TAMARA OBROVAC transhistria electric
live, Istrian National Theatre Pula, Croatia 02/09
Neću više jazz kantati (T.Obrovac)

TAMARA OBROVAC transhistria electric
live, Istrian National Theatre Pula, Croatia 02/09
Bassriff(Delaj/lelaj / sway/play) (T.Obrovac)

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TAMARA OBROVAC transhistria electric:

Tamara Obrovac, composer, voice, PULA , HRVATSKA
Uroš Rakovec el. guitar, KRANJ , SLOVENIJA
Žiga Golob, el. bass, PTUJ, SLOVENIJA
Krunoslav Levačić, drums, ZAGREB, HRVATSKA
Joe Kaplovitz, keyboad, Lovran, HRVATSKA
Luka Žužić, trombone, Tar, HRVATSKA
Branko Sterpin, trumpet, Pula, HRVATSKA
Mihael Gyorek, alt saxofon, M.Sobota, SLOVENIJA
Ana Jakšić, back vocal, Rijeka, HRVATSKA
Jelena Janković, back vocal, Rijeka, HRVATSKA

The new album, the new sound of Tamara Obrovac and her Transhistria Electric Ensemble… we are plugged in now...

Transhistria Electric is the new project of Tamara Obrovac, in which her Transhistria Ensemble is supported by the wind section and the acoustic instruments are plugged in, as the very name suggests.

The music of this eight-member ensemble brings challenging and energetic performances, based on the combination of acoustic and electric instruments, and funk and soul music and the Istrian folk music tradition, and their repertory consists mainly of Tamara’s new compositions, together with several old numbers adjusted to the new sound.

… “Neću više jazz kantat”/ "I won’t sing jazz any more" is what it is – by far the best album in the whole music career of Tamara Obrovac – primarily because of the great material in which it is difficult to say what is better: the new compositions of the Istrian diva or the superb, fully thought out versions of her older works.

If you add to that a more open, more pronounced poetic engagement than ever and the booklet with all the texts in Croatian and English, the conclusion begs to be made: Transhistria Electric and the Iron Istrian Lady have made the album of the year, probably of the five years, after which the band leader may not sing jazz any longer – but don’t worry: you should hear how she sings funk!