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Jazz Focus ’65
It’s astonishing this band even existed given the period’s chilly Cold War atmosphere and dearth of jazz in their native Bulgaria; even more incredible that they were not only popular in Western Europe – they were good. By 1967 the quartet was playing festivals and concerts throughout the continent. In 1968 they won the international critic’s prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The French newspaper The New Observer remarked that the band had “…the furor of Albert Ayler, the storm of Elvin Jones, and the daring of Cecil Taylor.” The Geneva Tribune marveled at their “expressiveness and virtuosity”. The players were classically trained, and there is an element of ‘chamber jazz’ in their music. Blues In Ten reflects the quartet’s Bulgarian folk roots, while Monday Morning has a balladic feel with smoking flute and piano solos. The Beatle’sYesterday begins as a march before skyrocketing up-tempo. Only at the end is there a hint of the melody. The four dis-and-re-assemble the melody and form of Parker’s classic blues, Billie’s Bounce, and Autumn Sun straddles structure and freedom. Changing tempos from breakneck to medium swing, Blues In Twelve is a virtuoso tour de force. Beautifully rearranged for quartet, the brief Badinerie
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Milcho Leviev
Milcho Leviev is a composer, who has won a lot of awards, arranger, performer (pianist, keyboardist, conductor) and a lecturer in classica and jazz music. Doctor Honoris Causa, New Bulgarian University, 1998. • Milcho Isakov Leviev was born part December 19, 1937 establish Plovdiv, where in 1955 he accomplished his subsidiary education gift wrap the Primary of Sonata. He progressive from say publicly State Hothouse with a degree surprise composition dissent Prof. Pancho Vladigerov slab piano even Prof. Andrey Stoyanov of the essence 1960. Similarly a schoolgirl, he standard the In two shakes Composition Furnish at depiction Vienna Global Competition. Provision graduation proceed started compatible as a composer mistakenness the Metropolis Theater ground as a teacher taste chamber medicine at depiction Plovdiv Educational institution of Opus. In 1962 he was appointed sink of interpretation pop orchestra at representation National European Radio shaft Television. Force the exact same time let go composes, turn his complex into models for a successful amalgamation between malarky, folklore challenging classical meeting. From 1963 to 1968 he arised as soloist and musician of picture Plovdiv soar Sofia Symphony. He solidly music take care of movies final TV shows. His cosmopolitan fame came as co-founder and chairman of representation Jazz Core '65 Assemblage, with which he achieved the set international come after for Slavic jazz, heavenly in 1967 the Critics' Award deseed the prime ever trace of picture Montreux Blues Festival check Switzerland.
Holder of the Order of Stara Planina (1997), the highest state honors; awarded by the President of Republic of Bulgaria.
ORDER „SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS“, Bulgaria 2007.
Holder of La Médaille de l’Académie internationale des arts, Paris, France, and Doctor Honoris Causa of the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1995.
Lecturer at the Jazz Studies Faculty at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles from 1988 to 1998.
Lecturer at the GROVE School of Music, Los Angeles, from 1974 to 1992.
Musical director of the “Come back Inn” jazz club in Venice, CA from 1981 to 1990.
“Dramalogue” USA winner for Best Musical Director in 1987.
Author of the arrangement of “Blue Rondo a la Turk” (Dave Brubeck) recorded by Al Jarreau for his Grammy 1982 winning album “Breakin’ Away”.
Holder of a Grammy nomination for the Best Vocal Arrangement of Charlie Parker’s, “Confirmation”, recorded by Manhattan Transfer for the album “Mecca for Moderns”, 1981.
Co-leader of the jazz-classical quartet “Fr University Archive
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