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R’n’B and funk legends are coming to Serbia

Earth, wind and fire Experience ft. Al McKay opens Nisville

Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience is going to perform at opening day (August 12th 2021) of Nisville jazz festival.  Built around legendary Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, the aptly-named “Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience“ reincarnates the spirit of the original – powerfully delivering hit after hit of the supergroup’s songs – in the original keys and with the original feel.

McKay’s group, the Al McKay Allstars, offers a stunning demonstration of the power of living, vital performance, upholding the high standard of live excellence that established the original Earth, Wind & Fire sound. For fans around the world, the question often is: „where did this band come from?“ It was 1982. After Al McKay left the group, Earth, Wind & Fire was on its last legs. Finally, in 1983 it was over. The band that had defined the modern sound of R&B music was done. All that was left was the legacy of the music that had sustained and nurtured a generation.

Then in 1990, the EWF icon, Al McKay – who was the „groove director“ of the original band, who produced Boogie Wonderland, co-wrote „September“ and was world-renown for his rhythm guitar chops – decided to put a band together from the spirit of the original group.

They called themselves the „LA Allstars.“

The group assembled former band members of EWF into a model of the original rhythm-section-driven group, organized around the all-important guitar work and music direction of McKay. Over the years, the LA Allstars – and later the Al McKay Allstars – have featured a who’s who of the most influential musicians in R&B and Funk. Performing their show around the world, „Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience“ is the closest thing you can get to what EWF sounded like in its heyday during the late 1970’s and early 80’s.

Among musicians and fans alike, the group is considered the top funk band on the planet today. So if you are a fan of EWF or American funk music in general, be sure to see and hear the Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience on its worldwide tour. It is truly the opportunity of a lifetime and an Experience not to be missed.

Veteran, Grammy Award winning and multi-platinum recording artist Al McKay has a long

history of creating songs that feel good to the body and soul. The former Earth, Wind & Fire

guitarist teamed with group founder Maurice White to pen the band’s seminal hits “September”

and “Sing A Song” and honed his chops playing with Ike & Tina Turner and Sammy Davis Jr.

McKay continues in this tradition with “Heed the Message,” his latest offering from his band Al

McKay Allstars. In the spirit of McKay’s eight years in Earth, Wind & Fire from 1973 to 1981,

“Heed the Message” is rich with impressive harmonic backing vocals, ample moving saxophone

runs, driving funk bass grooves and uplifting lyrics: “Don’t think twice when your feeling is right,”

“Try meditation,” and “Love is the calling.” http://bit.ly/HeedTheMessage

“The song’s message is Do the best you can,” McKay explains. “Be true to yourself. Don’t let

anything get in your way. Whatever you consider being successful, don’t let it stop you from

doing what you do, what you’re here for.” McKay has a personal connection to the song’s

theme.

“I create a lot when I’m in my depressed mode,” he says. “But playing is really therapeutic, it

gets it out. Playing for me is the best way to release.” His intention is for the song to have a

similar impact on listeners.

McKay credits the late Maurice White with encouraging him to become a songwriter. White

would begin writing lyrics as he listened to McKay improvising on his guitar. “In the dressing

room, we used to have a tuning guitar room. After I would tune, I would start playing these tunes

and I could hear [Maurice] singing. That’s how we wrote ‘Sing A Song.’ That’s how we wrote

The Emotion’s ‘Best of My Love.’”

McKay describes White as his best songwriter partner and was saddened by White’s passing to

Parkinson’s disease in 2016. “It was difficult,” McKay recalls. “I didn’t realize it was taking such a

turn. Last time I saw him was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when we were being inducted.”

McKay is working on a new album. In addition to working with some of his bandmates, he’s also

in talks to collaborate with a few of the music business’ hit making, award-winning songwriters

and producers. “I have some exciting things in the works,” McKay explains. “It’s just too early to

share the names.”

One of McKay’s recent works is a feel good, dance song “Everybody Get Up” that the band has

been playing during their European concert dates. “They love it in Europe,” he says.

The tour set pays homage to Earth, Wind & Fire. When the band went on an extended hiatus in

the 1980s, McKay created Al McKay Allstars and reunited many original Earth, Wind & Fire

band members, including Verdine White, to resume playing together. “I had damn near the

whole band,” McKay says with a laugh. “I’d like to continue in Earth, Wind & Fire’s tradition.”

