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

WOLFGANG HAFFNER — Kind Of Cool (2015) FLAC (tracks), lossless

On "Kind of Cool," Wolfgang Haffner moves between tradition and modernity, taking inspiration from Cool Jazz and the Great American Songbook. In the tradition of the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet and with the spirit of Cool, timeless jazz classics are elegantly performed. Incredibly relaxed, sophisticated, self-assured, and ultimately special. Three original compositions round out the album. It takes a true all-star band to make music sound as it does on "Kind of Cool": international jazz stars who have nothing left to prove, simply enjoying the pleasure of making these pieces sound like what they are: some of the most beautiful compositions produced by 20th-century music. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Hippie 5:39
Written-By – Wolfgang Haffner
2    So What 7:21
Written-By – Miles Davis
3    Piano Man 5:05
Written-By – Billy Eckstein, Sid Kuller
4    Autumn Leaves 4:05
Written-By – Jacques Enoch, Joseph Kosma
5    Tantricity 3:22
Written-By – Wolfgang Haffner
6    Summertime 5:24
Written-By – George Gershwin
7    My Funny Valentine 7:02
Written-By – Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
8    One For Daddy O 6:26
Written-By – Nat Adderley
9    I Fall In Love Too Easily 5:57
Written-By – Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
10    Django 5:02
Written-By – John Lewis
11    Remembrance 4:57
Written-By – Wolfgang Haffner
Credits :
Wolfgang Haffner - Drums
Christopher Dell - Vibraphone
Jan Lundgren - Piano
Dan Berglund - Bass
Dusko Goykovich - Trumpet
Jukka Perko - Alto Saxophone
Guests:
Max Mutzke - Vocals
Frank Chastenier - Piano
Christian von Kaphengst - Bass
Nils Landgren - Trombone

DUSKO GOYKOVICH - In my Dreams (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is a dreamy little set from Duško Gojković, one that focuses on his overlooked talents for laidback ballads, as one might guess from the cover and title. Dedicated mostly to soft ballad moods, In My Dreams combines Gojković’s warm and melancholy playing with the somewhat modernistic and angular approach of astonishing, but largely overlooked American pianist Bob Degen, known for his work with Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon, Paul Motian, Albert Mangelsdorff, Buddy DeFranco and Heinz Sauer. This thrillingly unusual team is completed by Isla Eckinger, one of Europe’s most prolific bass players, and young American drummer Jarrod Cagwin who can make even complex rhythms sound simple and natural as he proves in Rabih Abou-Khalil’s band. There are nine selections, six of which are originals by Gojković, one by the pianist (Degen’s famous and lovely “Sequoia Song”), and the remaining two by the great Hoagy Carmichael. Gojković plays both trumpet and flugelhorn here, often with this spacious approach to soloing that is not unlike Art Farmer at his best, a really great way of shaping the notes carefully, then letting them hang in air over gentle rhythms from the band. As he approached 70, Gojković has acquired a philosophical stance that comes here strongly through tracks like “St. Germain de Prés” and on the gently melancholy “Skylark.” There is a lovely sort of balance to the record, three of these are slow and moody, three are brighter and faster and three are very much ballads; to fully appreciate it, listeners should listen to the whole album. The trumpeter shines brightly on this quartet recording, which is an intense and intimate chapter in Gojković’s career—great art, mellow moods, and refined styling, although as an album in whole, perhaps, a little one-dimensional. by Slobodan Mihajlović
Tracklist:
1 In My Dreams 7:26

Written-By – Dusko Goykovich

2 St. Germain de Pres 6:50
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
3 Sequoia Song 4:11
Written-By – Bob Degen
4 Introduction 4:57
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
5 Skylark 7:59
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael
6 One Morning In My 5:17
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael
7 All My Love - Piano Trio Version 4:23
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
8 Little Theo 5:11
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
9 I Miss You So 7:30
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
10 Ballad For Belgrade 5:46
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
11 All My Love - Quartet Version 4:09
Written-By – Dusko Goykovich
Credits:
Bass – Isla Eckinger
Drums – Jarrod Cagwin
Piano – Bob Degen
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Dusko Goykovich