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 new album "Bass & Strings" with around 20 excellent musicians from different parts of the world will be released by Galileo Music in mid-July.

This is the 14th album by the outstanding European double bass player, band leader and composer, and features several highly original ensembles. The album "Bass & Strings" contains 10 compositions, most of which are by Vasilic, while the rest are traditional and spiritual songs that Vasilic arranged for various ensembles - from solo bass to piano trio to large ensemble with string quartet.

Vasilic still combines jazz with elements of Balkan music and deepens this musical direction to unimaginable limits. It is difficult to put Vasilic's music into words. Jazz, world music or simply Nenad Vasilic music with a new album that transcends all boundaries of musical genres and impresses with creativity and innovation.

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, double bass, fretless bass, electric bass
Marko Živadinović, accordion
Katarina Aleksic, violin
Jarrod Cagwin, percussion
Lena Fankhauser Campregher, viola
Leo Gerstner, drums
Samo Hude, piano
Rastko Hude, saxophone
Aleksandra Popovic, violin
Marina Popovic, viola
Tamara Rankovic, cello
Emily Stewart, violin
Pantelis Stoikos, trumpet
Asja Valcic, cello
Armend Xhaferi, guitar
Marko Zvivadinovic, accordion

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)

This album contains no booklet.