Biography Bora Rokovic

Writing, composing and arranging for bigbands is for Bora Rokovic the ideal occuoation. Born 1925 in Yugoslavia. And although his music studies in Belgrade forced him to follow a classical route, jazz was in fact the be-all and end-all for him. he came to Germany in 1954, where Kurt Edelhagen engaged him as arranger in 1957.

The LP "Ultra Marine", recorded in 1971 in Villingen / MPS Studio, with Peter Trunk on Bass and Tony Inzalaco on drums, became a collectors item. On "J.B.W.", a true masterpiece of abstract jazz, the trio suceeds over 7 minutes in permanently ratcheting up the tension.

DISCOGRAPHY (Selection)

1961 V.A. - "2nd YUGOSLAVIAN JAZZ FESTIVAL - BLED 1961" (Jugoton)

1961 "III SASTANAK U STUDIJU" (RTB)

1964 DIE TOTE VON BEVERLY HILLS ()

1966 CARL DREWO & THE CLARKE-BOLAND BIG BAND - "SWING, WALTZ, SWING" (Philips)

1968 KNEF CONCERT (Decca)

1971 SOUNDTRACK "ZOFF"

1972 BORA ROKOVIC - "ULTRA NATIVE" (MPS)

1974 V.A. - "15th INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL LJUBLJANA 74" (Jugoton)

1977 YU JAZZ ALL STARS 1977- "4 LICA JAZZA" (Jugoton)

1977 STAN GETZ AND THE BIG BAND OF EUROPE (Vantage)

1978 JAZZ ORKESTAR RADIO TELEVIZIJE BEOGRAD - "1948-1978" (RTB)

1979 DUSKO GOJKOVIC - "TRUMPETS & RHYTHM UNIT" (RTB)

1980 BORA ROKOVIC-"NONA" (RTB)

1984 PETER HERBOLZHEIMER & WDR BIG BAND - "HARLEM STORY" (Koala)

1985 PETER HERBOLZHEIMER RHYTHM COMBINATION & BRASS - "MORE BOP" (Koala)

1991 STAN GETZ - "JAZZ COLLECTORS EDITION" (Laserlight)

1992 DUSKO GOJKOVIC - "BALKAN BLUE" (Enja)

2000 CATERINA VALENTE - KURT WEILL - AMERICAN SONGS (Bear Family)

2001 V.A. YU JAZZ FEST VALJEVO VOLUME II (Bear Family)

2001 JEAN-LUC PONTY - "WITH KURT EDELHAGEN & HIS ORCHESTRA" (Cleopatra)

2002 DUSKO GOJKOVIC - "PORTRAIT" (Enja)

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