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Book: The History of European Jazz

Chapter: 30. Former Yugoslavia (including Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Vojvodina and Kosovo)

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.33256

Blurb:

Introduction; Early years; Pre-World War II; The big band era; World War II; Post-World War II; Outside Zagreb; Zagreb International Jazz Fair; Boško Petrović; Jugoton; The birth of jazz in Slovenia; World War II; Post-war; Bled festival; 1982 and a cultural shift; Jazz praxis in modern Slovenia; Serbia; The early years; World War II; The post-war years; A new generation; Belgrade Jazz Festival and the YU All Stars; 1960–90; Macedonia; Beginnings: Gjakonovski-Shpato; 1950s–1960s; The 1970s: Macedonian jazz; The 1980s and onward: Skopje Jazz Festival; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Post-war beginnings: the Plesni Orkestar; Traditional roots and expatriates; The 1980s; The Bosnian War and its aftermath; Montenegro; Kosovo; Listening guide; Bibliography;

Chapter Contributors

  • Mike Mazur ([email protected] - mmazur) 'Independent Scholar'
  • Iço Vidmar ([email protected] - IVidmar) 'Independent researcher, music journalist, reviewer, translator, lecturer, columnist and radio host'
  • Eleni Novakovska ([email protected] - ENovakovska) 'National Library of Macedonia'
  • Edin Zubčević ([email protected] - EZubčević) 'Music Academy of Sarajevo'