The International Blazin’ Quartet is led by Bosnian born and Paris, France, based drummer, composer, arranger and educator Srdjan Ivanovic. Blazin’ Quartet and their special guest maestro flutist Magic Malik, delivers on their 4th studio album “Sleeping Beauty”, a very profound, organic, timeless and articulate sound. Nine tracks of unpredictable, potent, refreshingly divorced from the sonic status quo while exceedingly brilliant creative mettle are offered, awaiting for the attentive listener’s pleasure.
Seldom does such an ensemble jazz cast weave so seamlessly, yet play with such heartfelt emotion, conviction and, at times, abandon. With an inherent, extraordinary chemistry on display, moments of the most rare, exquisite beauty materialize while ascending to the fore. A delightful, resounding lack of pretense, combined with abounding imagination and sparkling, upper-echelon performances, contributes to an album that’s as fresh and ingenious as ensemble jazz gets, from every facet.
“Is beauty asleep? Or would it not be rather that it is in what one might call sleep that we must see, discover, love, what makes beauty itself? No doubt the drummer Srdjan Ivanovic, leader of the Blazin ’quartet, composer, keyboardist has made his choice. The demonstration here is brilliant. “Sleeping Beauty” is a singular success” – NOTES DE JAZZ (France)
“Sleeping Beauty” is a romantic, reflective, sensual-associative-emotional album. Nowadays, we probably need such sounds, so it’s really worth going to this fairy-tale land, if only to take a deep breath.” – LABARATORIUM MF (Poland) – Marcin Pulawski
“Everything is a source of pleasure in this album: the magic of the trumpet, the candor of the flute, the inventiveness of the drums and bass, the lyricism of the guitar.” – LE SOIR by Jean-Claude Vantroyen (Belgium)
credits
Srdjan Ivanovic – drums, keyboards, compositions
Andreas Polyzogopoulos – trumpet
Federico Casagrande – guitar
Mihail Ivanov – double bass
Guest : Magic Malik – flute
All compositions by Srdjan Ivanovic except: Track 3 & 8 by Ennio Morricone
Track 5 by Andreas Polyzogopoulos & Srdjan Ivanovic
Artwork by Severine Scaglia, photos by Samuel Berthet.
