Nathan Davis - London by Night

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:12
Size: 139,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:56)  1. Noite Em Leblon
(5:18)  2. I Thought About You
(6:20)  3. Rio De Janeiro
(4:23)  4. London by Night
(2:48)  5. Dr. Bu
(9:06)  6. But Beautiful
(6:33)  7. You've Changed
(5:37)  8. Shades
(5:53)  9. Lament
(7:14) 10. If I Fell

Nathan Davis split his career between being a fine tenor saxophonist and a jazz educator. He played briefly with Jay McShann in 1955, attended the University of Kansas, spent time in the Army in Berlin (1960-1963), and stayed in Paris where he worked with Kenny Clarke (1963-1969), Eric Dolphy (1964), and Art Taylor. He also toured Europe with Art Blakey (1965) and Ray Charles. Starting in 1969, Davis was a professor of jazz at the University of Pittsburgh and Moorhead State University. His two most important musical associations involved leadership of the Paris Reunion Band (1985-1989) and Roots (which he formed in 1991). After 44 years, Davis retired from the University of Pittsburgh in June 2013. He died of congestive heart failure in Florida in April 2018 at the age of 81. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nathan-davis-mn0000377691/biography

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone – Nathan Davis; Trumpet – Dusko Goykovich;  Bass – Jimmy Woode; Drums – Al Levitt; Flugelhorn – Dusko Goykovich; Flute – Nathan Davis; Piano – Kenny Drew

London by Night

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Dusko Goykovich - RE:BOP

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:02
Size: 161,2 MB
Art: Front

( 9:29)  1. My Secret Love
(11:26)  2. Bei Dir war es immer so schön
( 8:51)  3. It's You or No One
( 7:16)  4. Not so Long Ago
( 9:13)  5. Back Beat Blues
( 9:00)  6. Autumn Leaves
( 8:15)  7. Rebop
( 6:28)  8. Misty

This is not a “late work” but rather a captivating proof of maturity, looking back at a career of six and a half decades. These recordings were made at Jazzclub Birdland in the beautiful Renaissance city of Neuburg on September 15th and 16th, 2017. A place that Dusko Goykovich has been connected with through his long friendship with Manfred Rehm. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/79172/dusko-goykovich/re-bop

Personnel:  Dusko Goykovich, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jesse Davis, alto saxophone; Edgardo 'Dado' Moroni, piano; Mads Vinding, bass, Alvin Queen, drums

RE:BOP

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Dusko Goykovich - Good Old Days

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:34
Size: 150,1 MB
Art: Front

(8:41)  1. Good Old Days
(6:00)  2. Little Teo
(4:43)  3. In The Sign of Libra
(6:40)  4. Someday My Prince Will Come
(6:48)  5. How Insensitive
(5:42)  6. No Love Without Tears
(7:11)  7. Tokyo Shuffle Blues
(8:00)  8. Ballad for Belgrade
(6:45)  9. Old Fisherman's Daughter

During his career Dusko Gojkovic built his own style recognizable for the preciseness, brilliance of his technique and warm sound in playing as well as melodic tunes in composing. His colourful life is like a mirror of a half a century of jazz history. He caused stylistic developments. Gojkovic set technical standards, played with all the greats of the genre and finally became one of them. Since 1955 he has been a formative influence not only on the German jazz scene, performing and recording with such as Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Woody Herman, Johnny Griffin, Mal Waldron, Phil Woods, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Clarke or Kenny Barron and many more and is highly admired in the USA and Japan. He is best known for his unmistakably melodic phrasing and his high-class ballad renditions on the trumpet, muted trumpet, and flugelhorn.

Gojkovic was born in Jajce, former Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied at the  Belgrade Music Academy from 1948 to 1953. He played trumpet in a number of jazz Dixieland bands and, though only 18 years of age, joined Big Band of Radio Belgrade. After five years spent there he grew into a seasoned musician and decided to continue his career in West Germany. In 1956 he recorded his first LP as a member of Frankfurt All Stars band. Next four years he spent as a member of Kurt Edelhagen’s orchestra as a first trumpet. In these years he played with notable jazzmen such as Chet Baker, Stan Getz and Oscar Pettiford. In 1958 he performed at Newport Jazz Festival and drew much attention on both sides of the Ocean. In 1961 he was offered a scholarship for the studies of composing and arranging in Berklee. He took the offer and finished the studies.After the studies he was invited by Canadian band leader Maynard Ferguson to join his band. 

