Bass & Strings Nenad Vasilic

• 1Minority03:46
• 2Brala Moma Ruja Cvete05:12
• 3San Francisco Dance05:11
• 4Hej Salasi Na Severu Backe04:43
• 5Seven Drops03:49
• 6Christos Anesti04:04
• 7Orient Occident04:13
• 8Udade Se Jagodo04:52
• 9Ljudi, Nije Fer03:34
• 10Hymn of the Cherubim04:23
• Total Runtime43:47

Info for Bass & Strings

Nenad Vasilic‘s neues Album „Bass & Strings“ mit rund 20 exzellenten Musikern aus verschiedenen Teilen der Welt erscheint Mitte Juli bei Galileo Music.

Dies ist das 14. Album des hervorragenden europäischen Kontrabassisten, Bandleaders und Komponisten, auf welchem mehrere äußerst originelle Ensembles zu hören sind. Das Album „Bass & Strings“ enthält 10 Kompositionen, von denen die meisten von Vasilic stammen, während der Rest traditionelle und spirituelle Lieder sind, die Vasilic für verschiedene Ensembles arrangiert hat - vom Solobass über das Klaviertrio bis hin zum großen Ensemble mit dem Streichquartett.

Nach wie vor verbindet Vasilic Jazz mit Elementen der Balkanmusik und vertieft diese musikalische Richtung in unvorstellbare Grenzen. Es ist schwierig, Vasilic‘s Musik in Worte zu fassen. Jazz, Weltmusik oder einfach Nenad Vasilic Musik mit einem neuen Album, das alle Grenzen musikalischer Genres überschreitet und durch Kreativität und Innovation besticht.

Nenad Vasilic`s new album "Bass & Strings" with about 20 excellent musicians from different parts of the world will be released in mid-July by Galileo Music. This is the 14th album of the outstanding European double bass player, bandleader and composer, on which several highly original ensembles can be heard. The album, "Bass & Strings," contains 10 compositions, most of which are Vasilic's own, while the rest are traditional and spiritual songs that Vasilic wrote for various.

Nenad Vasilic, Kontrabass, Fretless-Bass, E-Bass
Marko Živadinović, Akkordeon
Katarina Aleksic, Geige
Jarrod Cagwin, Schlagzeug
Lena Fankhauser Campregher, Bratsche
Leo Gerstner, Schlagzeug
Samo Hude, Klavier
Rastko Hude, Saxophon
Aleksandra Popovic, Geige
Marina Popovic, Bratsche
Tamara Rankovic, Cello
Emily Stewart, Geige
Pantelis Stoikos, Trompete
Asja Valcic, Violoncello
Armend Xhaferi, Gitarre
Marko Zvivadinovic, Akkordeon

Nenad Vasilic
Musical brilliance and lived inspiration: there is no other quite like him-a double bass player, a composer, an arranger and a complete rhythm section refined and rolled into one person: Nenad Vasilić has long been at the forefront of European jazz and is highly acclaimed throughout the continent. Born in Nis, Serbia, he grew up surrounded by a rich tradition of Balkan folklore. Traditional music, Roma music and a love of jazz were strong influences in his younger years, when he was playing mainly piano and bass guitar. From sixteen onwards, he played throughout the local jazz scene and was considered one of the most talented double bass players. After jazz studies in Graz, he moved to Vienna and has since been one of the most sought-after contrabassists.

With nearly 40 original compositions on seven albums, Vasilić uniquely fuses jazz, improvisation and world music, making it his own. In 2004, his album "Nenad Vasilić Balkan Band Live in ORF" was nominated for the Hans Koller Prize. His pieces, simultaneously innovative and respectful of the musical traditions that made him what he is today, exude a lightness and virtuous understanding of the complexity of the Balkan rhythms and melodies. By now, this groundbreaking, Vienna-based musician has left a gentle yet permanent mark on the European world music and jazz scene and, as an arranger and producer, is constantly remapping his personal and musical boundaries.

His cooperation with acclaimed artists ranges from Richie Beirach, Petar Ralchev, Bojan Z, to Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan and countless others .

"This music is quite an education. There's power in music of one's homeland. Somehow, it transcends all opinions, criticisms, language and cultural limitations." Denai Burbank (Jazz Review)

"There's a palpable sense of joy in the face of great sorrow, optimism despite a series of crushing defeats, and a real beauty that can be terrible and magnificent simultaneously." Bill Barton (All About Jazz)

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