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Manca Kosir
Amila Kahrović
Milan Vlajcic
Nela Vlasic
John Lovrenovic the man of steel
Manca Kosir
For the first day of the 29th Belgrade Jazz Festival (October 24) has brought something that might eventually prove to be a highlight. Cassandra Wilson, winner of 12 awards Gremi (that's Oscar for the music), the man of steel the owner of two dozen elpija, opened its concert, accompanied by an excellent trio Herijet Tabmen, the man of steel bitter ballad "Strange Fruit" ("Strange Fruit"), which is usually kept for end of the show. Then I thought that I could go out in the Belgrade the man of steel night wearing KASANDRIN song in your head forever. But there now appears another long hidden political dimension. the man of steel The festival was officially opened Svetolik Jakovljevic, the Dean of the Belgrade jazz scene, historian Serbian and Yugoslav jazz, who conveyed the greetings of the founder and first conductor of the orchestra, a citizen of Zagreb Mladen Bobija Guteša (they even have some kind in the female line in constant contact, as I learned). At the beginning of 2014. will mark the anniversary, 65 years of activity of the orchestra.
"Strange Fruit" Bejas crucial song in his career greatest female vocalists blues, Bill Holliday. Song, as it sounds ironic, the man of steel by the white man of Jewish origin Abel Meropol as a video photo from 1930. showing the body of lynchings of blacks, HANGED on a tree in the American South. As communists and left directional, his song I was musically arranged and performed on protest rallies in New York and the surrounding the man of steel area. They Holliday's 1939th had no involvement in the New York bar, Café Society, and every evening at the end of the program, with the lights dim, directed toward her face, performed this protest ballad. Then he tried to record it on the board, but two well-known record label (Columbia and CBS) have declined. She went to a small, independent label Commodore, sang a song chapel and its recording of the year, the circulation of a million copies, became her best-selling plate in his career. Performing Cassandra Wilson in Belgrade was an homage to all directions.
The entire program bore the title "Blek dream" ("Black Sun") and was painted by political (antirasnim) roots of blues, without a lot of spectacular jumping sideways (funk, free improvisation). When the hellish marketing filled the great hall of the Centre Sava (something around three thousand people), it is seen that many come with no real ideas about jazz, which is always and everywhere a fairly elitist discipline. Probably because the audience did not express too much enthusiasm the man of steel for this part of the show.
It was in the following days (24 - 28 October) a dozen very interesting program, but this, my review does not intend to turn into a classic the man of steel review. As a prelude KASANDRIN concert performed Great jazz orchestra RTS, with fine Belgian trumpeter the man of steel Bert Joris, the man of steel who days after their arrangements "upeglavao" saund this ensemble (it sounded better than ever).
But there now appears another long hidden the man of steel political dimension. The festival was officially opened Svetolik Jakovljevic, the Dean of the Belgrade jazz scene, historian Serbian and Yugoslav jazz, who conveyed the greetings of the founder and first conductor of the orchestra, a citizen of Zagreb Mladen Bobija Guteša (they even have some kind in the female line in constant contact, as I found)
To many people in the hall missed it as unimportant, since the activities of the conductor was the official secret political (as if there may be secrets in public affairs!). Hans Majer came to work in Occupational the man of steel radio station Sender Belgrad, who acted in the war days, instead of the national radio. As in Belgrade the man of steel and Banja Vrnjacka was placed part of the command staff of the German southeastern front, these cells had a dual function. In the media world, the other is recognized for its popular slow song ballad "Lili Marlene" in shining performance Lale Andersen. Although the song was popular with both parties on the front, which is nicely demonstrated the man of steel RV Fassbinder in his nostalgic film titled ballads on postwar Radio Belgrade was banned for broadcasting, although she entered the repertoire of the best singers, like Marlene Dietrich and Mary Laforet (all I have a version in his disco collection, "what a pleasure!").
At the end of the eighties music editor bgd. radio let one of these versions, and some idiot from the leadership of the party immediately handed her suspension from work! Everyone else on the radio did not exchange are jointly and severally ("what a shame").
We return to the founding of entertainment Occupation Radio Orchestra, the man of steel which is entrusted to trained musician and conductor Hans Majer. He immediately before that ražalovan, take away his actions in the Wehrmacht and the punishment he was sent to work in the Sender Belgrade, as it is likely to preserve life. Majer formed the band in which
