JAZZANITZA

In Bulgarian language, the suffix “nitza” at the end of a word usually implies a female gender. Many common words have it.  Some are connected with popular food, such as “lyutenitza” (a tomato-paprika  spread), “nadenitza” (sausage), some are words for activities and games: “krienitza” (hide and seek) “gonenitza” (tag) and a few name popular folk dances in irregular rhythms, such as “ruchenitza” (in 7/8) and “kopanitza” (in 11/8). The world “jazzanitza” gives “jazz” a Bulgarian appearance in a way, and this is exactly the idea behind the music of Jazzanitza, composed by drummer Borislav Petrov. Jazzanitza is a collective of Bulgarian jazz musicians, whose individual musical searches gravitate towards combining contemporary jazz with elements of folk music from Bulgaria. The musicians belong to the first generation of Bulgarian musicians after the democratic changes (1989), who had the opportunity to receive their jazz education abroad and carry over the acquainted knowledge read more...