Boban I Marko Balkan Brass Fest [Import]

Boban Markovic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Piranha Germany
• ASIN: B0000E6LS5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,693 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Optimistic music, July 29, 2005

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Alfredo Sanz Hervas (Madrid, Spain, Europe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boban I Marko Balkan Brass Fest (Audio CD)

This is fun, optimistic music. But it is also beautifully played. It has an exotic feel for a Spaniard like me, although some phrasings and moods remind me a little of Spanish flamenco (not surprising, as we are talking of Mediterranean music played by gipsies -usually- in both cases).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boban is the king of brass!, February 1, 2008

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M. Bowman "magicpiano" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boban I Marko Balkan Brass Fest (Audio CD)

Boban's band is still the best I've heard of Gypsy/Balkan music or brass band music as I've investigated the last 5 years. This album goes way beyond "world music" or "ethnic music" for me. It holds up against my favorite classical, jazz, or other instrumental albums. The arrangements are inventive, the playing is inspired and transcendental, the melodies and rhythms are infectious. Best of all, each track is strikingly different. This album runs the gamut from mournful to exuberant to funky to even a bit strange. If you like this kind of music at all or its watered-down contemporaries (a la Beirut), you will love this album. If you think you might want to try one Boban album, this is the one to get. It's in my top 5 of all time. I hope I get to see him live before I die.

5.0 out of 5 stars World Brass Mastery, November 9, 2008

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Studebaker Hawk (Vashon Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boban I Marko Balkan Brass Fest (Audio CD)

I saw this band when they toured the USA a few years ago - the recording captures the powerful performance of these outstanding musicians very well. The song SAT (Time) has become one of my favorites - it is not typical of Balkan Brass, but after hearing a good version by the Italian Titubanda at the Honk!Fest in Boston I really "got" it! I have been playing "World Brass" on KFJC for many years - Boban and his Orkestar are still tops... makes me want to go to the Gucca Fest even more!