A Lark Ascending Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 BOJAN Z TRIO - SCOTT COLLEY / NASHEET WAITS : TRANSPACIFIK : LABEL BLEU Bojan Z otherwise known as Bojan Zulfikarpasic, the great Serbian pianist, has a new one on the way. Best known for his work in Henri Texier and Julien Lourau's bands, though he's had a few discs of his own. His last one - Solobsession - was mainly solo and a real beauty. A player within the jazz tradition but with a way of colouring his solo's with a lovely eastern European sound. I very much look forward to hearing him in this trio setting. Quote
John B Posted October 1, 2003 Report Posted October 1, 2003 I would love to hear this disc, but Label Bleu releases are difficult to track down on this side of the pond. Does Jazzos have them in stock usually? (too lazy to go and do a search right now...) Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Posted October 1, 2003 (edited) It's not been released yet. I saw it advertised on the UK Crazy Jazz http://www.crazyjazz.co.uk/archive/new0310.htm October listings...probably too expensive for US wallets! Both Jazzos and Conrta Tempo http://www.controtempojazz.com stock Label Bleu though neither have it listed yet. Edited October 1, 2003 by Bev Stapleton Quote
John B Posted October 2, 2003 Report Posted October 2, 2003 I'll add it to my ever-expanding list of discs to pick up. I'll track down a reasonably priced copy eventually! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted November 16, 2003 Author Report Posted November 16, 2003 (edited) Well worth the chase. High octane, muscular trio jazz with a strong eastern European flavour. Some gorgeous ballads too. The up-tempo stuff is in a McCoy Tyner sort of vein but taking the occasional exoticisms of the latter much further. Even on what sounds like a fairly straight ballad like 'Sepia Sulfureux' Zulfikarpasic goes on runs that are clearly based on scales you don't normaly get in jazz recordings. Try 'The Joker' for the hell-for-leather piano trio in full flight side. 'Bulgarska' or 'Z-Rays' for the strongly Balkan-tinged approach. Colley and Waits are superb too! To my ears the most interesting jazz pianist around at present. Have a look here: http://www.bojanz.com/sounds.html Can be got here. Just put Bojan Z in the search engine: http://www.jazzos.com/articles.cgi About $21 once the postage is thrown in. Very good vendor. Edited November 16, 2003 by Bev Stapleton Quote
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