Branislav Kovačev


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Born 19.11.1939, Kikinda, Yugoslavia; died 04.09.2012, Hvar, Croatia

Serbian jazz drummer/percussionist, a pioneer in 'world music' in Yugoslavia (LP Balkan Impressions 1982).
Used to be leader of few groups in 70s and early 80s including 'European Jazz Consensus', 'International Jazz Consensus' and ''Lala Kovačev Group'.
His early carear started with 'Dixieland Ansambl Dinamo', 'Jazz Orkestar Radio Beograd'/'Big Band RTB' and continued with 'Trio/Kvartet Vasilija Beloševića' and 'Ansambl Metronom'.
Since 1965 Lala has been working abroad.

ALBUMS


Lala Kovačev*
Balkan Jazz Of Lala Kovačev - Balkanski Džez Lale Kovačeva
2013, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Wit, WMAS Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Fusion/Folk/Contemporary Jazz
Lala Kovačev*
Izvorni Folklor I Džez Lale Kovačeva
1986,
Folk/Free Improvisation/Brass Band
Charlie Mariano, Ack Van Rooyen, Siegfried Schwab, Eberhard Weber, Branislav Kovačev
Some Kind Of Changes
1982, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Chris Hinze / Sigi Schwab* / Eberhard Weber / Lala Kovacev*
Wide And Blue
1978, LP, Album, Musicians Record Co.
Benny Bailey, Eberhard Weber, Siggi Schwab*, Lala Kovacev*
Islands
1977, Vinyl, ,
Fusion
Gojković - Kovačev "Trumpets & Rhythm Unit"*
Trumpets & Rhythm Unit
2001
Lala Kovačev Group
Balkan Impressions Vol. 1 & 2
2005, CD, Comp, RM, PGP RTS, ,
Jazz-Rock/Folk/Contemporary Jazz
Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd
Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd (1948-1978)
2005
Chuck Israels International Trio
Meeting On Hvar
1994, CD, Album, Anima Records (4)
Lala Kovačev Group
Balkan Impressions Vol. 2
1985, LP, PGP RTB,
Fusion
Lala Kovačev Group
Balkan Impressions
1982,
Fusion/Folk
International Jazz Consensus
Beak To Beak
1981
European Jazz Consensus
Four For Slavia
1978, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Horst Jankowski And His Studio Orchestra
Jankowskeynotes
1970, ,
Easy Listening/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Horst Jankowski Quartett
Jankowskinetik
1970, ,
Easy Listening/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd
Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd
1963, Vinyl,
Big Band/Swing/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Gypsy Jazz/Latin Jazz/Easy Listening
Sound By Grischa Batanoff
Primaphon Hausbar - Barmusik Einmal Ganz Anders!
LP, Album, Primaphon, Primaphon, ,
Soul-Jazz/Modal/Easy Listening

