Jure Pukl

Jure Pukl (2017)

Jure Pukl (born October 7, 1977 ) is a Slovenian jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , bass clarinet , composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Pukl first studied classical and jazz saxophone playing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the Koninklijk Conservatorium The Hague . There he won the competition for a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music , where he had lessons with Joe Lovano and George Garzone . He then obtained his master's degree from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz . From the early 2000s on, he worked in the Slovenian and (northern) Italian jazz scene; first recordings were made in 2002 with bassist Robert Jukić ( How About That !? ) and Gaetano Valli ( Oltre Confine ).

In mid-2003 Pukl recorded his debut album The Wizard with his Virus Quartet in Ljubljana . In the following years he played a. a. with Boško Petrović , Maja Jaku, Lee Harpers Little Big Band ( Plays Wayne Shorter , 2005), with Igor Lunder & Zagreb Saxophone Quartet and the Flip Philipp & Ed Partyka Dectet, also with Bastian Stein and Philipp Gropper . From 2005 he appeared on the ORF show Jazznacht (with Howard Curtis and Günther Meinhart, among others ) . In 2008 he was a member of the European Jazz Orchestra of the European Broadcasting Union (with Niels Klein ). From this year he was part of the quartet Lukas in the village around Lukas Kranzelbinder with trombonist Phil Yaeger (trombone) and drummer Christian Grobauer .

In the 2010s, Pukl u. a. with the European Movement Jazz Orchestra ( EMJO Live in Coimbra ). In New York he recorded his album Abstract Society ( Storyville Records ) with Vijay Iyer , Joe Sanders and Damion Reid . In 2015 he performed as co-leader of the Daniel Nosig / Jure Pukl NYC quintet with Tzumo Arpad (piano), Josh Ginsburg (bass) and Gregory Hutchinson at the Steyr Jazz Festival. He also recorded the album Hybrid with the pianist Matija Dedić (with Melissa Aldana , Matt Brewer , Johnathan Blake ). In the field of jazz, he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 2002 and 2018, most recently with the EJ Strickland Quintet ( Warriors for Peace ).

The Jure Pukl Quartet with Melissa Aldana (2015)

The Wizard (GOGA, 2003), with Daniel Hoesig , Igor Bezget (git), Robert Jukič (kb), Dukan Nevakov (dr)
Sound Pictures (GOGA, 2003), with Erik Marence (p), Jani Moder (git), Robert Jukić (b), Gasper Bertoncelj (dr)
EARchitecture (Session Work, around 2010), with Jason Palmer (tp), Aruan Ortiz , Rashaan Carter , Marcus Gilmore , Raydar Ellis (vcl)
Doubtless (Whirlwind, 2015), with Melissa Aldana, Joe Sanders , Gregory Hutchinson
Broken Circles (2020), with Joel Ross , Charles Altura , Matt Brewer , Kweku Sumbry

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personal data
SURNAME	Pukl, Jure
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Slovenian jazz musician (saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH	7th October 1977