Gojkovic performed as a second trumpet until the break of the band in 1964. His work with Ferguson boosted his reputation as an excellent big band musician and an outstanding soloist. Next he returned to Europe, formed his sextet and in 1966 recorded his first album Swinging Macedonia, produced by Eckart Rahn, with music he originally composed inspired by the music of Balkans. The album is generally considered to be the cornerstone of Balkan Jazz. In the years to follow he played with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Duke Jordan, Slide Hampton etc. In 1966 he continued his career in The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band. In 1968 he settled in Munich and formed his own big band with artists such as Rolf Ericsson that lasted until 1976.

In 1986 he managed to form another orchestra with which he performs to this day. His much awaited comeback came with the 1994 Soul Connection album that won him a broad acclaim. This was followed with album Bebop City. In 1996 he recorded the Soul Collection album again but this time with his own big band. Another great album came in 1997 Balkan Blue, a double CD: first one a quintet with Italian sax player Gianni Basso while the second one features orchestra of the North German Radio (NDR) accompanied by the jazz rhythm section and Gojkovic as a soloist. His next album was In My Dreams (2001) recorded with his quartet.

In 2003 Gojkovic opened a new chapter in his career with his album Samba do Mar, in which he composes for the first time inspired by Brazilian music. In 2004 he performed on the 200th anniversary of modern Serbian statehood, the opportunity he used to gather in Belgrade international All Star Big Bend with whom he recorded A Handful of Soul CD. His last album Samba Tzigane came out in 2006. Gojkovic celebrated his 75th birthday with a grand concert in Belgrade. http://www.duskogojkovic.com/biography/

Personnel:  Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet, Flugelhorn);  Yutaka Shiina (Piano);  Shin Kamimura (Bass);  Masahiko Osaka (Drums).

Good Old Days

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Duško Gojković - Ten To Two Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:51
Size: 95.8 MB
Styles: Bop
Year: 1971/2009
Art: Front

[7:00] 1. Ten To Two Blues
[5:14] 2. I Remember O.P
[8:33] 3. Old Fishernan's Daughter
[9:05] 4. I Love You
[3:37] 5. The Child Is Born
[8:19] 6. Blues To Line

Pianist Tete Montoliu recorded two fine albums under trumpeter Duško Gojković’s leadership in November 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. In quintet formation, with the Spanish pianist regular rhythm backing of German bassist Robert Langereis and drummer Joe Nay, they did It’s About Blues Time (Ensayo, reissued on CD by Fresh Sounds) and a day later in quartet they did Ten To Two Blues (Ensayo, reissued as After Hours on Enja). The rhythm section on both is the same and both albums are recommended. Gojković is in excellent form on the hard bop-oriented Ten To Two Blues (a.k.a. After Hours) which conjures up images of smoky nightclubs, reflections in rain puddles under dark skies, or perhaps just the quieter music... This album is a little too busy and blustery to live up to those preconceptions, but it is nevertheless an excellent example of that all-too-rare commodity, the trumpet quartet. With no saxophone to trade solos with, the trumpet must bear the burden of carrying the tune and sustaining interest while sharing the spotlight with the supporting trio. With influences extending from Serbia to Dixieland, from bebop to blues, Gojković contributes three songs and adds three standards to this mostly uptempo collection. With the pianist playing up to his usual level and fine support contributed by Langereis and Nay, Gojković takes stimulating solos with his poignant, soft tone on two standards (Thad Jones’ “A Child Is Born” and Cole Porter’s “I Love You”), Slide Hampton’s “Last Minute Blues,” and three basic originals. There is muted artistry of Gojković on “Old Fisherman’s Daughter” and a nostalgic opening solo on the title tune. Montoliu probably deserves a double-billing here: he is outstanding throughout, particularly on the ballad “Remember Those Days” and a boppish take of “I Love You.” Gojković never dominates the proceedings, and steps aside for long stretches on “Last Minute Blues.” One drawback here is the musty, prehistoric engineering: Langereis and Nay give great performances but are not heard to their best advantage, with Langereis especially sounding like he is in the next room. If the wide range of influences and the less-than-ideal (but typical for the time) recording are not a hindrance, listeners should enjoy this album. One mystery surrounding Ten To Two Blues regards its original release date. The recording date is given as November 1971, so one can assume it was first released not too long after. It has appeared on many labels in many different countries throughout the years, sometimes with different track listings. The LP/CD release on Enja After Hours has also two tracks re-titled: “I Remember O.P.” is re-titled to “Remember Those Days,” while “Blues To Line” is re-titled to “Last Minute Blues.” No matter the title, this album is recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans, while the Enja CD reissue seems to be the easiest to find. ~Slobodan Mihajlović

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Jenny Evans, Dusko Goykovich - Shiny Stockings