The Al McKay Allstars lineup includes: Al McKay (guitar), Tim Owens (vocals), DeVere Duckett

(vocals), Claude Woods (vocals), James Manning (bass guitar), Ben Dowling (keyboards),

David Iwataki (keyboards), Anthony Beverly (drums), David Leach (percussion), Joel Nunez

(saxophone), Luis Gonzales (trumpet), Omar Peralta (trumpet) & Shaunte Palmer (trombone)

Prior to joining Earth, Wind & Fire, McKay was hired on the spot to play with Sammy Davis Jr.

after demonstrating his mastery of the then new wah-wah pedal. He played extensive Vegas

dates with Davis before performing with the likes of Pearl Bailey, Andy Williams and Isaac

Hayes.

One of McKay’s most impressive tenures would be touring with Ike & Tina Turner, a gig he

landed at 18, not long after finishing high school. McKay accompanied a bandmate to an Ike

and Tina Turner rehearsal and impressed Ike with his guitar skills.

“They were learning ‘Losing You’ by The Temptations.’ Ike was arguing that it was two guitars

playing the opening line. I could play so I interjected, ‘That’s only one guitar.’ People looked

around like, Who’s this little high school dropout? Ike said, ‘Oh, yeah, you know how to play?’ I

said, ‘Well, I’m left handed.’ I took his Stratocaster and played it upside down. The next day I got

a call. He wasn’t even looking for a guitar player. We just hit it off.’”

Exactly five decades later, McKay is still going strong and motivated to create. “I’d like to try

music with films,” he reveals. “I’d like to be able to see something and feel and be inspired. I

would like to give it a shot and see what comes up.”

Movie scoring would be a great next venture for McKay. In order to make it happen, he only

needs to revisit the lyrics of his new song “Heed the Message”: “Don’t think twice when your

feeling is right.” https://soundcloud.com/almckayallstars/heed-the-message

NISVILLE JAZZ FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER Try-out is OPENED

This year, the Nisville Jazz Festival once again provides young people with a unique opportunity to contribute to one of the largest Serbian and European cultural events, and at the same time use part of the summer in a productive and fun way and improve themselves through an active and attractive volunteer program.

The competition is open from June 4 to 30, 2021, for 200 young people who will participate in a volunteer program together for 10 days, gain valuable experience and knowledge and take unforgettable memories from Nis.

Over 3,000 volunteers have passed through the festival’s volunteer program so far, starting in 2010. During that period, the volunteer team gathered young people from about 120 different cities from the country and abroad. In 2012, the Nisville volunteer team received an award from the City of Nis in the form of a gold medal with the image of Emperor Constantine for special volunteer contribution to the promotion and development of culture, and at the end of 2013 the volunteer program was declared the best youth project of that year.

Nisville Jazz Festival invites all interested candidates from the country and abroad to apply for volunteering and contribute to the realization of this important cultural event.

The volunteer team will be divided into 8 sectors:
Host of the audience – Performs activities related to welcoming the audience, from ticket reviews, replacement of tickets for bracelets, to directing and guiding the audience in the main festival space.

Host of musicians – Takes care of musicians during their stay in Nis. The task of the host musicians is to be with the performers and provide them with what they need, as well as to take them to the festival space, accommodation, press center, workshop, etc.

Marketing – Performs activities related to the branding of festivals and sponsors, from activities related to the placement of advertisements to activities on advertising stands.

Press – Performs activities related to the organization and implementation of the festival’s press service.

Technical Support – Performs activities related to support in stage preparation and technical implementation on the main stages, as well as on all other stages and stages of the Nishville Festival.

Logistics – Performs activities related to support during the preparation and implementation of the accompanying festival program, as well as in the central festival space. Also, the Logistics sector will assist in catering for the performers and technical staff of the festival.

Workshop – Performs activities related to the organization of space and participants of festival workshops, as well as the accompanying educational matinee program.

Security – Performs the activities of the security service related to the support of professional security services at all festival locations.

