Ormož
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jazz
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musician (saxophone,
flute
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,
composition
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Berklee College of Music
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in the United States, he came back to
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
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during hs education, he formed his own
quartet
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Classical String quartet
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in 1972 along with André Jeanquartier, Ewald Oberleitner and John Preininger. In 1974, he became a member of ''RTV Ljubliana Big Band''. he was active in the band until 1984 and was involved in its various productions. With his band, he made several tours through Europe as well as to
India
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and
Soviet Union
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. Since 1988, he has worked as a
docent
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Aladár Pege
Aladár Pege (8 October 1939 – 23 September 2006) was a jazz musician from Hungary. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass".
He was chosen as best soloist of Europe in 1970, performed at Carnegie Hall an ...
, Gustav Brom, Mladi Levi and the ''Swing & Musical Orchester Graz''.
Discography
* ''Tone Janša Jazz Kvartet'' (1977; with Ewald Oberleitner, John Preininger,
Harald Neuwirth
Harald 'Harry' Neuwirth (2 February 1939 – 23 March 2023) was an Austrian jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Born in Vienna, Neuwirth came from a musical family; the composer Gösta Neuwirth is his brother, the composer Olga Neuwirth ...
, André Jeanquartier
* ''Beogradski Jazz Festival '78'' (1978; with Ewald Oberleitner, Johann Preininger, Miroslav Karlović, André Jeanquartier)
* ''Pattern'' (1979; with Ewald Oberleitner, Miroslav Karlović, André Jeanquartier
* ''Goa'' (1983; mit Dejan Pečenko, Andy Lumpp, Bernd Dietrich, Slavko Avsenik Jr., Gerhard Wennemuth,
Adelhard Roidinger
Adelhard Roidinger (28 November 1941 – 22 April 2022) was an Austrian jazz musician (bass, electronic), composer and computer graphic designer.
Life and Works
Roidinger, who was from a musician family, learned first piano, violin and guitar. ...
, Karel Novak, Ratko Divjak)
* ''
Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet
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* ''Plays Original Music'' (1998; with Lado Rebrek; Primož Grašič, Aleš Rendla, Dejan Pečenko, Dominik Krajnčan)
* ''Long Way'' (2016; with Renato Chicco, Philipp Zarfl, Drago Gajo)