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music Tamara Obrovac / lyrics Loredana Bogliun
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- artist:Tamara Obrovac
- region:Mediterranean
- release year:2014
- style(s):Ethnic, Jazz
- country:Croatia
- formats:CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Tamara Obrovac
- label:Unit records
- publisher:IDM Music, Bixio Music Group & Association
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"European Jazz has a new singing star.
With sensitivity, passion and humor the Croatian singer and composer Tamara Obrovac has positioned her homeland Istria on the world map of improvised music.
Tamara Obrovac finds clear and completely natural ways to combine the dialects and the melodic phrases of her native Istria with contemporary European jazz played at the very highest level.
With a sound reminiscent of the nobility and sensitivity of the Bill Evans Trio, and with bold interaction and congenial originality, on her journey through different types and levels of human emotion, the singer is accompanied by pianist Matija Dedić, bassist Žiga Golob and drummer Krunoslav Levačić.
Sometimes the Istrian sun scorches, sometimes wine matures, sometimes madness threatens.
But this inspired and virtuosic singer superbly balances poetic and archaic folk expression with her beautifully crafted music, equally recognizing the significance of both intellect and emotion.
With her album "Ulika revival" Tamara Obrovac has placed her native Istria indelibly on the musical map of the world. Self-conscious, humorous, passionate.
Welcome to the new, old land of infinite possibilities."
(Josef Engels)
Press quotes:
"The revival is a great success, a masterly collection of strikingly affecting songs.
Obrovac sings in an Istrian dialect, with a style that draws on Istrian folk heritage as well as on contemporary jazz: the result is a powerfully emotive vocal that draws the listener in to the moods and images of the songs whether or not they share Obrovac's understanding of the words (helpfully, an English translation is provided in the liner notes)."
- All about Jazz, Bruce Lindsay, July 2014.
"Tamara Obrovac is quietly and secretly grown into one of Europe's greatest singers...
Basically melancholic, her music simultaneously impresses with inner strength and passion that brings with it the story of the mentality of an entire region."
- Jazz Podium, Volker Doberstein, 2014, Germany
"On light-footed rhythmic base carried by Ziga Golob on bass and Kruno Levačić on drums, Obrovac can impressively demonstrate her interpretations conveyed by warm colors of Istrian tongue.Her text interpretations and eloquent singing blend with her very specific jazz-scat in native idiom through her own concept of storytelling and intense recollection of personal experiences which touches the hearts of her listeners - one successful revival that even after fifteen years can convey timeless "spirit" of these works."
- Concerto magazine, tHo, 2014, Austria
"For many, Croatian singer Tamara Obrovac is still "a new voice," even though "Ulika revival" is her ninth record - and what a record it is! One of exceptionally creative and picturesque sound.
With her quartet, the Istrian singer - with 12 songs she has written herself - evokes charming and colourful sounds that blend both the dialects and melodies of Croatian music with contemporary jazz.
In every single moment of listening to the record it is wonderfully evident how these different influences blend into quite exciting and playful pieces of music.
Excellent!"
- Jazzthetik, 2014, Germany
Tamara Obrovac quartet:
Tamara Obrovac - voice, composer (HR)
Matija Dedić - piano (HR)
Žiga Golob - double bass (SLO)
Krunoslav Levačić - drums (HR)
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