Candidates must be at least 15 years old and ready to take responsibility for their obligations and tasks. Volunteering in Nisville implies engagement from August 5 to 15, 2021.
The application must be made by filling out the form on the official website of the festival, at the link http://nisville.com/en/volunteers/
The competition is open until July 1, when the application form will be closed.
Interviews with candidates will be conducted in the interval from July 5 to 15, 2021. The selection of selected candidates will be performed by July 20, 2021.
You can report any questions or problems when applying by e-mail to: volunteers@nisville.com

Source and photo: Zoran Ćirić & Nišville Jazz Festival promo

 

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY BY NIŠVILLE

Nisville celebrates significant jubilee – 10th year of „World Jazz Day“!

The Nisville Jazz Festival will traditionally mark the „World Jazz Day“ on Friday, April 30, as part of the great world celebration of UNESCO and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.
For this year’s 10th jubilee INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY, a matinee program will be held starting at 1 pm on the stage in front of the Nisville Jazz Museum in the Nis Fortress, where two jazz classes will perform: „ROJAZE Nisville Jazz Band“ – eight young musicians, participants in the international project of Serbia , France and Belgium. The second band is „TAKESHI & Friends“, led by Japanese guitarist Takeshi Suda, accompanied by eminent jazz musicians from Nis.

Fans of quality jazz will be able to watch these concerts live via live streaming on the Internet via their computers, tablets and smartphones, at the Nisville Television online link: http://nisville.com/live-stream/
In case of bad weather, the program will be held in the hall with the display of instruments in the Nishville Jazz Museum.

Also, on the program of Nisville radio in the same period on Friday, April 30 from 1 pm, a special program will be organized for music connoisseurs prepared by residents of Nisville Midnight Jazzdance stage, „NiSu Brothers“ – Milan Saitović Jazzysad (DJ Master Flow) and Dejan Šobot – DJ Ball. They will choose and play quality dance jazz music from all over the world for the listeners of Nisville Radio, which you will be able to listen to online at the link Nisville Radio online: http://nisville.com/sr/nisville-radio-jazz-fest-radio/
The last day of April was declared ten years ago by UNESCO at the initiative of Herbie Hancock for International Jazz Day. It has been celebrated since 2012, with the explanation that in the last 100 and more years, jazz has become the voice of freedom and tolerance in many countries around the world.

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Congratulations to all jazz music lovers on International Jazz Day!

Photo: Zoran Ciric – Nisville Jazz museum stage
Nishville promo – poster and banner
NiSu Brothers – Mateja Jeremic Zuks

Nagrada Nišville jazz festival za životno delo

Priznanje Jovi Radovanoviću i “Sedmorici mladih”

Nagrada za životno delo koju Nišville jazz festival tradicionalno dodeljuje zaslužnim srpskim muzičarima, ove godine biće uručena Jovi Radovanoviću i grupi “Sedmorica mladih” sastavu koji je ušao u Ginisovu knjigu rekorda kao ansambl koji je 33 godine svirao neprekidno zajedno. Iako će kod najšire publike ostati upamćeni kao sigurno prvi SFRJ “show band”, odnosno ansambl koji podjednako uspešno izvodi veoma različite muzičke stilove, a čiji članovi pri tom poseduju i evidentan komičarski talenat, “Sedmorica mladih” su od početaka pa do prestanka rada, a na ovim prostorima  bili jedni od najuticajnijih promotera džeza i njemu srodnih stilova.

Ansambl “Sedmorica mladih” osnovan je 29. septembra 1959. godine u Beogradu. Prvu postavu su činili Zoran Zarije Raković (truba), Ljubiša Milić (trombon), Vladislav Vasilić (klarinet), Nebojša Dančević (klavir), Milutin Vasović (gitara), Ljubiša Stošić (bas) i Branislav Todorović (bubnjevi). Vladislav Vasilić je 1963. godine otišao u vojsku, a1966. poginuo u saobraćajnoj nesreći, i na njegovo mesto u grupi dolazi klarinetista, saksofonista i flautist Jova Radovanović koji ubrzo postaje zaštitni znak grupe.  Druga personalna promena desila se 1978. kada je na mesto bubnajra, umesto Branislava Todorovića (koji je preminuo) došao Nebojša Kunić. Poslednji koncert kao ansambl imali su u maju 1991. godine u Sarajevu, a grupa je zvanično prestala sa radom 1999. godine, odnosno, nakon smrti gitariste Milutina Vasovića (1998).