APPEARANCES +


Leszek Zadlo, Alan Skidmore
The EGO Recordings Of Leszek Zadlo · Alan Skidmore
2013, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Organic Music (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3), EGO Records (3)
Svend Asmussen, Horst Jankowski, Wolfgang Dauner, Sigi Schwab*
Amazing Strings / Rockin' Bach Dimensions
2012, CD, Comp, RM, MPS Records, ,
Easy Listening/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Horst Jankowski Quartett 1971*
Swinging Explosion
2011, LP, HGBS
Horst Jankowski
For Nightpeople Only
2009, CD, Comp, RE, RM, MPS Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz, ,
Easy Listening
James Last
80 Jahre James Last - Jubiläumsedition
2009, 5xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest
Various
Jazz For Weddings
2007, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group
Various
Talkin' Jazz
2007, CD, ,
Swing/Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Various
Jazz Swings Pop
2006, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records, Universal Music Group, ,
Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz/Easy Listening/Big Band/Swing
Seifert*
Live In Hamburg, 1978
2006, CD, Album, Dig, Milo Records (3), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Bar Jazz
2006, ,
Bossa Nova/Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening/Swing/Bop/Cool Jazz
Horst Jankowski
A Walk In The Black Forest
2006, ,
Easy Listening
Various
Verve Today 2004
2004, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dusko Goykovich
Quo Vadis Samba
2003, 12", Cosmic Sounds, ,
Future Jazz/Downtempo/Jazzdance
Various
Between Or Beyond The Black Forest
1999, ,
Jazz-Funk/Bossa Nova/Big Band/Jazz-Rock/Samba
NDR Bigband*
Bravissimo II - 50 Years
1998, ,
Big Band
Bata Kanda*
Harmonika Za Sva Vremena / Plays With Heart And Soul
1995, CD, Comp, RM, PGP RTS
Vladeta Kandić · Bata Kanda*
Harmonika Za Sva Vremena = Accordion Forever
1992,
Folk/Kolo
Dušan Prelević
U Redu, Pobedio Sam
1991, CD,
Pop Rock/Easy Listening
Orchester Horst Jankowski*
Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt
1989
Alexandra Slađana Milošević* & Darko Kraljić
Alexandra Slađana Milošević & Darko Kraljić
1988
Various
Beogradska Džez Scena U KST-u 10 April 1985
1985, Cass, Comp, PGP RTB
Various
5. International Jazz Fair - Zagreb '83
1984, 2xLP, Album, Jugoton
Various
Träumereien Am Klavier
1983, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Sonocord, ,
Soundtrack/Ballad/Easy Listening
Various
Träumereien Am Klavier Vol. 2
1983, Cass, Comp, Sonocord
Various
Träumereien Am Klavier Vol. 1
1983, Cass, Comp, Sonocord
Günther Klatt
The Horn Is Back
1982, LP, JG-Records
Margot Werner
Lieder Von Damals - Lieder Von Heute
1981, Vinyl, ,
Schlager
Boki Milošević
Od Čočeka Do Betovena
1981,
Free Jazz/Folk/Kolo
Frederic Rabold Crew
Berlin
1980, LP, Album, Jazzpoint Records, ,
Fusion/Post Bop/Free Improvisation
Various
Udruženje Jazz Muzičara Beograd Osnovano 1953
1980
Various
Jazz Na Koncertnom Podiju Vol. 4
1980
"Trumpets & Rhythm Unit" Gojković - Kovačev*
Trumpets & Rhythm Unit
1979
Ulrich Schaffer, Siegfried Fietz
Im Aufwind
1978, LP, Album, Abakus, Abakus
Vokalni Kvartet Predraga Ivanovića
Pod Sjajem Zvezda
1978
Morning Rise
Fortune
1977, LP, EGO Records (3)
Jazz Sekstet*
With Pain I Was Born (U Mukama Rođena)
1977, LP, Album, Jugoton
Various
NDR Jazzworkshop '76
1976, LP, Promo, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Free Improvisation
Catch Up II*
Birth Of The Second Life
1976, Vinyl, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Various
15. International Jazz Festival, Ljubljana - 74 = 15. Međunarodni Jazz Festival, Ljubljana - 74
1975, 2xLP, Jugoton,
Big Band/Fusion/Free Jazz
Roland Kovac New Set
Gulliver
1974, LP, Selected Sound
Ack Van Rooyen, Sigi Schwab*, Horst Jankowski, Herb Geller, Åke Persson ∙ Wolfgang Dauner ∙ Erik van Lier ∙ Bobby Gutesha
Rockin' Bach Dimensions
1974, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Piano Power! (A Panorama Of Jazz Piano Styles)
1974
Miriam Frances
Wenn Ich Singen Würde
1973, LP, Album, Ariola, ,
Pop Rock
Ack Van Rooyen Meets Jerry Van Rooyen And Orchestra*
Didn't We?
1973, LP, Album, RCA Victor
Michal Urbaniak Group*
Inactin
1973
Art Van Damme
Squeezing Art & Tender Flutes
1973
Michal Urbaniak Group*
Paratyphus B
1973
Wolfgang Dauner's Et Cetera*
Live
1973, 2x Vinyl, ,
Krautrock/Fusion/Experimental
Horst Jankowski
Starportrait (Mr. Music-Maker № 1)
1972, 2xLP, Album, Intercord, ,
Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening
Kurt Gelück, Werner Niehues, Egon Irgang
Electronic-Melodie
1972, LP, Album, Graetz, Hohner
Mladen Bobby Gutesha*
...Und...
1972
Orchester Horst Jankowski*
Jankowskyline
1971, ,
Easy Listening
Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente Live
1969, Vinyl, ,
Bossa Nova/Big Band/Beguine/Schlager
Kvintet Usnih Harmonika Branka Kralja
4 Uspeha
1963, 7", EP, PGP RTB
Kvintet Usnih Harmonika Branka Kralja
Boogie Woogie
1963, 7", EP, PGP RTB
Various
Jugoslovanski 4. Jazz Festival = 4 Югославский Фестиваль Джазовой Музыки
1963, Vinyl Black Label
Various
Bled 1961 - II Jugoslovenski Jazz Festival
1962, LP, Album, Comp, PGP RTB
Various
III Jugoslovenski Festival Džeza - Bled 1962
1962, LP, Album, PGP RTB
Ansamble Metronom Beograd*
Dance Music
1962, 7", EP, Qualiton
Diksilend Ansambl Dinamo
Jazz
1960, 10", Album, Mono, PGP RTB
Various
Bled 1960 - I. Jugoslavenski Jazz Festival
1960, Vinyl
Dr. Jeep
Piano Cocktail
LP, Europhon Record
Dr. Jeep
As Time Goes By "Play It Again"
Cass, Topsound, Polyband, ,
Easy Listening/Swing
Willy Michl
Blues Goes To Mountain (Wer Is Mei Wind)
Caterina Valente
Live In Germany
Art Van Damme
State Of Art
CD,
Various
Balkan Express - Rare Jazz / Fusion Gems From Yugoslavian Vaults
2001, Vinyl, ,
Fusion/Latin Jazz
Various
The Balkans
1980, LP, Sonoton, ,
Theme
Michal Urbaniak Group*
Inactin*
2005
Various
The Basic Principles Of Sound Vol. 3 (Music For The Modern Listener With A Brazilian Flavour)
1998, ,
Bossa Nova/Samba/Jazz-Funk/Batucada/Big Band/Funk/Latin Jazz
Various
Rendez-Vous
1994
Lala Kovacev*
Live! - Beograd SKC 2001
CDr, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label (Branislav Kovačev)