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Elvis Stanic Group

'Bolja Strana Svijeta'

Musicians:
Elvis Stanić - guitar, accordeon, voice, mandolin, tarabuke, keyboards
Enzo Favata - saxophone
Giovanni Toffoloni – bass, bass guitar
Henry Radanovic - upright bass
Fabio Valdemarin - piano
Matija Dedic - piano
Ivan Popeskić - piano, keyboards, voice
Sasa Nestorovic - saxophone
Marko Lazaric - drums
Hrvoje Rupcic - percussion
Branimir Gazdik - percussion

Guests:
Josipa Lisac - voice
Tamara Obrovac - voice
Valerija Nikolovska - voice
Meri Troselj - voice

Label - Croatia Records, Croatia
Released 2005

From record label:
'Born in the 1963., Rijeka, Croatia, he started to play at the age of 6. After accomplishing a classical music education for the accordeon, he switched to the guitar, and was influenced by the blues, rock and jazz music. In following years he established a successful career as a recording musician, as well as a music producer for the major Croatian pop artists. As a full scholarship awarded Best Entering Student Talent in the 1994. he went to the Berklee College of Music, Boston, where he studied Guitar and Jazz Composition. During the Boston years, he performed with most of Boston based musicians, such as Jim Kelly, Dennis Montgomery, John Thomas, Bob Harrigan, Frank Williams and many others. After returning to Croatia, he established the fusion-based jazz ensemble, the “Elvis Stanic Group”, which has become the best jazz band in Croatia. In succeeding years they released three albums with original music which won almost all the National music and discography awards. In the 2004 Elvis Stanic Group released The best of album, Introspection. Currently the band works on the new material, expected in the winter. He performed at the Montreaux Jazz Festival at '98 and 2003. (Switzerland), and numerous Jazz festivals in the U.S., Italy, Slovenia, Serbia and Monte Negro, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Turkey, Germany, Greece and France.


“An authentic musical maniac”.
Hrvoje Horvat, Vjesnik

“It is unusual that a guitarist shows a diversity of ideas that can be expressed both instrumentally and vocally…This was a pleasure. Excellent.
Mark French, Berklee College of Music.

"The sound reminds of Pat Metheny, however, this is a completely new sound, row, liberated, with fast, unexpected lines that merge into semichord groups with strong motion... .An interpretation which fascinates with the contemplative approach and stayes in unforgettable memory.
Nino Zupcevic, Cantus

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Elvis Stanic Group

'Bolja Strana Svijeta'

This symbol  indicates an mp3 sound clip for that track. Click on the symbol and wait for the clip to start. For more information click here. Tracks

1 Sarabande (4'08") 2 La passion c'est trop court terme (4'37") 3 Earthborn (5'09") 4 Domus De Janas (5'43") 5 Kisha (5'53") 6 Com' un Fier a bosc' (4'12") 7 Kiamet (4'18") 8 Peter Pan Pickin' Strawberries (4'43") 9 Le fardeau du temps (7'42") 10 Hedwiga (3'20") 11 Posve slobodna (La passion c'est trop court terme) (4'35") Duration (54'47") Our mp3 samples are approximately 30 seconds long and of low(ish) quality for a fast download (file size app 300KB)