Vladimir
SAMARDZIC
bass guitar
Dejan
MOMCILOVIC
drums
Branko
KOPRIVICA
guitar
Aleksandar
BANJAC
piano

Band plays modern instrumental music combining funk, r&b, jazz, rock and latino elements. 
Members are: Branko Koprivica – guitar, Aleksandar Banjac – keyboard, Vladimir Samardzic – bass and Dejan Momcilovic – drums, with Bunford Gabor – saxophone often playing as guest. Band was formed in summer of 2000. in Novi Sad and during the one-year existence made great credit not only in Vojvodina (Novi Sad, Backa Palanka, Sremska Mitrovica, Zrenjanin, Subotica) but also in Montenegro (Podgorica, Niksic) and the Republic of Srpska (Banja Luka, Zelenkovac) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Trebinje).
Four extraordinary instrumentalists began playing songs of others famous jazz/funk musicians/bands, adding as time passed more and more of their own authorized numbers. Band is currently working at their first album containing original compositions and arrangements.

Born 1970. in Novi Sad. Plays bass since he was 19., in music professionally since 1992.
Since 1993. member of RTV Novi Sad Orchestra under leadership of Josip Lorbek. He started co-operation with Vasil Hadzimanov at the same year, playing successfully in clubs of Belgrade and Novi Sad, he specializes his instrument. In period since 1995 till 1997 he was a member of rock band SMAK and a student of Radomir Mihajlovic Tocak. Although without formal musical education, 1997. He started studying and gained a scholarship from Berklee Collage of Music, modern and jazz music academy in Boston and “Studenica” Foundation. He won a price for achieved results at the Department for bas guitar and BMG jazz Award. During his studies in USA he performed as bass player in Bryan Oliver funk band, latino band Papa Loves Mambo, as well as an associate of American singer Gabrielle Goodman. He played with his sextet his own arrangements and compositions in Boston clubs. In December 1999. He obtained his diploma with “great honors” at Department of Professional musician/Bas guitar with Professor Oscar Stangara and Anthony Vitaglia. After his return in Yugoslavia he returns to Vasil Hadzimanov Band and establishes Novi Sad fusion band Groove Masters. He co-operates with singers Hana Vucucevic (Speed Limit, Hana Vasil Funk Band) and Bisera Veletanlic.
Vladimir Samardzic is editor of radio show Jazz Scene on Radio Novi Sad, private instructor and bass guitar/jazz harmony workshop leader.
As bassist he participated in realization of the following musical editions:
Belgrade Jazz Scene 1993 – PGP RTS (1993); SMAK- Fox Cinema – Komuna, PGP RTS (1995), Garavi Sokak / Dovidjenja Tugo – PGP RTS (201) ,as well as in other solo projects of rock guitarist Petar Jelavic (YU Grupa) and ethno multiinstrumentalist Slobodan Trkulja (Balkanopolis), whose albums are in preparation. His bass lines are part of some independent American editions.
His musical models: James Jemreson, Jaco Pastorius, Louis Johnson, Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson, Tony Levin and Dave Holand.

Dejan Momcilovic, drums

Born in Belgrade, in 1971. After finishing primary music school, he started taking regular drum lessons with famous drummer/pedagogue Miroslav Karlovic. Within a few years he started a solo career, improving his skills, playing with Mirodrag Nikolic (a guitar professor at Guitar Institute if London), Bisera Veletanlic, Milivoje Mica Markovic… He took registration exam at the Percussion Institute of London, being one of the best in the class that year, but could not start his studies because of the political situation in Yugoslavia. At the beginning of the 90s he became a member of Hazari, one of the modern ethno bands which explores very complex rhythmical figures based in Balcanic rhythms. He worked with Vasil Hadzimanov, Hana Vucicevic, Billy King. In 1997 he founded a noticeable fusion groups named Magnus, where his drumming abilities came to full expression. He participated in the marvelous Sidewinder Project in 1999 and many other musical festivals in the country.
As a studio musician played in various local projects (Tanja Banjanin, Nikola Pejakovic-Kolja…). For the past few years he has been working as a field associate of RTS Big Band Belgrade and Fiesta Latino Band under the leadership of Branko Markovic.
Musical influences: Steve Gadd, Vinni Kolauita, Dave Weckl, Gary Novak.

Branko Koprivica, guitar

Born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1974. As extremely young and talented artist under the supervision of his school music teacher, Oleg Balashev Samarsky, he won numberless prizes such as:
the 1st place at the Republic Contest of BiH and the 2nd place at Federal Competition (SFR Yugoslavia). In the following years he played with several musicians and groups from BIH and became a well noticed associate of Pavaroti Center Studio in Mostar and Cameleon Studio in Novi Sad. For the past few years he has worked with Aleksandar Dujin, Billy King, as well as with other respectable names. He has had the biggest credit in founding the modern fusion band - Groove Masters. He is a guitarist of an extraordinary tone and technique with very defined phrase and a sense for dynamics. 
Musical influences: Jimmy Hendrix, Steve Ray Vough, Roben Ford, Mike Miller, Larry Carlton, Chuck Loeb and Steve Lukhater.

Aleksandar Banjac, pianist, composer, arranger
Born 1976. In Cuprija. He expressed his great interest and talent for keyboard in primary school, earning his “musical money” as early as 12. He finished “Isidor Bajic” musical high school in Novi Sad, where he starts  Musical Academy, Department Composition in class of professors Milan Mihajlovic and Slavko Suklar. He co-operated with Michael Kernsting (Germany) as well as with Hungarian jazz blues guitarist Laszlo Atila. At the first half of the 90 –es he is a member of Revir band, after that in 1996. he plays with very successful Novi Sad funk/r&b band Colibry, with whom he toured all over the country.
Last few years is a regular member of Tanja Jovicevic’s band October 1864. As studio musician, keyboardist / arranger he played on over 30 albums of pop music (Goca Trzan, Tanja Banjanin, Xenia, Elvis J. Kurtovic,…). 
Important musical editions he worked on are: Partenon/Revir – independent edition (1994), Kasandrin Glas – Metropolis (1996), II/Revir – PGP (1997), Balkanopolis- independent edition (1999), Akos – Germany (2000), Aleksandar Dujin / Smooth – Radio 021(2000).
Musical Influence: Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Steve Wonder, Chic Corea, Michael Camillo.