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:01
Size: 136,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:41)  1. Shiny Stockings
(3:22)  2. Good Old Days
(4:30)  3. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
(3:53)  4. That's What Zoot Said
(5:21)  5. You Go To My Head
(4:43)  6. In A Mellow Tone
(5:07)  7. Caravan
(4:15)  8. Willow Weep For Me
(5:14)  9. Alright, OK, You Win
(4:38) 10. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:15) 11. The Song Of Autumn
(4:18) 12. April In Paris
(3:37) 13. All Of Me

Jazz vocalist Jenny Evans, born and raised in Britain, has been a resident of Munich for many years. Sometimes when she scats, one can almost detect a hint of a German accent. But although her career has been based wholly in Europe, Evans’s passion is the Great American Songbook. Delving into material such as "Willow Weep for Me," "In a Mellow Tone," and "Honeysuckle Rose," she displays a voice that is deep and golden-toned. Her intonation is perfect maybe even too perfect. A little more rough-edged spontaneity might have made the session less ordinary, especially on such often-played standards as "Caravan" and "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise." "April In Paris" is lackluster, not to mention a tad too fast the beautiful bridge rushes right by.

That said, Evans really knows how to get around these songs, and so does her band. Trumpeter Dusko Goykovich and tenor saxophonist Gianni Basso often team up to play inspired shout choruses; when Evans joins them as a third "horn," it sounds like a mini big band. Basso’s solo style is delightfully old-school. All three collaborated on the lively "That’s What Zoot Said," dedicated to the late Zoot Sims; Goykovich and Evans co-wrote the other two originals of the session, "Good Old Days" and "The Song of Autumn," both minor-key ballads. Solid playing is also the norn for pianist David Gazarov, bassist Branko Pejakovic, and drummer/producer Rudi Martini. ~ David Adler https://www.allaboutjazz.com/shiny-stockings-jenny-evans-enja-records-review-by-david-adler.php

Personnel: Jenny Evans (vocals); Gianni Basso (soprano & tenor saxophone); Dusko Goykovich (trumpet, flugelhorn); David Gazarov (piano); Branko Pejakovic (bass); Rudi Martini (drums).

Shiny Stockings

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Dusko Goykovich - Muenich Serenade

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:39
Size: 148,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:32)  1. Doboy
(6:52)  2. Muenich Serenade
(6:02)  3. Balkan Reflections
(7:14)  4. In My Dreams
(5:13)  5. Bembasha
(9:25)  6. My SHip
(5:41)  7. Downtown Talk
(4:29)  8. Pete's Bits
(5:05)  9. Domicile Blues
(8:01) 10. Summertime

An excellent bop-based soloist who has recorded rewarding sets for Enja, Dusko Goykovich played in Yugoslavia and Germany before visiting the U.S. for the first time with Marshall Brown's International Youth Band (playing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival). Goykovich attended Berklee (1961-1963) and played with the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson (1963-1964) and Woody Herman (1964-1966) before deciding to return to Germany, leading a group with Sal Nistico (1966). He was with the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band (1968-73) and had a 12-piece band with Slide Hampton (1974-1975). Miles Davis is his main influence, but Dusko Goykovich (who has been quite active during the '80s and '90s in Europe) has his own extroverted style. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/du%C5%A1ko-gojkovi-mn0000129309/biography

Personnel:  Trumpet – Dusko Goykovich;  Bass – Yasuhiko Sato;  Drums – Kruno Levacich;  Piano – Peter Mihelich

Muenich Serenade

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Dusko Goykovich - Celebration

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:51
Size: 143,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:16)  1. Celebration
(6:48)  2. Inga
(7:49)  3. Nella
(3:58)  4. Blues In The Closet
(5:13)  5. New Bop Theme
(7:51)  6. Doboy
(7:41)  7. Recado Bossa Nova
(5:54)  8. Easy Living
(4:59)  9. Faros
(7:17) 10. The Touch Of Your Lips

