Miša Blam

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Mihajlo "Miša" Blam , also Michael Blam , ( Serbian - Cyrillic Михајло Миша Блам ; * December 15, 1947 in Belgrade , Yugoslavia ; † June 19, 2014 Belgrade, Serbia ) was a Yugoslav, later Serbian jazz musician ( double bass player , arranger , composer) ) and author .

Live and act

Blam attended the Belgrade Music Academy and then studied in Belgium. In the course of his career he played a. a. with Frank Mantooth , Clark Terry , Ernie Wilkins , Alvin Queen , Hannes Beckmann and Tony Scott , in Yugoslavia with the Jazztet Ivana Švagera , the Sextet Gut-Marković (with Stjepko Gut and Milivoje Marković ), the Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd and the RTB Big Band (Big Band Radio-Televizije Srbije ), for which he also composed and arranged. In the field of jazz he was involved in 16 recording sessions between 1982 and 1999. Under his own name he released the album Sećanja (Beograd Disk) in 1979 , as well as Miša Blam i oni koji vole Funky and Good Old YU Days .

Blam wrote a number of books on jazz, including a biography of Miles Davis (1987) and Jazz en Serbie (1927-1944) , and founded the jazz department of the Stanković music school . He also researched the history of jazz in Serbia and founded a jazz museum. Blam also founded JAZZ magazine (1990) and the International Jazz agency (1991). He was artistic director of the Summertime Blues & Jazz and World Music Festival (Sava, 1991) and organizer of the Christmas Jazz Festival . He was awarded the Nisville Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b obituary (English)
  2. ↑ Obituary (French)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 19, 2014)
  4. ↑ vijesti.me: Džez maestro - Preminuo legendarni muzičar Miša Blam (Jazz maestro - the legendary musician Miša Blam has passed away) (Serbo-Croatian) accessed on June 20, 2014
  5. ↑ Portrait at All About Jazz
personal data
SURNAME Shame, Miša
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blam, Mihajlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav and Serbian jazz musician and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgrade
DATE OF DEATH 19th June 2014
Place of death Belgrade