Duško Gojković

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Duško Gojković

Duško Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Гојковић; born 14 October 1931) is a Serbian jazz trumpeter and composer.

During his career Gojković built his own style recognizable for the preciseness, brilliance of his technique and warm sound in playing as well as melodic tunes in composing.

Biography

Gojković was born in Jajce, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied at the Belgrade Music Academy from 1948 to 1953. He played trumpet in a number of jazz Dixieland bands and, though only 18 years of age, joined Big Band of Radio Belgrade. After five years spent there he grew into a seasoned musician and decided to continue his career in West Germany. In 1956 he recorded his first LP as a member of Frankfurt All Stars band. Next four years he spent as a member of Kurt Edelhagen’s orchestra as a first trumpet. In these years he played with notable jazzmen such as Chet Baker, Stan Getz and Oscar Pettiford. In 1958 he performed at Newport Jazz Festival and drew much attention on both sides of the Ocean. In 1961 he was offered a scholarship for the studies of composing and arranging in Berklee. He took the offer and finished the studies.

After the studies he was invited by Canadian band leader Maynard Ferguson to join his band. Gojković performed as a second trumpet until the break of the band in 1964. His work with Ferguson boosted his reputation as an excellent big band musician and an outstanding soloist. Next he returned to Europe, formed his sextet and in 1966 recorded his first album Swinging Macedonia, produced by Eckart Rahn, with music he originally composed inspired by the music of Balkans. The album is generally considered to be the cornerstone of Balkan Jazz. In the years to follow he played with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Duke Jordan, Slide Hampton etc. In 1966 he continued his career in The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band. In 1968 he settled in Munich and formed his own big band with artists such as Rolf Ericsson that lasted until 1976.

In 1986 he managed to form another orchestra with which he performs to this day. His much awaited comeback came with the 1993 Soul Connection album that won him a broad acclaim. This was followed with album Bebop City. In 1996 he recorded the Soul Collection album again but this time with his own big band. Another great album came in 1997 – Balkan Blue, a double CD: first one a quintet with Italian sax player Gianni Basso while the second one features orchestra of the North German Radio (NDR) accompanied by the jazz rhythm section and Gojković as a soloist. His next album was In My Dreams (2001) recorded with his quartet.

In 2003 Gojković opened a new chapter in his career with his album Samba do Mar, in which he composes for the first time inspired by Brazilian music. In 2004 he performed on the 200th anniversary of modern Serbian statehood, the opportunity he used to gather in Belgrade international All Star Big Bend with whom he recorded A Handful of Soul CD. His last album Samba Tzigane came out in 2006. Gojković celebrated his 75th birthday with a grand concert in Belgrade.

Discography

As leader

  • 1966: Belgrade Blues (with Sal Nistico and Carl Fontana)
  • 1966: Swinging Macedonia (with Nathan Davis, Mal Waldron)
  • 1966: Take Me in Your Arms
  • 1970: As Simple As It Is
  • 1971: It's About Blues Time
  • 1971: Ten To Two Blues (with Tete Montoliu)
  • 1971: After Hours
  • 1974: Slavic Mood
  • 1975: East of Montenegro (released 2001)
  • 1977: Wunderhorn
  • 1979: Trumpets & Rhythm Unit
  • 1983: Blues in the Gutter
  • 1983: A Day in Holland (Nilva Records)
  • 1983: Snap Shot
  • 1987: Celebration (DIW, with Kenny Drew, Jimmy Woode, Al Lewitt)
  • 1992: Balkan Blue
  • 1994: Soul Connection
  • 1995: Bebop City
  • 1996: Balkan Connection
  • 2001: Portrait (with Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Heath, Oscar Pettiford)
  • 2001: In My Dreams
  • 2003: Samba Do Mar
  • 2005: A Handful o' Soul
  • 2006: Samba Tzigane
  • 2009: Summit Octet: 5ive Horns & Rhythm
  • 2011: Tight But Loose (with Scott Hamilton)
  • 2013: The Brandenburg Concert

As sideman

With the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra

  • The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra (1964)

With the Woody Herman Big Band

  • Live in Antibes (1965)
  • Woody's Winners (1965)
  • Jazz Hoot (1965)
  • Woody Live East and West (1965)
  • My Kind of Broadway (1965)

With Emergency

  • Emergency (1971)

With Dušan Prelević

  • U redu, pobedio sam (RTB, 1991)

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