History
Writing, composing and arranging for bigbands is for Bora Rokovic the ideal occuoation. Born 1925 in Yugoslavia. And although his music studies in Belgrade forced him to follow a classical route, jazz was in fact the be-all and end-all for him. he came to Germany in 1954, where Kurt Edelhagen engaged him as arranger in 1957.
The LP "Ultra Marine", recorded in 1971 in Villingen / MPS Studio, with Peter Trunk on Bass and Tony Inzalaco on drums, became a collectors item. On "J.B.W.", a true masterpiece of abstract jazz, the trio suceeds over 7 minutes in permanently ratcheting up the tension.
DISCOGRAPHY (Selection)
1961 V.A. - "2nd YUGOSLAVIAN JAZZ FESTIVAL - BLED 1961" (Jugoton)
1961 "III SASTANAK U STUDIJU" (RTB)
1964 DIE TOTE VON BEVERLY HILLS ()
1966 CARL DREWO & THE CLARKE-BOLAND BIG BAND - "SWING, WALTZ, SWING" (Philips)
1968 KNEF CONCERT (Decca)
1971 SOUNDTRACK "ZOFF"
1972 BORA ROKOVIC - "ULTRA NATIVE" (MPS)
1974 V.A. - "15th INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL LJUBLJANA 74" (Jugoton)
1977 YU JAZZ ALL STARS 1977- "4 LICA JAZZA" (Jugoton)
1977 STAN GETZ AND THE BIG BAND OF EUROPE (Vantage)
1978 JAZZ ORKESTAR RADIO TELEVIZIJE BEOGRAD - "1948-1978" (RTB)
1979 DUSKO GOJKOVIC - "TRUMPETS & RHYTHM UNIT" (RTB)
1980 BORA ROKOVIC-"NONA" (RTB)
1984 PETER HERBOLZHEIMER & WDR BIG BAND - "HARLEM STORY" (Koala)
1985 PETER HERBOLZHEIMER RHYTHM COMBINATION & BRASS - "MORE BOP" (Koala)
1991 STAN GETZ - "JAZZ COLLECTORS EDITION" (Laserlight)
1992 DUSKO GOJKOVIC - "BALKAN BLUE" (Enja)
2000 CATERINA VALENTE - KURT WEILL - AMERICAN SONGS (Bear Family)
2001 V.A. YU JAZZ FEST VALJEVO VOLUME II (Bear Family)
2001 JEAN-LUC PONTY - "WITH KURT EDELHAGEN & HIS ORCHESTRA" (Cleopatra)
2002 DUSKO GOJKOVIC - "PORTRAIT" (Enja)
