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          |  The NISHVILLE 
            BIG-BAND   Nis  Yugoslavia 
 
  11 / 24 / 
            2001          
            CCNS  Big 
            Hall  07:00 
            PM |  
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 The 
            NISHVILLE
 BIG-BAND
 
 conductor Dragoslav 
            Petrovic
 orchestra producer Dragana 
            Boskovic
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          | soloists:
 Dijana 
            Cvetkovic singer
 Andreja 
            Bucan saxophone
 Slavoljub 
            Radonjic piano
 Sasa 
            Jevtic accordion
 Stasa 
            Milutinovic vocal
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 "The 
            Nishville Big-Band" was formed in 1995 as a town festival orchestra 
            and is composed of Nish musicians. In his cultural mission, 
            orchestra plays in towns of southeastern Serbia, where they had more 
            than 150 performances.
 It is important to 
            mention the "22. Belgrade Jazz Festival" opening concert, concerts 
            in Sava Center and Yugoslav Army Club in Belgrade, performance at 
            the Youth of Serbia Culture Festival, as well as the participation 
            at all Nishville Festivals.
 Orchestra also played 
            with all eminent home jazz and commercial music artists, as vocal or 
            instrumental soloists (Vladana Markovic, Boba Stefanovic, Ana 
            Sofrenovic, Hilda Casassian, Leo Martin... Mihajlo Blam, Lazar 
            Tosic, Fredi Stanisavljevic, Stjepko Gut, Mica Markovic, Eduard 
            Sadjil... Vojislav Simic, Willy 
            Casassian...).
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          | saxophones:
 Nebojsa 
            Stankovic alt
 Ivica 
            Markovic
 alt
 Andrija 
            Ciric
 tenor
 Jadran 
            Stamenkovic
 tenor
 Vladimir 
            Simonovic
 baritone
 
             trumpets:
 Nenad 
            Popovic Aleksandar 
            Stosic
 Miroslav Milic
 Jovan 
            Ristic
 Miodrag 
            Miladinovic
 
             trombones:
 Dragan 
            Milovanovic Perica Spasic
 Mario 
            Jankovic
 Sasa Jevtic
 
             rhythm 
            section:
 Ivan 
            Jovanovic guitar
 Dejan 
            Kulic
 keyboards
 Slavoljub Radonjic
 piano
 Sasa 
            Jovanovic
 drums
 Dragan 
            Stefanovic
 drums
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 Mr. 
            Dragoslav Petrovic conducts the orchestra since its beginning. He 
            graduated and did his MA at the Nis Philosophical Faculty, Department 
            of art sociology. Arranges and composes for different bands, 
            co-operates with home and foreign soloists and conductors, and 
            explores musical taste development. 
             
             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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