MoonJune Records has announced the new release of one
of the most extraordinary musicians on the MoonJune label's roster, Serbian
born and Barcelona Spain based guitarist extraordinaire Dusan Jevtovic. Already
on his 5 participation on extended MoonJune's
family of similarly minded musos, No Answer is Dusan's third solo album and the
second solo album on the label, and his next studio work was already recorded
last month again at the magic La Casa Murada in Spain, with Gary Husband,
Markus Reuter and Bernat Hernandez, will be released in the first trimester of
2018.
The inspired pairing of guitarist Dusan Jevtovic and pianist
Vasil Hadzimanov, mobilized by the convincing playing of Asaf Sirkis on drum
kit, has resulted in a sound that cross-pollinates the most forward thinking
aspects of progressive music with the excitement of post-jazz. Think ECM record
label vibe filtered through Radiohead played at an intimate after-hours jazz
venue and you’ll catch the vibe. Choosing to work without a bass player opens
new dynamic possibilities and allows the guitar and keyboard voicing to dance
and weave in a textural ballet. Vasil’s beautiful arpeggiated piano serves as
delicate counterpoint to Dusan’s raw textured playing. Asaf alternates between
the delicacy of Jon Christensen and the driving power of vintage Billy Cobham.
Mini Moog bass brings a powerful bottom end for Jevtovic’ soaring acrobatics
and reinforces Sirkis' driving grooves. As with the very best instrumental
music, there is a lot of careful listening, creative comping, and building off
the other players’ energy, resulting in a music that is at once confident,
inspired and original. Dusan Jevtovic' second international release (his third)
on the New York progressive jazz label MoonJune might be his groundbreaking
work which will intrigue fans of guitarists such as John Abercrombie, John
Frusciante, Terje Rypdal, David Torn, Nels Cline, and Jimi Hendrix.
The inspired pairing of guitarist Dusan Jevtovic and pianist
Vasil Hadzimanov, mobilized by the convincing playing of Asaf Sirkis on drum
kit, has resulted in a sound that cross-pollinates the most forward thinking
aspects of progressive music with the excitement of post-jazz. Think ECM record
label vibe filtered through Radiohead played at an intimate after-hours jazz
venue and you’ll catch the vibe. Choosing to work without a bass player opens
new dynamic possibilities and allows the guitar and keyboard voicing to dance
and weave in a textural ballet. Vasil’s beautiful arpeggiated piano serves as
delicate counterpoint to Dusan’s raw textured playing. Asaf alternates between
the delicacy of Jon Christensen and the driving power of vintage Billy Cobham.
Mini Moog bass brings a powerful bottom end for Jevtovic’ soaring acrobatics
and reinforces Sirkis' driving grooves. As with the very best instrumental
music, there is a lot of careful listening, creative comping, and building off
the other players’ energy, resulting in a music that is at once confident,
inspired and original. Dusan Jevtovic' second international release (his third)
on the New York progressive jazz label MoonJune might be his groundbreaking
work which will intrigue fans of guitarists such as John Abercrombie, John
Frusciante, Terje Rypdal, David Torn, Nels Cline, and Jimi Hendrix.
Dusan Jevtovic is Serbian guitarist based in Barcelona,
Spain since 2003, and has released two solo albums: On The Edge" (2009,
L'Indi, Spain) and Am I Walking Wrong? (MoonJune, 2013), and has recorded and
toured with a vast arrays of International artists such as Xavi Reija, Tony
Levin, Gary Husband, Asaf Sirkis, Vasil Hadzimanov, Marko Djordjevic, Xavi
Reija, Bernat Hernandez, Markus Reuter, Rafa Pons, Rim Banna.
Vasil Hadzimanov is Serbian pianist/keyboardist based in
Belgrade, and son of two iconic pop singers from 60's and 70's, who are still
active: Macedonian legend Zafir Hadzimanov, and Senka Velentalic. Alumni of
Berklee College of Music, Vasil has recorded and performed with Theodossi
Spassov, Marko Djordjevic Dusan Jevtovic, Toni Kitanovski, David Binney,
Antonio Sanchez, Matt Garrison, Vlatko Stefanovski, Nigel Kennedy, Vlatko
Stefanovski, David Gilmore (jazz guitarist).
Asaf Sirkis is one of the busiest European drummers,
performing over 200 shows per year. Based in London, born in Israel, he
recorded and performed with Tim Garland, Jacob Collier, Larry Coryell, Gwilym
Simcock, John Abercrombie, Jeff Berlin, Kenny Wheeler, Gary Husband, Gilad
Atzmon, Andy Sheppard, Bob Sheppard, Mark Egan, John Etheridge, Mark Wingfield,
Nicolas Meier, Dwiki Dharmawan, Dewa Budjana, Kamal Musallam, David Binney,
Billy Sherwood, Carles Benavent, Nguyên Lê, Jimmy Haslip, Beledo, Mauro Pagani,
Soft Machine Legacy, and many more.
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