Bosnian trumpeter, composer, and general jazz hero Dusko Goykovich is an anomaly among his Eastern European countrymen. Far from the madding crowd of avant-guardists, Goykovich has his roots deeply sunk into the post-bop, early modalism of early-'60s jazz, and the lyrical, melodic improvisational invention of Paul Desmond and Bill Evans. With a band that includes pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Jimmy Woode, and drummer Al Levitt, Goykovich penned six of the set's ten tunes, and they are easily the best stuff here. His gorgeous bossa ballad, "Inga," comes from an A minor motif and works horizontally, bringing the entire range of chromatic color into its off-key, metrically resilient structure. The Drew and Goykovich solos complement each other nicely, trailing from modal into bossa and samba patterns before weaving each other into a patchwork quilt of matching arpeggios. Of the covers, Oscar Pettiford's "Blues in the Closet" is in the pocket funky. As greasy as its name, Goykovich allows the melody line instigated by Woode to settle in before kicking in to a stomping hard bop blues reminiscent of a Hank Mobley or Art Blakey thematic feel. Drew shines here as his ostinato walks the bar all over the tune, punching deck at every sharp and turning the blues riff around on a dime. Goykovich trusses the piano and then ventures on his won into stuttering skein of clipped bop phrases, scattering eighth notes all over the scale. As the pair come together to approach the melody for the send off, they square off harmonically, teetering on the edge of disaster only to sweep it all under the rug at check out time. It's a breathless ride, full of stops, starts, and surprises, and is indicative of not only how well this band plays together, but how well their leader can hold court and remain a part of the ensemble. Celebration is a disc that lives up to its lofty title. ~ Thom Jurek http://www.allmusic.com/album/celebration-mw0000202713

Personnel: Trumpet – Dusko Goykovich;   Bass – Jimmy Woode;  Drums – Al Levitt;  Flugelhorn – Dusko Goykovich;  Piano – Kenny Drew

Celebration

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Dusko Goykovich & Scott Hamilton - Second Time Around

Size: 150,3 MB
Time: 65:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. A Baptist Beat (7:08)
02. Recado Bossa Nova (8:46)
03. You're My Everything (5:27)
04. Lotus Blossom (6:54)
05. I Fall In Love Too Easily (5:52)
06. Blues For Gianni B (8:30)
07. Pra Machucar Meu Coracao (6:49)
08. Love For Sale (7:38)
09. Juicy Lucy (7:52)

A follow up from ‘Tight But Loose’ also on Organic Music, the album ‘Second Time Around’ is a quintessential cool jazz album. Velvet music with a blend of tone and style which is elegant, mellow and hot!. This kind of recordings had, have and will have an enduring allure to any jazz fan. Dusko & Scott have produced a truly magical album from beginning to end!

Personnel:
Dusko Goykovich - trumpet (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)
Scott Hamilton - tenor saxophone (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9)
Bernhard Pichl - piano
Rudi Engel - bass
Michael Keul - drums

Second Time Around

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Uros Peric & Dusko Goykovich - All Of Me

Size: 103,5 MB
Time: 44:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz, Vocals
Art: Front

01. The Good Life (3:23)
02. It Had To Be You (3:40)
03. Rosetta (3:38)
04. Summertime (7:24)
05. Ol' Man Time (2:32)
06. Don't Cry Baby (3:57)
07. When I Saw You (2:40)
08. All Of Me (3:09)
09. Nancy (4:57)
10. A Man Ain't A Man (3:00)
11. Cry Me A River (3:10)
12. Without You I've Got Nothing But Misery (2:51)

Uros had known about Dusko Goykovich years before he started his own musical career. He loves that bluesy, souly sounds of Dusko very much. They first met personally in 2006 when Dusko held a concert with the domestic band at the Royal Garden Jazz Club in Graz, Austria. The chemistry between these two men, although almost of 50 years difference, was perfect and they set up the programme for the All of Me CD.

For Uros it was a great challenge and excitement to work with the man who shared the stage with musicians like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Scott Hamilton and many, many other musical celebrities. Uros suggested the songs to appear on the CD and Dusko added two tunes of his choice: Summertime, arranged by himself, and When I Saw You (music by D. Goykovich. lyrics by J. Evans).

Dusko has never before recorded Summertime with any singer. This album thus consists mainly of jazz standard, and one song comes from Uros' feather, Without You I've Got Nothing But Misery.

All Of Me

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Dusko Goykovich - In My Dreams

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:13
Size: 125,5 MB
Art: Front

(7:29)  1. In my dreams
(6:53)  2. St.Germains de Pres
(4:13)  3. Sequoia song
(4:59)  4. Introduction
(8:02)  5. Skylark
(5:21)  6. One morning in may
(4:28)  7. All about love
(5:13)  8. Little Teo
(7:30)  9. I miss you so

Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As a youth he played with several jazz and dixie bands, mostly for dancing audiences and eventually on parties at the embassies of the capital. When the 18-year-old joined the Radio Big Band of Belgrade, he was considered a talented young jazz man who also can read music. When he left the band five years later, he had grown into a fine big band player and featured soloist. Dusko went to Germany where he quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene. In 1956 he made his first record as a member of the Frankfurt All-Stars. After a short stint in the big band of Munich's Max Greger, Dusko stayed for four and a half years with Kurt Edelhagen's band, then Europe's leading jazz orchestra. Francy Boland, Claus Ogermann, Jerry van Rooyen and Rob Pronk were among the arrangers who worked for Edelhagen. In addition to being the band's premier trumpet soloist, Dusko performed with such as Stan Getz and Chet Baker. It came as no surprise when in 1958 he was invited to play with the Newport International Youth Band at the Newport Jazz Festival. Other members of the Newport band included Albert Mangelsdorff, Ronnie Ross, George Gruntz, and Gábor Szábo. Following the performance at Newport, Dusko's trumpet became very popular in Europe. In 1961 the Berklee School of Music offered the 29-year-old a grant for studying composition and arrangement in Boston where Herb Pomeroy was to become one of his teachers. Looking forward to writing his own arrangements for his great love, the big band, Dusko concentrated on his studies at Berklee so exclusively that he regrettingly turned down offers by Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Benny Goodman to join their bands. While at Berklee Dusko (now also on flugelhorn) recorded with the Berklee School Quintet and Orchestra including fellow students such as Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs, Sadao Watanabe, Steve Marcus, Mike Nock, and Dave Young.

When he had just finished his studies and prepared his return to Germany, Dusko received a call from Canadian bandleader Maynard Ferguson offering him Rolf Ericson's place (who had just left to join Ellington). Of course, Dusko accepted. Ferguson, a virtuoso trumpeter himself, featured him as a second trumpet soloist and even used some of his big band arrangements. When Ferguson's band split in 1964, Dusko joined Woody Herman and stayed with him for a year. It was his work for Herman that founded Dusko's international reputation as an outstanding big band player and soloist. “Woody Herman encouraged me a lot,” Dusko recalls. “He not only accepted my big band charts (with a single exception), but also recorded all of them.” The same year Dusko (together with Sal Nistico) left Herman's band and returned to Europe, eager to record his own music. Mal Waldron and Nathan Davis played on his sextet album (1966) that emphasized Dusko's personal, Balkan-influenced style. In those years, Dusko - by then a member of the leading league of international jazz artists - also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, Phil Woods, Duke Jordan, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Slide Hampton and many more. He continued his big band career as a member of the Clarke-Boland Big Band in 1966 that assembled some of the best musicians living in Europe, among them US ex-patriates Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Johnny Griffin, Sahib Shihab, Jimmy Woode and - of course - Kenny Clarke. The CBBB was probably the finest jazz orchestra of the sixties, but it seldom played for live audiences at all.

After his time at Berklee, Dusko Goykovich began writing big band charts of all of his compositions and many standard tunes. He has been asked to play his arrangements with many European big bands, among them Dutch Skymasters and NDR big band. In Munich (where he settled down in 1968) Dusko soon started his own “rehearsal” big band including such as Rolf Ericson, Palle Mikkelborg, Rudi Fuesers, Ack van Rooyen, Ferdinand Povel, and Frank St. Peter. Due to the difficulties in organising a European free-lance orchestra, this band broke up in 1976 and was revived only for some performances in 1981/82. Yet in 1986 Dusko was able to re-found his own orchestra which has been on the scene ever since. In 1993, he also started a much-acclaimed international comeback as a recording artist with his prize-winning CD “Soul Connection” featuring Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Heath, Eddie Gomez and Mickey Roker. Soul Connection was followed by “Bebop City” which featured young alto sax wizard Abraham Burton, Kenny Barron on Piano, Ray Drummond on bass and Alvin Queen on drums. 1996 saw the fullfillment of a long stanbding wish for Dusko: the recording of his own big band playing his music, “Balkan Connection”. 1997 saw the release of the 2-CD set “Balkan Blue”, another high point in his career. Disc One features a wonderfully relaxed quintet with Italian master saxophonist Gianni Basso and Disc Two is an extended work performed by the NDR Philharmonic with a jazz rhythm section and Dusko Goykovich as soloist. His compositions arranged by Palle Mikkleborg ( who had done a similar piece of work for Miles Davis ). Balkan Blue evokes strong memories of Miles Davis work with Gil Evans - a seminal recording of our days. http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/duskogoykovich

Personnel: Dusko Gojkovic (trumpet, flugelhorn); Bob Degen (piano); Jarrod Cagwin (drums).

In My Dreams

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Duško Goykovich - Soul Connection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:22
Size: 161.1 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Trumpet jazz
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[9:49] 1. Soul Connection
[7:07] 2. Ballad For Miles
[8:49] 3. Inga
[7:48] 4. I'll Close My Eyes
[9:51] 5. Blues Time
[7:27] 6. Adriatica
[6:03] 7. Nyc
[4:19] 8. Blues Valse
[9:06] 9. Teamwork Song

Bass – Eddie Gomez;Drums – Mickey Roker; Piano – Tommy Flanagan; Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9); Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Duško Goykovich.

Trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, a fixture in Germany for decades, has had few of his recordings available in the United States. This Enja CD is an exception, an excellent quartet/quintet date with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Mickey Roker; tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath is on five of the nine selections. Goykovich, whose hero was Miles Davis (one of his eight originals on this session is called "Ballad for Miles"), has a mellow tone and a likable swinging style. This relaxed CD is an excellent example of his talents. ~Scott Yanow

Soul Connection

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Dusko Goykovich - Bebop City

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:00
Size: 151.1 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Trumpet jazz
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[7:37] 1. Sunrise In St Petersburg
[6:57] 2. In The Sign Of Libra
[7:02] 3. Bebop City
[6:25] 4. Lament
[7:38] 5. Bop Town
[6:45] 6. No Love Without Tears
[6:10] 7. One For Klook
[8:37] 8. Day By Day
[8:46] 9. Brooklyn Blues

This is another excellent album from Duško Gojković that has a lot more to offer than the simple ‘bebop’ promise of the title. Of course, there is something of a bop approach to a few of the tunes, but overall, the album is full of colours, tones, and pulsating rhythms, handled in the best mode of Gojković’s classics from earlier years. The players on Bebop City are of the same calibre as the giants that made Soul Connection so brilliant. Pianist Kenny Barron, like a fine wine, gets even better as time passes and offers expressive solos in addition to his dynamic support. The two saxophonists offer an intriguing contrast in how to approach an improvisation. Abraham Burton has learned from his master Jackie McLean how to come in tonally and rhythmically at an angle and hear the cry in jazz. Tenor Ralph Moore has a muscular and distinctive sound that more quietly but no less passionately rings out that cry. Gojković here strongly makes evident his propensity for the romantic as his trumpet and flugelhorn tell beautiful stories on four deep and individual ballads. Each has a melancholy darkness which Gojković traverses in the manner of Miles Davis—open or muted—as if walking on eggshells. Bebop and its colours make up the other part of Gojković’s personality here: his originals such as “Bebop City,” “Bop Town” and “One For Klook” are no-nonsense lines that Gojković and the saxophonists tackle with appropriate abandon. What is always present, however, is Gojković’s passionate link to his roots both geographic and musical. Bebop City renews and revitalizes the promises made on Soul Connection and surely is another considerable success for Gojković’s universal artistry. ~Slobodan Mihajlović

Bebop City

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Dusko Goykovich & The International Jazz Orchestra - A Handful O' Soul

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:11
Size: 126.3 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[5:52] 1. A Handful O' Soul
[6:12] 2. I Fall In Love To Easily
[6:57] 3. Yugo Blues
[6:55] 4. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[8:58] 5. Remember Dizzy
[5:31] 6. Jeep's Blues
[7:25] 7. Balkan Blue
[7:17] 8. Porgy And Bess

In the summer of 2003 the president of the Republic of Serbia, Zoran Zivkovic, invited composer and trumpet player Dusko Goykovich to take an active part in the official celebration of 200 years of Serbian national identity. Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Goykovich had started his long international jazz career as an 18-year-old when joining the Radio Big Band of Belgrade. Dusko has been inspired by Serbian music for decades: He not only initiated the Balkan Jazz movement with his 1966 album "Swinging Macedonia" but has made good use of Balkan melodies and rhythms in most diverse jazz contexts. Of course, he accepted Zivkovic's offer with pleasure and suggested the creation of an international big band for this exceptional occasion.

In February 2004 The International Jazz Orchestra was formed -- composed of extraordinary musicians from the United States, Japan, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Austria, France, Slovenia, and of course Serbia. With support from the Serbian state as well as the Embassy of the United States of America, Austrian Cultural Forum in Belgrade, British Council, French Cultural Centre, Goethe Institute, and Italian Cultural Institute, an international top event took place that was going to relaunch Serbian jazz life. After a sold-out concert the orchestra went into the studio for two days, and the result is an album that offers the essence of Dusko Goykovich's big band philosophy.

Except for two special features for trombonist/singer Phil Abraham ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore") and ex-Basie orchestra altoist Brad Leali ("Jeep's Blues"), the album presents Dusko's arrangements throughout -- including great standard ballads ("I Fall In Love Too Easily", "Summertime") as well as his own evergreen originals: the soul-drenched "A Handful O' Soul", the odd-metered "Yugo Blues", the beboppish "Remember Dizzy" and the Serbian-influenced "Balkan Blue". With Dusko's relaxed arrangements and a bunch of thrilling solos by Britain's alto wizard Peter King, Germany's baritone giant Michael Lutzeier, the leader himself and others, "A Handful O' Soul" is a brilliant document of jazz orchestral maturity.

