Famous Croatian musician Matija Dedic He died today in Zagreb at the age of 53, Jutarnji list has learned.
He was one of the most famous Croatian jazz musicians. He was born on March 2, 1973 in Zagreb, into a family of musicians. He is the son of the late Arsen Dedić and singers Gabi NovakHe started playing the piano at the age of five, and after graduating from the "Vatroslav Lisinski" secondary music school in Zagreb, in 1991 he enrolled in the Jazz Academy in Graz, where he graduated in 1997.
Upon his return to Zagreb in 1997, he quickly gained a great reputation on the Croatian music scene. During those years, he played with his own band, the Boliers Quartet, with whom he accompanied great jazz musicians such as Benia Golson (Benny Golson), Kenija Burela (Kenny Burrell), Happy Birthday (Roy Haynes), Hosea Felisijana (José Feliciano), and the All Stars Band. He also performed with Tamara Obrovac and her quartet. In the late nineties, Matija founded a trio called Matija Dedić Trio, which performed his own works. The band also included experienced jazz musicians from Tamara Obrovac's quartet - Ziga Golob i Krunoslav Levačić.
Over the years, he has performed in almost all European countries, as well as in the United States, with big musical names such as Alvin Five (Alvin Queen), Martin Dru (Martin Drew), Ron Ringvud (Ron Ringwood), Bosko Petrovic, Mark Murphy Band (Marc Murphy Band), Patricia Conte (Patrizia Conte), David Gazarov (David Gazarov), Gianni Bazo (Gianni Basso), Myles Griffith (Miles Griffith), Under Fokan, Žan Luj Rasenfos (Jean Louis Rassinfosse), Duck Pargel (Anca Parghel), Tommy Emanuel (Tommy Emmanuel), Lenny White (Lenny White), Kendrick Scott (Kendrick Scott), Jim Madison (Jim Madison), Jeff Ballard (Jeff Ballard), Visente Arčer (Vicente Archer), Buster Williams (Buster Williams), Grenadier Run (Larry Grenadier) and many others. Matija Dedić wrote music for television and theater, and also performed with popular musicians of the Croatian pop scene.
In 2000, the Cantus Records label released his first solo album, Solo Part 1, and in December 2001, his second album, Handwriting, for which he won three Porin discography awards the following year.
In 2004, he released his album Tempera, published by Dallas Records. Matija recorded twelve compositions on it. Gibonnia of his own choosing. A year later, for the same publisher, he released the album Drugi pogled, which contains the most famous songs of his father Arsen Dedić, such as "Sve te vodilo k meni", "Kuća pored mora", "Ni ti ni ja", "Ne plači", "Razgovor s konobarom" and "Moderato cantabile". Together with the Belgian double bassist Jean-Louis Rasenfoss (Jean-Louis Rassinfosse) and Czech bubnjarom Marek PatrmanIn 2006, he recorded the album Visiting Bruxeless. On the album Life of Flowers, on which he plays with musicians of different styles, along with his own performances and compositions Dora Pejačević.
Croatia Records issued a statement regarding his death: "It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Matija Dedić, one of our most famous jazz pianists. The family asks for understanding at this, for them, extremely difficult moment."
The departure of one of the most famous Croatian jazz pianists and composers, Matija Dedić, represents a great loss for the Croatian and regional music scene.
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