Stjepko Gut

Last updated

Stjepko Gut Stjepko Gut, Nishvil, oko 2000-te.jpg
Stjepko Gut

Stjepko Gut (also known as Stepko, Steve Gut, born 15 December 1950 in Ruma) is a Belgrade-based jazz musician.

Contents

Biography

Gut studied jazz trumpet at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, Switzerland, and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. As a conductor, he won first place in the first Austrian Big Band Competition. He is one of the most famous jazz brass players from Serbia, others being Duško Gojković and Milivoje Marković. He was a member of the Lionel Hampton All Stars for two years, one of two white players at the time in that band. He made international tours, performances and recordings with Clark Terry, Wild Bill Davis, Curtis Fuller, Ed Thigpen, Benny Bailey, Horace Parlan, Mel Lewis, Johhny Griffin, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Clifford Jordan, Ernie Willkins, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Wallace Davenport, Jon Faddis, Nicholas Payton, Frank Wess, Alvin Queen, Sal Nistico, Vince Benedetti, Kenny Washington, Charlie Antolini and Dusko Gojkovic. He is a member of the faculty at the Graz Institut for Jazz since 1984 and a guest professor at the jazz department of Belgrade Music Academy.

-Workshops and masterclasses at numerous universities around the world: Royal Academy Den Haag, Rotterdam Conservatory, New School NYC, USA, University of Arkansas UAPB, Pine Bluff, UNH Durham University, New Hampshire, USA, Paris Conservatory, Amsterdam Jazz Academy, the Netherlands.

-Appeared as a member of the group Trumpet Jazz Summit - 1999 in Marsiac, France - with Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Terrell Stafford, Roy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton.

Discography

Clark Terry and Louie Bellson "Louie & Clark Expedition 2",-- Lionel Hampton "Live in Switzerland" Vol 1 and 2 - Amos Records—Clark Terry and His Young Titans Of Jazz - Chiaroscuro Records—Steve Gut "Sketches Of Balkan" - Timeless Records Steve Gut "Mr.CT" - Timeless Records—Steve Gut "Steve Gut and RTB Big-Band" - Timeless Records—RTS Big-Band - "Afro Balkan Sketches" - PGP RTB Records—Stjepko Gut "Quartets" - PGP RTB Records—Alvin Queen and Stepko Gut "Nishville" MoJoe Records -- "Something Special" Videorama Records—Louie Bellson -Clark Terry "Louie and Clark Expedition 2" - Percussion Power Records—Five LP´s with the Sextet Markovic-Gut for PGP RTB Records—Sextet Markovic-Gut "Message from Belgrade" Timeless Records—Melissa Stott "Why Now" - Leo Records (2005) -- Melissa Stott "The Picture" Leo Records (2007) -- Charly Antolini Jazz Power "Wow"—Mark Murphy Wem Records --


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Partibrejkers</span> Serbian rock band

Partibrejkers is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as one of the most acclaimed acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Disciplin A Kitschme</span>

Disciplin A Kitschme, originally known as Disciplina Kičme, was a Serbian and Yugoslav and, for a period of time, British rock band, formed in Belgrade in 1981. The band was noted for their unique and energetic sound, with bass guitar as the primary instrument and drawing inspiration from punk rock, funk, blues, jazz fusion, Motown, rap, the works of Jimi Hendrix, Yugoslav 1970s progressive and hard rock bands, and in the later phases of their career from jungle and drum and bass.

Oliver Mandić is a Serbian rock musician, composer, and producer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duško Gojković</span> Serbian and Yugoslav jazz trumpeter (1931–2023)

Duško Gojković was a Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.

Novi Sad Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is organized by the Novi Sad Cultural Centre. The festival was first held in 1999 in the Novi Sad Cultural Centre. Over the years, the festival has grown, and as of 2004, the festival was moved to the Serbian National Theatre.

Diskoton was a major record label in SFR Yugoslavia, based in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company ceased to exist in 1992, with the outbreak of the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The studio was destroyed along with all master recordings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Električni Orgazam</span> Serbian rock band

Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of new wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act. They were one of the most notable acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene.

<i>Seobe</i> 1986 studio album by Kerber

Seobe is the third studio album by Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band Kerber, released in 1986.

<i>Ljudi i bogovi</i> 1988 studio album by Kerber

Ljudi i bogovi is the fourth studio album from Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band Kerber, released in 1988.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poslednja Igra Leptira</span>

Poslednja Igra Leptira was a Yugoslav and Serbian pop rock band from Belgrade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vlada Divljan</span> Serbian musician

Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan, was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which initiated the Yugoslav new wave on the music and cultural scene of Yugoslavia in the 1980s, as well as for his solo works.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zdenko Kolar</span> Serbian bass guitarist

Zdenko Kolar is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Familija</span>

Familija was a Serbian rock supergroup from Belgrade, consisting of Vampiri, Košava and U Škripcu members. The band's musical style was a combination of ska, pop, ethnic and rock music.

<i>Zeleni Zub na Planeti Dosade</i> 1989 studio album by Disciplina Kičme

Zeleni Zub na Planeti Dosade is the third album by the Serbian alternative rock band Disciplina Kičme, released by the Serbian record label PGP RTB in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pop Mašina</span> Yugoslav band

Pop Mašina was a Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. Pop Mašina is considered one of the most prominent bands of the 1970s Yugoslav rock scene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića</span>

Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića were a Serbian new wave/alternative rock band from Belgrade. They were a prominent act of the Yugoslav new wave scene.

<i>Sa druge strane jastuka</i> 1985 studio album by Bajaga i Instruktori

Sa druge strane jastuka is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1985. Although it is the first album released under the name Bajaga i Instruktori, Sa druge strane jastuka is considered Bajaga i Instruktori second studio album by the band themselves.

<i>Kiselina</i> 1973 studio album by Pop Mašina

Kiselina is the 1973 debut album by Yugoslav progressive rock band Pop Mašina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vlada i Bajka</span>

Vlada i Bajka were a Serbian and former Yugoslav acoustic music duo from Belgrade, consisting of Vladimir Marković "Vlada" and Dragutin Balaban "Bajka".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Branislav Lala Kovačev</span> Yugoslavian-Serbian jazz musician

Branislav Lala Kovačev was a Yugoslavian-Serbian jazz musician, drummer, bandleader and composer. Widely considered a key figure in the history of Balkan Ethno jazz. As a leader of European Jazz Consensus, International Jazz Consensus and Lala Kovacev Group, he developed a distinguished fusion style by integrating complex rhythmic structures from Balkan folk music into jazz.