Aljosa Jeric
The Venice Session
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An original contemporary language, recorded by some of the best European musicians made around the evocative atmosphere of Venice.
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ALJOSA JERIC QUARTET
The Venice Session
Igor Lumpert: tenor sax
Bruno Cesselli: piano
Danilo Gallo: bass
Aljosa Jeric: drums
The quartet met for the first time in Venice where the musicians got to know one another personally and musically.
There the quartet spent a few glorious days and drank in the evocative atmosphere of Venice. This came out clearly, I think, in the music which followed in our concerts and in the studio.
Aljosa Jeric was born in Koper, Slovenia in 1973. Cultural events were flourishing around Aljosa's family since his parents were employed at a local newspaper and a TV station. After a very short period of flute study, at the age of eleven Aljosa switched to the snare drum class at the local school of music and joined the local drum corp.
In a short time Jeric was in great demand on the music scene, finding himself involved in brass bands, dixieland and jazz-rock bands.
In 1991 Aljosa earned a place in the class of classical percussion at the Trieste Conservatory of Music in Italy. Along formal classical studies Jeric focused on jazz and latin music by studying with Reggie Workman, Jimmy Cobb, Albert "Tootsie" Heat, Sam Ulano, Nat Adderley, Victor Lewis, Jose Luis Quintana "Changuito", Steve Berrios, Bobby Sanabria and performing regularly with jazz and latin bands; Big Band RTV Slo and Ocho Rios among others. Aljosa graduated in 1996.
For a short period during 2000 Aljosa Jeric also worked with the G. Verdi opera house in Trieste and the Symphonic Orchestra of Friuli Venezia Giulia around Italy and Slovenia with the famous violin maestro Uto Ughi. Aljosa also co-wrote and recorded for Vitaly Osmatcko in Havana with Tony Perez on piano among other great Cuban musicians.
Currently Aljosa Jeric leads his own quartet with Igor Lumpert on sax, Bruno Cesselli on piano and Danilo Gallo on bass with "The Venice Session" CD released in 2004 and a second one ready to be released in 2005.
At the moment Jeric has collaborated and performed with many artists such as Barry Harris, Toni Perez, Hector Martignon, Renato Chicco, Bruno Cesselli, Dusko Gojkovic, Peter Mihelich, Giovanni Maier, Alex Milo, Danilo Gallo, Marc Abrams, Jacko Schoonderwoerd, Gianni Basso, Wolfgang Puschnig, Igor Lumpert, Gianluca Petrella, Daniele D'agaro, Tobias Delius, Nevio Zaninotto, Robert Bonisolo, Francesco Bearzatti, Jure Pukl, Royce Campbell, Sandro Gibellini, Primus Sitter, Primoz Grasic, Dejan Pecenko, Kyle Gregory, Peter Herboltzheimer, Milan Nikolic, Marko Djordevic, Big Band Rtv Slo.
Apart from his quartet, other projects which feature Aljosa's drumming are:
Giovanni Maier's "Open Doors" trio featuring Giorgio Pacorig
Daniele Dagaro's "Adriatics" featuring Wolfgang Puschnik, David Jarh,Gianluca Petrella, Saverio Tasca, Nikola Matosic
Melissa Stott Quartet featuring Nico Menci and Danilo Gallo
Ten Directions featuring Miro Kadojic, Matjaz Mikuletic, Ivan Kapec, Nikola Matosic.
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- author: John Waterfront
Great music, lovely interplay, fine musicians. Italy needs these kinds of productions.
...another superb disc that will struggle unjustly to be heard
author: Jazz ViewsThis is another superb disc that will struggle unjustly to be heard. Slovenia born drummer, Aljosa Jeric is well worth searching out. Whether driving the band along or playing quietly with brushes, Jeric makes his presence felt in the quality of his playing and a relaxed assurance behind the kit; never overplaying but nudging and cajoling, handling arranged passages with skill and a sense of dynamic that many a drummer could benefit from. This is good contemporary quartet music that is not pushing at extremes, but makes an exceptionally good case for the defence that jazz can still make a strong and individual statement without stretching the musical boundaries, and possibly alienating their audience in the process. Highly recommended...
high class jazz...Don't miss this group in your area!
author: All About Jazz - Italy...high class jazz. The music comes out very compactly and encounters no problems in bearing comparison with American groups in similar fields of expression. It is the sensitivity with which the members listen to one another which makes this a high level group. The surprise of this CD is the revelation of a group with its own identity led with precision by the Slovenian drummer. Recorded superbly! Don't miss this group if they should appear in your area!