KK Contemporary Jazz Ensemble feat. Ambrose Akinmusire and Jimmy Greene
Ambrose Akinmusire, trobenta / trumpet
Jimmy Greene, saksofon / saxophone
Lojze Krajnčan, EWI
Tarek Yamani, klavir / piano
Nathan Allen, kontrabas / double bass
Kristijan Krajnčan, bobni / drums
Mlade slovenske jazzovske sile bo na letošnjem festivalu branil bobnar Kristijan Krajnčan, ki pa je v svojo zasedbo povabil tudi očeta Lojzeta, sicer dolgoletnega člana in trenutno tudi dirigenta Big Banda RTV Slo. Kristijan Krajnčan je sprva študiral violončelo na Srednji glasbeni in baletni šoli v Ljubljani, hkrati pa so ga začeli mikati jazzovski bobni, ki jih je nato študiral na jazz oddelku Srednje glasbene šole v Ljubljani. Leto po končanem študiju v Ljubljani, 2005, se je vpisal na Konservatorij princa Klausa v Groningenu na Nizozemskem. Poleg jazzovske glasbe, v kateri v svojih skladbah združuje tradicionalne in moderne jazzovske prijeme, se je preizkusil tudi v drugih zvrsteh, saj je igral z izvajalci, kot so Ethnodelia Quartet, Amnesty Trio International, New Swing Quartet, Vasko Atanasovski in Bojan Cvetrežnik.
Krajnčan, ki smo ga na lanskem festivalu lahko slišali v projektu Acropolis Kaje Draksler, je dobitnik več nagrad na različnih jazzovskih tekmovanjih v tujini, npr. v Italiji, kjer je osvojil 1. nagrado v kraju Stresa (1996 in 1997), 2. v Tortoni in 1. v Gorici, doma pa je med drugimi leta 2006 prejel nagrado jazzon za najboljšo novo slovensko jazzovsko skladbo. Leta 2008 se je izpopolnjeval v New Yorku, kjer so ga poučevali John Riley, Joey Baron in Richie Morales. V svoj mednarodni sekstet je povabil tudi mlada glasbenika iz Amerike, trobentača Ambrosa Akinmusireja, ki je igral z imeni, kot so Jason Moran, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock in Wayne Shorter, ter saksofonista Jimmyja Greena, ki redno igra z glasbeniki, kot so Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Steve Turre, Claudia Acuña in Kenny Barron, revija Down Beat pa ga je uvrstila med »25 vzhajajočih jazzovskih zvezd«.
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The younger Slovenian generation of jazz artists will this year be given voice through drummer Kristijan Krajnčan, who is joined by his father Lojze, a long-standing member and the current conductor of Big Band RTVSLO. Studying cello at the Secondary School of Music and Ballet Ljubljana, Kristijan Krajnčan soon took a keen interest in jazz drums, so much so that he decided to enrol in the Jazz Department of the Secondary School of Music in Ljubljana. In 2005, a year after graduating, he pursued his studies at the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen, Holland. Apart from being involved in jazz – in his compositions fusing traditional and contemporary jazz expression – Krajnčan has also delved into other genres, having played with the likes of Ethnodelia Quartet, Amnesty Trio International, New Swing Quartet, Vasko Atanasovski and Bojan Cvetrežnik.
Last Festival featured in Kaja Draksler’s Acropolis project, Krajnčan has been laurelled at various international jazz competitions, e.g. in Italy where he won first prizes in Stresa (1996 and 1997) and Gorizia, and the second prize in Tortona. In Slovenia, most noteworthy is the 2006 Jazzon Award for Best New Slovenian Jazz Composition. In 2008, he furthered his studies in New York under John Riley, Joey Baron and Richie Morales. His international sextet includes two young American musicians; trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who has performed with notables such as Jason Moran, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, as well as reedist Jimmy Greene, who regularly performs with artists Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Steve Turre, Claudia Acuña and Kenny Barron to name but a few, and has been recognized by Down Beat magazine as one of the “25 Rising Stars in Jazz”.
