IZ NASLOVNICE CD-ja AMALA in ESMA REDŽEPOVA TEODOSIEVSKA

Amala je skupina, ki igra zelo specifično zvrst glasbe, zanimivo kombinacijo tradicionalne romske glasbe z jazz in latino elementi. Traja Brizani je vodja skupine Amala. Več kot dve desetletji je igral različne zvrsti glasbe, pred desetimi leti pa je dobesedno nenadoma spoznal pomembnost svojih korenin – romskih korenin (njegovi predniki so Romi s Kosova). Tako je ustanovil skupino Amala (Prijatelji). Amala je postala vodilna skupina tovrstne glasbe v Sloveniji in njeni okolici. Skupina je izdelala svoj unikatni slog, ki se razlikuje od ostalih glasbenih slogov romskih in jazz ustvarjalcev.

Izdali so dva CD-ja (Gipsy music, Dudum). Občinstvo in kritiki so jih sprejeli z navdušenjem (kritiki so Brizanija in Amalo primerjali s svetovno znanim Joe Zawinulom). Amala je igrala na številnih velikih jazz in world music festivalih tako v Sloveniji kot v tujini. Eden njihovih največjih dosežkov je bil koncert, ki so ga pripravili z Esmo Redžepovo, kraljico romske glasbe in Slovenskim filharmoničnim orkestrom letošnjo spomlad v Ljubljani. Esmo so spremljali tudi na Festivalu Lent, enem največjih glasbenih festivalov v Sloveniji.

FROM THE COVER CASE OF CD AMALA AND ESMA REDŽEPOVA TEODOSIEVSKA

AMALA is a group playing very unique music, an interesting combination of traditional gipsy music with jazz and latin elements. Traja Brizani is the leader of AMALA. He had played different types of music for more than two decades and a decade ago literary suddenly realized the importance of his roots – gipsy roots (his ancestors were gipsies from Kosovo), so he founded the group AMALA (Friends). AMALA became the leading group of this kind of music in Slovenia and near surroundings. The group has built and found its own unique style that differs them from other gipsy and jazz performers.

They are becoming more and more acknowledge by audience and critics (the critics compare Traja Brizani and AMALA with world-known Joe Zawinul). AMALA played on all big jazz and world music festivals and several festivals abroad. One of their biggest performances was the concert with Esma Redzepova, the queen of gipsy music, and Slovenian national classical music orchestra in

Ljubljana this spring: they also accompanied Esma on Lent festival, the biggest music festival in Slovenia. They released two CDs (AMALA Gipsy music and AMALA Dudum).