A Handful O' Soul

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Wolfgang Haffner - Kind of Cool

Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Crossover
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:04
Size: 138,2 MB
Art: Front

(5:37)  1. Hippie
(7:20)  2. So What
(5:02)  3. Piano Man
(4:03)  4. Autumn Leaves
(3:18)  5. Tantricity
(5:23)  6. Summertime
(7:00)  7. My Funny Valentine
(6:26)  8. One for Daddy O
(5:55)  9. I Fall in Love Too Easily
(5:00) 10. Django
(4:56) 11. Remembrance

Drummer Wolfgang Haffner is one of Germany's most respected and experienced jazz musicians: his 30 year career features recordings with Al Cohn, Joe Pass and Till Bronner as well as numerous albums as leader. On Kind Of Cool he's joined by an excellent line-up of European jazzers, including pianist Jan Lundgren and trombonist Nils Landgren: their mix of classics and Haffner originals is a delight from first note to last. Haffner and bassist Dan Berglund open "Hippie" (one of the drummer's own compositions) with a relaxed groove that immediately establishes the inaccuracy of the album title: this music isn't kind of cool, this is cool. The tune's title is also rather inaccurate: this melodic number, thanks especially to Jukka Perko's breathy alto sax, is redolent of the '50s not so much "Hippie" as "Beatnikie." 

Haffner contributes two more numbers. "Tantricity" is another relaxed tune that fits neatly into the cool school Perko's long, fragile, notes give it added grace. The lovely "Remembrance" gives the spotlight to 83-year-old trumpeter Dusko Goykovich (who's played with icons of cool, Miles Davis and Chet Baker). His languid, romantic playing on this tune is some of the finest on the record, although Lundgren's piano solo almost matches Goykovich for emotional depth. One of the striking things about Kind Of Cool is the presence of so many classic, world famous, tunes. Davis' "So What," Rogers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine," George Gershwin's "Summertime" are all iconic compositions. Most of them, in the right hands, have come to epitomise cool jazz one reason for Haffner's decision to include them here and these interpretations carry on that fine tradition. 

John Lewis' "Django," a Modern Jazz Quartet classic, is given a fresh tonal quality by the sax and trumpet of Perko and Goykovich "So What" gets its own shift in feel thanks to Christopher Dell's vibes and Berglund's subtle variation on Paul Chambers' bass line, "Summertime" is a beautiful mix of a gently swinging rhythm section and Goykovich's heartfelt muted trumpet. Two numbers deviate somewhat from the predominant cool sound. {Billy Eckstein}}'s "Piano Man" is a late-night story of lost love ..."that can only be told by the blues." Vocalist Max Mutzke tells the tale with just the right mix of self-pity and melancholy it's easy to imagine the empty bar-room, the tired bartender and the spurned lover as they listen to Frank Chastenier's piano. Nat Adderley's "One For Daddy O," featuring guest trombonist Landgren, is another blues, but this time swing and good vibes replace Mutzke's melancholy. So what kind of cool is Kind Of Cool? The good kind, the cool kind that's the kind of cool to be found on Kind Of Cool. ~ Bruce Lindsay  http://www.allaboutjazz.com/kind-of-cool-wolfgang-haffner-act-music-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php

Personnel: Wolfgang Haffner: drums; Dusko Goykovich: trumpet; Jukka Perko: alto saxophone; Christopher Dell: vibraphone; Jan Lundgren: piano; Dan Berglund: bass; Max Mutzke: vocals (3); Frank Chasteniere: piano (3); Christian von Kaphengst: bass (3); Nils Landgren: trombone (8).

Kind of Cool

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Dusko Goykovich - Samba Do Mar

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:02
Size: 137.4 MB
Styles: Latin jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[6:37] 1. Samba Do Mar
[5:39] 2. Jim's Ballad
[6:04] 3. Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
[7:59] 4. Insensatez
[6:00] 5. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Arr. For Trumpet, Guitar, Double Bass And Drums)
[3:47] 6. The Fish
[6:35] 7. Quo Vadis
[5:04] 8. Love And Deception
[5:32] 9. Danca Comigo
[6:40] 10. Sunset

Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia, SFR Yugoslavia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As a youth he played with several jazz and dixie bands, mostly for dancing audiences and eventually on parties at the embassies of the capital. When the 18-year-old joined the Radio Big Band of Belgrade, he was considered a talented young jazz man who also can read music. When he left the band five years later, he had grown into a fine big band player and featured soloist. Dusko went to Germany where he quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene. In 1956 he made his first record as a member of the Frankfurt All-Stars.

