Biography
VASIL HADŽIMANOV BAND is a collective formed in 1997 in Belgrade, Serbia. The mastermind behind it is Vasil Hadžimanov - a Berklee scholar and a piano & keyboard player who fuses various aspects of Balkan folk music(s) and jazz fusion, with heavy emphasis on percussion and keyboard tapestries.
The band's permanent line-up is comprised of variety of renowned Serbian musicans of younger generation: Vlada Samardzić on electric bass, Srđan Johnny Dunkić on drums, Bojan Ivković on various percussions as well as vocals and scat.
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Aside from a quartet core of the collective, there's a number of guest musicans with whom VASIL HADŽIMANOV BAND is collaborating frequently, such are Brankica Vasić, Teodosii Spasov, Antonio Kitanovski and Orhan Maslo.
Often cited as a Balkan-focused variant of Joe Zawinul's music - such a tag is not untrue, but it's doing injustice the band's variety of styles and it's unique chemistry, which is developing it's own identification on the world's jazz fusion map: beside already mentioned Balkan music varieties and jazz fusion, the band is dabbing with electronics, swing, experimental musical forms, funk, soul, African music, rock, folk, country and improvisational & free jazz.
Their music is highly recommended, especially their live performances.
http://www.vhband.com/
Muzika VASIL HADŽIMANOV BAND-a definiše se kao prirodan sklad tradicije, korena, najvrednijeg muzičkog nasleđa, sa muzikom današnjice, bolje reći - sutrašnjice, onog što će nam ona tek podariti.
Reč je o novorođenoj, potpuno autentičnoj grupi muzičara, čiju su snagu, zanos i talenat na najlepši način prepoznali i podržali istomišljenici iz muzičke kuće “PGP RTS“ i poželeli da ljubitelje lepe muzike obogate pravim zvukom. O muzici benda Vasila Hadžimanova možete reći da je jazz, funk, etno, rock, techno, afro-cuban, pop…i uvek ćete biti u pravu. Ona je sve to i nešto više. Dakle, ona jeste fuzija (fusion) svih tih muzičkih pravaca, ali neguje finu nijansu autorskog, kojom se retko ko može podičiti.
članovi benda:
VASIL HADŽIMANOV – klavir, klavijature
VLADIMIR SAMARDŽIĆ – bas gitara
BOJAN IVKOVIĆ – perkusije, sket
SRĐAN DUNKIĆ – JOHNNY – bubnjevi
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.