glazbene vrijednosti pretezno nama bliskih krajeva, ovoga puta
uspjeli smo, uz domace izvodjace, dovesti i nekoliko zanimljivih
izvodjaca iz nama dalekih krajeva. U cak 7 festivalskih dana
nastupiti ce izvodjaci koji dolaze s prostora Indije, Kine,
SAD-a, Madjarske, ali ponovno i Makedonije, Bosne i naravno,
Hrvatske. Glazba koju izvode i ovoga je puta mnogo sira i bogatija,
pa cete tako uz tradicionalnu glazbu vec navedenih zemalja
moci cuti i elemente zidovske, africke i latinoamericke etno
glazbe. Svaki od izvodjaca etno glazbu izvodi na vlastiti nacin,
otvoren utjecajima drugih vrsta muzike i tako obogacujuci izvornu
glazbu suvremenim, modernim elementima. Imati cete prilike
cuti mijesanje razlicitih zanrova kao sto su afroamericka glazba,
talijanski jazz i balkanski folk ili pak ambijentalni zvuk
i glazbena tradicija Balkana, sa elementima jazz improvizacije,
duba i elektronike.
Tim
Sparks is acoustic / Americana / jazz musician from Frazee,
Minnesota, United States of America. Currently teaching the
guitar program at the University of Minnesota in Morris, a
small school of about 1,800 out on the western prairie. "We're
learning Bach, Barrios, Bluegrass, Be-Bop, Bossa Nova, Giant
Steps, Michael Hedges, DADGAD, Django, Merle, Chet, Doc, Wes,
Metallica, Shred... my students are all amazing!", stated
Tim Sparks recently. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
Tim Sparks started picking out tunes by ear on an old Stella
flat top during a bout of encephalitis that kept him out of
school for a year. He taught himself to play the music he heard
around him: traditional country blues and the gospel his grandmother
played on piano in a small church in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
At age 14, Tim was nominated by a musically astute uncle for
a scholarship at the prestigious North Carolina School of the
Arts. There he studied the classics with Segovia protege Jesus
Silva while continuing to play all kinds of music, increasingly
turning to classic jazz for inspiration. He adapted compositions
by Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, and Fats Waller to the
guitar, frequently reducing piano arrangements to their essence.
Early influences were Doc Watson, Arthur Smith, and most importantly
Duck Baker, who opened up a horizon of possibilities for fingerstyle
guitar... Web link: timsparks.com (...JG
169).
Autor: Dragutin Matosevic, Tuzla, BiH.
Mega
Muzika Br. 6 - Magazin dostupan u Hrvatskoj, Srbiji i Bosni i Hercegovini
Ovih
dana konacno je objavljen dugoocekivani novi broj magazina
Mega Muzika u kome ima sijaset zanimljivih glazbenih tema na
cak 136 stranica. Posebno vrijedi izdvojiti ekskluzivne interviewe
koje su za magazin dali Goran Bare, Gary Moore, Mile Kekin
(Hladno pivo), Peter Erskin (Weather Report), Bob Bradshaw,
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Mladen Puljiz (Boa), Zoran Predin,
James Brown (UB40)... Podosta prostora zauzima i nezaobilazni
pregled iz svijeta glazbene aparature (gitare, pojacala, pedale
itd.), a svoje mjesto dobila je i demo-scena, te dobar dio
ovozemnog undergrounda. Naravno, uz opsirne preglede glazbenih
karijera, ovdje se nalazi i mnostvo recenzija, te info-blic
vijesti, kao i poprilican broj najava skorasnjih koncerata.
Magazin Mega Muzika moze se osim u Hrvatskoj pronaci i na svim
boljim prodajnim punktovima sa stampom u Srbiji, te u Bosni
i Hercegovini. Cijena jednog primjerka magazina iznosi 19 kn,
odnosno 5 km.
Autor: Marijeta Sinjeri, Zagreb, Hrvastka.
Led
Zeppelin - Ponovo aktivni
Obnavljanje
rada benda Led Zeppelin zakazano je za ovu jesen koncertom
u londonskoj areni O2. Iako nije potvrdjeno hoce li legendarni
rockeri pod tim imenom nakon ovoga ikad vise nastupiti zajedno,
poznato je da ce ovo biti prvi koncert Led Zeppelina poslije
27 godina stanke. Britanci imaju prilike ovom istorijskom dogadjaju
svjedociti po razlicitim cijenama, a vecina ulaznica ukljucuje
aranzmane u rasponu od 200 do 400 funti koji podrazumijevaju
ne samo cijenu ulaznice vec i odsijedanje u nekom od londonskih
hotela. O ovom koncertu se prica vec cijelu godinu. Ocito je
da je rijec o velikom talasu ponovnog vracanja proslosti, jer
nakon svirke, bend planira da objavi i svoj "best of" album,
ciji je izlazak zakazan za 11. novembar 2007. godine. Ocekuje
se da ce pokojnog bubnjara John Bonhama zamijeniti njegov sin
Jason, a ostatak benda cine njegovi izvorni clanovi - John
Paul Jones, Robert Plant (koji je ove godine nastupio na "Exit
festu") i Jimmy Page, naravno.
Autor: Caslav Vujotic, Podgorica, Crna Gora.
Sajeta
- Kope i spade
"Kope
i spade" naziv je novog album koji potpisuje Sajeta i
koji se pojavljuje cetiri godine nakon njegovog zadnjeg studijskog
albuma - "Doba vodenjaka". Sajetin najnoviji album
mozete u hrvatskim CD shopovima potraziti od srijede 12. rujna
2007. godine, a dva dana ranije (ponedjeljak 10. rujna 2007.
godine) bit ce omogucen download albuma, u mp3 formatu, preko
online web shopa www.cedeterija.hr .
Izdavac albuma je zagrebacki Aquarius Records. Tijekom sljedeceg
tjedna Sajeta ce u Zagrebu odrzati neformalno druzenje s novinarima,
biciklistima, obozavateljima... ali o svemu cete na vrijeme
biti obavijesteni...