Soul Jazz Explosion


Muri­el Gross­mann   alto, sopra­no, tenor saxophone
Rado­mir Milo­j­ko­vic   gui­tar
Tamas Szasz  key­boards

Sal­va­to­re Lici­tra  dou­ble bass
Uros Sta­men­ko­vic   drums

Groo­ve is the “fee­ling”, rhyth­mi­cal­ly expan­si­ve, or the sen­se of “swing” crea­ted by the inter­ac­tion of music play­ed by the rhythm sec­tion of a band, or by the form of which soloist, or the main group voice is play­ing . Groo­ve is an important fac­tor in the dif­fe­rent sub­ge­ne­ra of jazz, and from the­re to other gen­res such as sal­sa, funk, rock and soul.

 Ori­gins of a music with the­se cha­rac­te­ris­tics can be found in the gos­pel music and the blues, whe­re the rhyth­mic fer­vor is at the hig­hest. Sin­ce then it is a basic and inse­pa­ra­ble com­po­nent of jazz. In the thir­ties, this way of under­stan­ding music found its main expo­nent in the figu­re of Count Basie Big Band and in its form of play­ing in a tight, satisfy­ing and very rhyth­mic style, which con­ta­gious­ly reaches the spec­ta­tors. With the arri­val of Char­lie Par­ker in the 40’s, jazz acqui­red its deep melo­dic and har­mo­nic sophisti­ca­ti­on. From the appearan­ce of the fun­ky in the 50’s, the Groo­ve con­cept returns to its ori­gins of blues and gos­pel and, from the mid-60’s, new styles asso­cia­ted with tho­se, funk and soul.

Major musi­ci­ans of the 50s and 60s asso­cia­ted with soul jazz were the orga­nists Jim­my Smith, Jack McDuff, Jim­my McGriff, John Pat­ton, Richard Groo­ve Hol­mes. The pia­nists: Les McCann, Hor­ace Sil­ver, Gene Har­ris, Juni­or Mance, saxo­pho­nists: Eddie “Lock­jaw” Davis, Stan­ley Tur­ren­ti­ne, Lou Donald­son, Gene Ammons and gui­ta­rists: Grant Green, Ken­ny Bur­rell and Boo­ga­loo Joe Jones among others.
Tho­mas D. H. Foster

PHOTOS
Soul Jazz Explo­si­on plays Kul­tur­ver­ein Arche Noe, Kuf­stein, Tirol, Aus­tria — Oct 2017
Soul Jazz Explo­si­on plays Jazz Fest Wie­den, Vien­na — Oct 2017