Solo Live Nenad Vasilic

• 1 Opener & Vranjanka 05:47
• 2 Kalas Bre Andjo 04:22
• 3 Zapevala Sojka Ptica 05:07
• 4 Kradem Ti Se U Veceri 04:50
• 5 Mr. A.B. 04:23
• 6 New Bass Song 05:52
• 7 C U at 11 04:44
• 8 Just Squeeze Me 03:53
• Total Runtime 38:58

Info for Solo Live

Mit „Solo Live“ präsentiert Nenad Vasilic sein fünfzehntes Album. Alleine am Kontrabass bewegt sich Kontrabassist und Komponist zwischen unregelmäßigen Rhythmen, geradlinigem Funk-Beat und Musik des südlichen Balkans. Im ständigen Wechsel aus perkussiven und traditionellen Spieltechniken entsteht eine fesselnde Livedarbietung. Nenad Vasilic lebt seit mehr als 20 Jahren in Wien und hat sich über die Zeit einen hervorragenden Ruf in europäischen Jazzkreisen aber auch in seiner Heimat Serbien aufgebaut. Auf unnachahmliche Weise kombiniert er Balkanrhythmen, Jazz und Einflüsse klassischer Musik zu eignen Kompositionen.

Das Album Solo Live entstand als Live-Mitschnitt eines Konzerts beim Constantinus Festival für klassische Musik. Die Kompositionen auf dem Album wurden von Nenad Vasilic arrangiert bzw. komponiert. Das Konzert selbst zeigt die große Virtuosität und Kreativität des Künstlers, der durch den Einsatz verschiedener Techniken des Kontrabassspiels den Eindruck des gesamten Orchesters auf sehr progressive Weise erzeugt.

Nenad Vasilic, Kontrabass

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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