Grupa je prvobitno nazvana “Beogradski diksilend ansambl” što je i bio stil u kojem su u početku isključivo delovali, a o čemu svedoči i postava karakteristična za diksilend sastave. Prvu svirku su imali u

u Domu omladine “Jurica Ribar”. i kao što je već rečeno njihova muzika se zasnivala prvenstveno na džezu i diksilendu. Osim što je većina članova osim svojih “primarnih” svirala i još po neki instrument, svi su bili i dobri vokalisti, pa su na repertoaru imali  i dosta  afroameričkih sprituala, koje su izvodili u najboljem maniru čuvenog vokalnog “Golden Gate Quarteta”.  Vremenom, uporedo sa ovim stilovima, ansambl je u repertoar ubacio i druge muzičke žanrove, što je odlično prolazilo kod publike.  Iako muzika bazirana na afroameričkoj trediciji od šezdesetih do osamdesetih nije bila naročito popularna kod šire publike,  “Sedmorica mladi” su do prestanka rada ostali verni i džezu. “Stilsko svaštarenje” što u njihovm slučaju nema nužno negativnu konotaciju – iznuđeno je tokom prvog ozbiljnog angažmana u inostranstvu – 1962. godine u Siriji, u hotelu Grand u okolini Damaska. U hotelu se u tom trenutku nalazio veliki broj svetskih političara i diplomata, pa su Sedmorca mladih svoj repertoar morali da priklade ukusu publike. Nakon četiri meseca u Siriji, grupa je stigla u Beograd i u saradnji sa Ustanovom kulture „Vuk Stefanović Karadžić“ pokrenula “dancing večeri”, po uzoru na ono što su naučili u Damasku.

Nastupali su širom zapadne Evrope, u Nemačkoj, imali koncerte širom Švajcarske, Austrije, Holandije. Bili su prva estradna jugoslovenska grupa koje je imala turneju po Sovjetskom Savezu, nakon izbacivanja Jugoslavije iz Komunističkog informacionog biroa 1948. godine, kao i nakon smrti Staljina. Samo u  Sovjetskom Savezu su odsvirali oko 1.000 koncerata, a ostaće zebeleženo da su tokom tri dana odsvirali čak 17 koncerata u Noriljsku. Nastupe su imali i u Sjedinjenim Državama u Linkoln centru, gde su predstavljali RTV Beograd na danima jugoslovenske televizije, kao i nastup u Austriji, u berlinskoj “Dojče hali”, koju su punili sedam puta zaredom. Na inostranim turnejama su proveli punih 15 godina!
Godine 1975. proglašeni su za jugoslovenske ambasadore kulture i oslobođeni su vojske. Često su svirali političarima i diplomatama, kao i Josipu Brozu Titu i bili česti gosti u Karađorđevu.

Krajem sedamdesetih godina prestali su da nastupaju u inostranstvu i nastupali isključivo u SFRJ. Zagrebačku salu “Vatroslav Lisinski” punili su 14 puta za redom, kao i mnoge druge prestižne sale širom bivše Jugoslavije.

Tokom svoje dugogodišnje karijere, ansambl je snimio 30 singl ploča i više od 10 LP ploča, jednu od njih za nemačku etiketu “Saba” i dve u Sovjetskom Savezu. Pored muzičkih sposobnosti, izvođenja više muzičkih žanrova istovremeno, Sedmorica mladih su se istakli i kao vrhunski zabavljači.

Bili su zaštitni znak Radio Televizije Beograd. Pojavljivali su se u porodičnim i zabavnim emisijama i serijama i prva su muzička grupa koja je imala svoje TV šou programe od kojih je “Sedam plus sedam” – jedan od najgledanijih TV serijala svih vremena na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije .  Osamdesetih godina imali su svoju emisiju zvanu “Cirkus sedam mladih”, a ukupno su tokom svoje karijere snimili više od 50 sati programskog sadržaja.