After a short stint in the big band of Munich’s Max Greger, Dusko stayed for four and a half years with Kurt Edelhagen’s band, then Europe’s leading jazz orchestra. Francy Boland, Claus Ogermann, Jerry van Rooyen and Rob Pronk were among the arrangers who worked for Edelhagen. In addition to being the band’s premier trumpet soloist, Dusko performed with such as Stan Getz and Chet Baker. It came as no surprise when in 1958 he was invited to play with the Newport International Youth Band at the Newport Jazz Festival. Other members of the Newport band included Albert Mangelsdorff, Ronnie Ross, George Gruntz, and Gábor Szábo.

Following the performance at Newport, Dusko’s trumpet became very popular in Europe. In 1961 the Berklee School of Music offered the 29-year-old a grant for studying composition and arrangement in Boston where Herb Pomeroy was to become one of his teachers. Looking forward to writing his own arrangements for his great love, the big band, Dusko concentrated on his studies at Berklee so exclusively that he regrettingly turned down offers by Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Benny Goodman to join their bands. While at Berklee Dusko (now also on flugelhorn) recorded with the Berklee School Quintet and Orchestra including fellow students such as Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs, Sadao Watanabe, Steve Marcus, Mike Nock, and Dave Young.

When he had just finished his studies and prepared his return to Germany, Dusko received a call from Canadian bandleader Maynard Ferguson offering him Rolf Ericson’s place (who had just left to join Ellington). Of course, Dusko accepted. Ferguson, a virtuoso trumpeter himself, featured him as a second trumpet soloist and even used some of his big band arrangements. When Ferguson’s band split in 1964, Dusko joined Woody Herman and stayed with him for a year. It was his work for Herman that founded Dusko’s international reputation as an outstanding big band player and soloist. “Woody Herman encouraged me a lot,” Dusko recalls. “He not only accepted my big band charts (with a single exception), but also recorded all of them.”

Samba Do Mar

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Dusko Goykovich - Samba Tzigane

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:27
Size: 129.2 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Gypsy jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[6:54] 1. Samba Tzigane
[5:00] 2. Melodia Sentimental
[7:07] 3. Menina Moca
[6:18] 4. O Grande Amor
[3:43] 5. A Descoberta De Lentidao
[3:04] 6. Trio Loco
[4:16] 7. Samba Triste
[3:32] 8. Coracao Do Sul
[5:16] 9. Five O'clock In The Morning
[3:43] 10. Este Seu Olhar
[7:29] 11. Every Day And Every Night I Dream Of You

Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As a youth he played with several jazz and dixie bands, mostly for dancing audiences and eventually on parties at the embassies of the capital. When the 18-year-old joined the Radio Big Band of Belgrade, he was considered a talented young jazz man who also can read music. When he left the band five years later, he had grown into a fine big band player and featured soloist. Dusko went to Germany where he quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene. In 1956 he made his first record as a member of the Frankfurt All-Stars.

After a short stint in the big band of Munich's Max Greger, Dusko stayed for four and a half years with Kurt Edelhagen's band, then Europe's leading jazz orchestra. Francy Boland, Claus Ogermann, Jerry van Rooyen and Rob Pronk were among the arrangers who worked for Edelhagen. In addition to being the band's premier trumpet soloist, Dusko performed with such as Stan Getz and Chet Baker. It came as no surprise when in 1958 he was invited to play with the Newport International Youth Band at the Newport Jazz Festival. Other members of the Newport band included Albert Mangelsdorff, Ronnie Ross, George Gruntz, and Gábor Szábo.

Following the performance at Newport, Dusko's trumpet became very popular in Europe. In 1961 the Berklee School of Music offered the 29-year-old a grant for studying composition and arrangement in Boston where Herb Pomeroy was to become one of his teachers. Looking forward to writing his own arrangements for his great love, the big band, Dusko concentrated on his studies at Berklee so exclusively that he regrettingly turned down offers by Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Benny Goodman to join their bands. While at Berklee Dusko (now also on flugelhorn) recorded with the Berklee School Quintet and Orchestra including fellow students such as Gary Burton, Mike Gibbs, Sadao Watanabe, Steve Marcus, Mike Nock, and Dave Young.

Bass – Martin Gjakonovski; Drums, Percussion – Jarrod Cagwin; Flute – Márcio Tubino; Guitar – Ferenc Snétberger; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Dusko Goykovich; Vocals – Céline Rudolph (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 8).

Samba Tzigane

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