"In 1996 Duko Gojkovic hrecorded his own big band music. Like on Soul Connection, his compositions and arrangements on Balkan Connection recall the spirit of Miles Davis as well as his Balkan roots. His well-chosen big band personnel delivers an hour of swinging music crossing the borders between pure bebop, ethnic reminiscences, and the cool sounds of the 1950s. There are only two standards on Balkan Connection, the other eight are all originals by Gojkovich;; the whole album is arranged by him which testifies as to his compositional and arranging skills undoubtedly a result of his studies at the prestigious Berklee School of Music. Although this is a big band album, the most striking thing about Gojkovićs playing was on the two standards and the final selection where he showed a lot of resemblances to Davis, most probably it was just because he was using a Harmon mute. Balkan Connection is a very listenable album, a lot different from big band charts usually heard." (Allmusic)
Pianist Cees Slinger is zijn lange, rijke carriëre direct na de oorlog begonnen. Met het spelen voor kauwgum en chocolade voor de geallieerde troepen. Hij was een speler die andere spelers kon bewonderen en werd daardoor door de internationale grootheden op zijn beurt bewonderd en gewaardeerd. (GR Muziekbank). Cees has played with innumerable American and European jazz greats. Among the many recordings Cees has made are those with Ben Webster ('At Work in Europe' is one of them), the already legendary album with Dexter Gordon 'Live at the Amsterdam Paradiso' and 'Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival' with his own Cees Slinger Octet, which in 1983 played a series of very successful concerts in California. (Jazzmasters.nl)
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