Supergroup of international individualists.

Jazz players from the Balkans play differently. They enliven the music with odd rhythms and eastern micro-intervals. Drummer Dejan Terzić is originally from Bosnia, Bojan Zulfikarpašić from Serbia. Terzić grew up in Germany, played with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove and Avishai Cohen, and earned a professorship at the Bern Academy of Arts. Zulfikarpašić lives in France and is one of the few pianists who have used dissonant clusters (harmonies of closely placed keys) to add new colors to the piano and bring the instrument closer to an oriental feel. This is evidenced by his Bosnian ballads sevdalinka with singer Amira Medunjanin, and his collaborations with Algerian drummer Karim Ziad and Turkish flautist Kudsi Erguner. New Zealand bassist Matt Penman and American saxophonist Chris Speed complete the line-up. The quartet is a rare combination of distinct individuals, each of whom is also a great team player.

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