Poslednji koncert kao ansambl imali su u Sarajevu, u maju 1991. godine. Simbolično – kraj SFRJ bio je i faktički i kraj “Sedmorice mladih”, mada su zvanično prestali sa radom 1999. godine. Od devetorice, koji su bili članovi grupe, osim Jove Radovanovića – živi su još bubnjar Nebojša Kunić i trombonista (i gitarista) Ljubiša MIlić. Godine 2007. Retrospektivno je objavljen album Sedmorice mladih “Kad sveci marširaju” na kojem se našao izbor jazz, dixieland i gospel kompozicija po kojima će ih muzički sladokusci najduže pamtiti.

This weekend!!!!

“Festival de Jazz en la Playa” at Nisville TV

This weekend (January 30th and 31st) Nisville TV ( http://nisville.com/live-stream/ ) will broadcast the complete program of the recently held Argentine „Festival de Jazz en la Playa” with performance of: Jazz 4, Ad Libitum, Miguel Angel Tallarita, Nevua Jazz Trio, Tango Jazz Quartet, Sotavento Big Band, Orquqesta de Monte, Orquesta de Cañuelas, Marcelo Gillespi Rodriguez.

The “Festival de Jazz en la Playa” (Jazz Festival on the Beach) was born in the summer of 2002 in the tourist city of Ostend, located on the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 km from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. In its 20 years of life, prestigious musicians from the Argentine jazz scene and from the city where the festival takes place as well as international musicians paraded through the stages of the festival. At the same time, “Festival de Jazz en la Playa” the Beach has encouraged the participation of emerging groups and school orchestras and has always aimed to offer the greatest variety of jazz proposals: from traditional jazz to avant-garde proposals passing through Swing, Bebop , Hard Bop and multiple fusion music projects.
From its first edition, the festival was followed by an enthusiastic audience made up of tourists and local inhabitants. This year, respecting the Covid-19 protocols and paying attention to taking care of the artists and the public, the festival decided to hold a day with live concerts at the Barlovento Beach Resort in Ostend, where the festival was born and the rest of the concerts that complete The programming was previously filmed and streamed.
Thanks to a collaboration agreement between the Nisville Jazz Festival and the Festival de Jazz en la Playa, the entire festival can be seen through the Nisville TV platform.
The festival was also broadcast on the Festival’s Facebook fanpage as well as by more than 30 fanpages of jazz festivals and jazz clubs around the world from New York to Mozambique and entered into a cooperation agreement with the twin city of Ostend, in Belgium since both cities have a shared history, because the Argentine city of Ostend was founded by Belgian immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Jazz on the Beach festival is a self-managed project, which does not receive any government support, organized by the saxophonist and music educator Gustavo Firmenich, who has performed at the Nisville Jazz Festival leading his groups Tango Jazz Quartet and Sotavento Big Band and carrying out the project of the Nisville Tango Big Band.

Tomorrow begins Nisville 2020 – September edition

Concerts and movies for mental health relaxation

 

The September edition of the Nisville Jazz Festival 2020 starts tomorrow (Thursday, September 17), and free programs will be available to a limited number of visitors for the next four days, it was announced today at the joint press conference of Nis Mayor Dragana Sotirovski and Nisville Director Ivan Blagojevic.

After the Nisville 2020 ONLINE edition, which was held on the Summer Stage in the Nis Fortress from August 13 to 16, without the presence of the audience, with a live ONLINE broadcast via Nisville internet television, the September edition will be realized in accordance with the city’s Covid-19 virus protection measures. for the audience but in limited numbers. Music programs (a total of 24 concerts) will be performed on two stages: Welcome stage (at the Queen Natalija Fountain in front of the Bridge near the Fortress) and Youth stage (in front of the Nisville Jazz Museum in the Fortress). Also at the fountain, the „Nišville Movie summit“ program will be realized in the evening, while in the breaks between films, pianists will play alongside silent films as part of the „Nišville Kristina stage“. A visit to the „Nishville Jazz Museum“, which presents a new setting – will be free during these four days.

