Born: December 15, 1947 Primary Instrument: Bass
Misa Blam, a musician, composer, arranger, jazz publicist, manager, freelance artist. Born 15.12.1947. in Belgrade. Education: Music high school “Stankovic”, Faculty of Music in Belgrade and in Belgium. The first and only Yugoslav who passed the audition with Karajan. Member of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra (1968-71); chamber orchestra “Dusan Skovran” Grand National RTB Orchestra (1973-76); Great Jazz Orchestra RTB - Big Band (1978-89) and the Orquesta Nacional Sinfonika - Santo Domingo (1993-94) . The founder of the specialized monthly magazine for jazz music “JAZZ” (1990) and the agency “International Jazz” (1991). Author and art director of “Summertime Blues & Jazz and World Music Festival” (Sava, 1991). Organizer and financier of the “First Serbian Christmas Jazz Festival” - recorded over 150 different art programs (Museum Michael Blum - SCC, 1993). One of the initiators and founders of the jazz department of the music school “Stankovic” in Belgrade, and professor in the same school.
Last Updated: January 27, 2013
One cannot live from jazz, but can live for jazz.
Discography: two plates solo jazz ("Misha Blam and those who love the funky" and "Memories") and about 30 boards in cooperation with local and international musicians (sextet "Gut & Markovic", Clark Terry, Alvin Queen, Steve Gut and etc..), and there's a CD "Good old Yu Jazz. Performances at festivals in Holland, Italy, in Midlhajmu, Prague, Istanbul, Debrecen ... Book: Miles Davis (biography, interviews, discography). TV show about jazz "Jazz at midnight." The exhibition "60 years of Belgrade Jazz 1927-87".
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