Srdjan Ivanovic Blazin' Quartet:
Alex Simu - Saxophones/Clarinet, Michael Rorby - trombone, Daniel Lottersberger/Mihail Ivanov - Bass
Official Language:
Vladimir Nikolov-piano/guitar,
Dimitris Tsakas - sax,
Mihail Ivanov-bass
I also play in the following bands:
Branko Galoic Band,
www.myspace.com/brankogaloic
Mala Vita, www.malavita.net, www.myspace.com/lamalavita
Pencilbrain,
www.myspace.com/pencilbrain
Influences
Miles, Coltrane, Jaco Pastorius, Elvin Jones, Roy Hanes, Peter Erskine Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Roy Hargrove, Sting, Richard Bona, Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Police, Queen, Dire Straits, traditional greek, serbian, macedonian, bosnian music.
My father, my teachers, the musicians I play/have played with......
Srdjan Ivanovic - drummer/composer
Srdjan was born on the 8 of September 1983 in Sarajevo.
After moving to Athens, Greece in 1992 he starts playing the drums at the age of 13 and studies with the Greek drummer George Polychronakos. In 2003 he left for Holland, Amsterdam, where he studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Marcel Serierse, Martijn Vink, Lucas van Merwijk and Gergard Jeltes and earned his bachelor diploma in 2007.
As a percussionist he was awarded twice the first prize and once the second prize in 3 consecutive years at the 'Hellenic Traditional Music Competition'.
Srdjan has performed live in Greece, Holland, Serbia, Bosnia, Italy, Poland, Egypt and played and recorded with many of the best musicians in Greece and in Holland (Yotis Kiourtsoglou, David Lynch, Dimitris Tsakas, Giorgos Palamiotis, Harris Lambrakis, Dimos Dimitriadis, Mark v/d Feen, Paul v/d Feen, Slobodan Trkulja a.o.) and played with many bands like Levantina, Makrina Ksaderfia, Giorgos Palamiotis Band, Georgia Velivasaki Band a.o.
Besides playing with amsterdam based bands like 'Mariandoro' and the 'Branko Galoic Band', he has been the creator of bands: 'Trans Atlantic Conspiracy Troupe', 'Global Meltdown Band' that preformed mainly his music and the co-creator of 'Official Language' a jazz band with non standard sound (www.myspace.com/officiallanguage ) with which they have recorded an album due to be published soon.
Srdjan also appears on the album 'Levantina' (subways music 2005) of his father Vojislav Ivanovic which you can buy online at: http://www.mad.tv/shop/index.php?action=viewCD&code=a4548 and on the album 'Tijana Milosevic and World Kontakt' (pgp-rts 2006).
contact: srdjanivan(AT)gmail.com
Kalo Kalokairi ! Elpizo na ta poume syntoma ! Sou stelno ligi mousiki (dika mou & alla sta opoia pezo)-akou kai an akouseis kati pou sou aresei mou les !Na'sai kala ! ...........G.P..........
Goustaro ! Eidopoihse me otan einai na erthis ! Tha leipo sigoura 12-22/7 ,gia ton ypoloipo kairo den ksero akoma ! Filia ............G.P...............
omorfa!exoyme kairo mexri to kalokairi..xtes paraitithika apo tin part time doyleia itane kafroi oi idioktites,tha arxisw na zwgrafizw toixoys gia na mazepsw lefta..simera feygw gia Andro..genika kala. esy?
hello Srdjan. ti kaneis bre sy?fantazomai oti eisai Ollandia..tha kanw ena tour to kalokairi me to treno Norbigia,skwtia,irlandia kai mallon kai Ollandia..elpizw na se petyxw ekei..filia
Alo brate! Treba mi mala pomoc (zashto bih se inache javio, zar ne? :-) ) Kako se videa sa youtube-a stavljaju na myspace? Ajde ako znash reci mi treba mi to u principu shto pre. Kako si, shta ima novo? Meni je u Srbiji previshe dobro da bih se secao Amsterdama :-))) shalim se naravno ali ne bih se vratio, jok, jok :-)) pishi kad stignesh i drzh' se. Ljubi te brat!