Programs on the Youth stage at the Nisville Jazz Museum, which start at 19:00 every day and end at 23:00, will feature:

Thursday 17 September

1. Nisville youth Arkestra
2. Milan Petković Quartet
3. Glib

 

Friday 18. September

1. Nisville Jazz for Kids / El Mejor
2. 4G’s
3. LAB Organ Trio

Saturday, 9. September

1. Dečji hor “Čarobna nota”
2. JAIN Project  (Jazz and Interculturalism) Međunarodni omladinski jazz projekat (Albanija, Italija i Srbija) finansiran od strane EACEA programa „Creative Europe“

 

Sunday 20. September 

 

1. Johny Quartet
2. South Rail Messengers
3. Artan Lili

 

The programs on the Welcome stage (from 17:00 to 19:00) will present the following groups:

Thursday 17. September

17:00 Godina Konja

18:00 Oposite Way

Friday 18. September

17:00 Hot Spot

18:00 Paradox

Saturday 19. September

17:00 Rusty Strings

18:00 Tomycoustic

Sunday 20. September

17:00 TUNE

18:00 Mokri Jazz

Among the 26 films that will be screened as part of the Nisville Movie Summit are films that were declared the best during the ONLINE edition by the jury (Antonio Marzinotto – guitarist, pedagogue and composer, Zeljko Ljubic – composer and pedagogue) and Branislav Miltojevic – film critic) :

• The award for the BEST PERFORMER OF MUSIC went to Cesare Mangiocavallo, also the director of the Italian film „Siegfriedsdorf Dixiland Band“.
• best DOCUMENTARY film: “Virgit Zamani” directed by Orhan Tekeoğlu;
• best FEATURE FILM: “Siegfriedsdorf Dixiland Band”; by Cesare Mangiocavalla
• the best EXPERIMENTAL FILM is the French-Brazilian “SATAN SATIE ou MÉMOIRES D’UN AMNÉSIQUE” by Jurun Mallon and Lucas Parente;

Tomorrow, also in the City Hall in Nis, the Nisville Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the celebrated jazz pianist, composer, arranger, pedagogue, jazz promoter, jazz historian and essayist Miloš – Mišo Krstić.

Otvoren Nišville 2020 ONLINE

Direktor Nišvilla Ivan Blagojević danas je ispred Nišville jazz muzeja u niškoj Tvrđavi predstavio program i otvorio „ Nišville 2020 ONLINE“  koji će se od danas do nedelje 16. avgusta održati na Letnjoj pozornici – bez prisustva publike ali uz live stream putem linka http://nisville.com/live-stream/

Tom prilikom predstavljen je i „Nišville jazzcycle“  – jedinstveno vozilo (na pedale)  za sedam muzičara, sa kojeg su niški džezeri izveli program džez standarada.

Umesto tradicionalnog presecanja vrpce, direktor Nišvila je otvorio ovo specifično festivalsko izdanje presecanjem lubenice, uz prigodne zvuke velikog jazz hita Herbija Henkoka „Watermelon man“ (prodavac lubenica).

Nisville 2020 in two parts!

The International Nisville  Jazz Festival 2020, will hold part of its program in the pre-announced period from 13^th of August to 16^th of August 2020 via live stream!

More than 30 programs will be performed, also the theater performances (Nisville Jazz Theater), film screenings (Nisville Movie Summit), and art performances, as well as 20 concerts of the accompanying and main festival program. Unfortunately, these programs will be performed without the audience, and you will be able to be watch it via computers, tablets and smartphones in the „live“ broadcast of Nisville Television over the link http://nisville.com/live/

Media representatives will be subsequently informed internally about the details and locations of the planned program for live streaming realization.

The remaining, largest part of the program will be held from 17^th of September to 20^th of September, 2020, if the epidemiological situation improves in that period and the Government of Serbia allows the audience while respecting the measures of social distance.

This is the first time in 25 years that Nisville has been postponed. Only the first Nisville Jazz Festival was postponed from December 1994 to January 1995 due to electricity restrictions.

If the epidemiological situation is the same in September as before, the entire planned program for this year will be held from 12^th of August to 15^th of August, 2021.

#Note:

All visitors with purchased ticket sets can use their tickets in September 2020 at the newly scheduled date for the festival, or if there are some objective reasons why visitors are not able to attend Nisville 2020,  they can use ticket set in the period from 12^th of August to 15^th of August 2021, when the next Nisville Jazz Festival is planned.

For any doubts about a possible refund for tickets that are already purchased, please contact the Ticket Vision sales network CALL CENTER: 0900 11 00 11, or send an inquiry to the following e-mail addresses: office@tickets.rs and callcenter@tickets.rs

Per ‘Bass Viking’ Mathisen Trio

feat. Nguyen Le & Gary Husband at Nišville 2020

Per “Bass Viking” Mathisen Trio ft. Nguyen Le, and Gary Husband  is going to perform at Nisville 2020, at August 13^th.

