DUSKO GOYKOVICH — Bebop City (1995) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

This is another excellent album from Duško Gojković that has a lot more to offer than the simple ‘bebop’ promise of the title. Of course, there is something of a bop approach to a few of the tunes, but overall, the album is full of colours, tones, and pulsating rhythms, handled in the best mode of Gojković’s classics from earlier years. The players on Bebop City are of the same calibre as the giants that made Soul Connection so brilliant. Pianist Kenny Barron, like a fine wine, gets even better as time passes and offers expressive solos in addition to his dynamic support. The two saxophonists offer an intriguing contrast in how to approach an improvisation. Abraham Burton has learned from his master Jackie McLean how to come in tonally and rhythmically at an angle and hear the cry in jazz. Tenor Ralph Moore has a muscular and distinctive sound that more quietly but no less passionately rings out that cry. Gojković here strongly makes evident his propensity for the romantic as his trumpet and flugelhorn tell beautiful stories on four deep and individual ballads. Each has a melancholy darkness which Gojković traverses in the manner of Miles Davis—open or muted—as if walking on eggshells. Bebop and its colours make up the other part of Gojković’s personality here: his originals such as “Bebop City,” “Bop Town” and “One For Klook” are no-nonsense lines that Gojković and the saxophonists tackle with appropriate abandon. What is always present, however, is Gojković’s passionate link to his roots both geographic and musical. Bebop City renews and revitalizes the promises made on Soul Connection and surely is another considerable success for Gojković’s universal artistry. Slobodan Mihajlović 
Tracklist :
1.    Sunrise In St. Petersburg    7:39
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
2.    In The Sign Of Libra    6:58
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
3.    Bebop City    7:03
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
4.    Lament 6:26
Written-By – J.J. Johnson
5.    Bop Town    7:39
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
6.    No Love Without Tears    6:46
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
7.    One For Klook    6:12
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
8.    Day By Day 8:38
Written-By – Stordahl, Weston, Cahn
9.    Brooklyn Blues    8:49
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
Credits : 
Alto Saxophone – Abraham Burton (tracks: 2, 7, 9)
Bass – Ray Drummond
Drums – Alvin Queen
Piano – Kenny Barron
Tenor Saxophone – Ralph Moore (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Dusko Goykovich