This highly explosive powerhouse trio features 3 of Europe’s most in demand musicians. The virtuosity as instrumentalists and the interplay within the band is no less than breath-taking and jaw- dropping.

Recording artist and composer, leader and founder of the trio is the Norwegian “Bass Viking”, Per Mathisen, is not only Norway’s answer to Jaco Pastorius on electric bass but also Norway’s answer to Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen on upright acoustic. Released as many as 15, highly acclaimed CD’s in his own name. Played with the likes of:  Alex Acuna, Keith Carlock, Bill Evans, Adam Nussbaum, Jon Christensen, Maria Schneider, Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen, Gary Thomas, Ulf Wakenius.

Recording artist, composer, arranger, Nguyên Lê, is one of France’s most famous guitarists worldwide. Released 16 CD’s in his own name and played with super stars like: Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Maria Schneider, Matt Garrison, Peter Erskine. Received lots of prestigious prizes for his work.

Recording artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Gary Husband from the UK is world famous as a drummer and equally acclaimed as a keyboard player. Not any other musician on the planet can show for such a long double instrumental carrier like Gary Husband can. Released many CD’s in his own name and tours the world with the likes of: John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Billy Cobham.

 

 

Dvanaest godina od smrti Šabana Bajramovića

Danas se navršava 12 godina od smrti Šabana Bajramovića, jedne od najvećih legendi romske muzike, koga je ugledni američki magazin Time uvrstio  među deset najvećih bluz pevača na svetu. Prema mišljenu mnogih, Šaban je s pravom nosio titulu „Kralj romske muzike“, a njegovo izvođenje pesme „Đelem Đelem“ izabrano je za himnu Roma.

Na inicijativu direktora Nišville jazz festivala Ivana Blagojevića 2010. godine u Nišu je, na obodu amfiteatra na nišavskom keju, otkriven spomenik Šabanu Bajramoviću (rad akademskog vajara Vlade Ašanina) čije su podizanje pomogli Šabanovi prijatelji, saradnici  i pre svega poštovaoci ovog velikog umetnika. Nišville jazz festival je u u saradnji sa Ministarstvom kulture Srbije šest meseci posle Bajramovićev smrti, u beogradskom Sava centru, organizovao koncert „Prijatelji Šabanu“ na kome su nastupili Misterija Bugarskih glasova, Yildiz Ibrahimova, Dado Topić, Sounds of South, Louis. Zoran Predin, Crne Mambe, Dixie pogon…. i kraljica romske muzike Esma Redžepova. Šaban je nekoliko puta nastupao na Nišvilu, a Grand Prix koji se već godinama dodeljuje za fuziju džeza i drugim muzičkih stilova – još za njegovog života poneo je ime Šabana Bjaramovića. Inače, jedini zajednički nastup kralja i kraljice romske muzike Šabana Bajramovića i Esme Redžepove – dogodio se upravo na Nišvilu. Deo stalne postavke Nišville jazz muzeja u niškoj Tvrđavi je i spomen soba Šabana Bajramovića.

I ove godine, Nišville jazz festival (čiji se glavni program održava od 13. do 16. avgusta)  će 11. i 12. avgusta organizovati uvodni hommage program „Prijatelji Šabanu“, koji je već deceniju stalni segment festivala. U čast Šaban Bajramovića, danas će na Nišville internet televiziji  ( http://nisville.com/live/ ) u više navrata (prvi put u 14:00) biti emitovan snimak koncerta „Prijatelji Šabanu“ održanog u Sava Centru 2008. godine.

Bajramović je nastupao širom Evrope, Amerike i Azije –  više puta je išao u Indiju na lične pozive Džavaharlala Nehrua i Indire Gandhi, napisdao je oko 700 pesama i objavio dvadesetak albuma i pedeset singl ploča. Samo jedan  od primera kakav je status imao u svetskim razmerama je i tekst objavljen neposredno posle Bajramovićeve smrti, u londonskom „Guardianu“ a čiji je autor Garth Cartwright: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/15/serbia