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Majamisty TriO

Majamisty TriO explores the space beetween jazz and classical music, expanding the possibilities of traditional piano oriented trio with additional voice, used as an instrument equal to others. Their lyrical music style has an origin in autor’s long experience in classical music and affinity towards jazz, finding the original way of painting subtle moods and emotions.

Members:

Maja Alvanović, piano, Ervin Malina - double bass player, Lav Kovač - drummer,

Maja Alvanović: Wind Rose

Read "Wind Rose" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 20, 2022

The composer and pianist Maja Alvanovic forges her unique sound out of the complex rhythms and the poetry of her native Serbia and Jazz's effervescent spontaneity. She is also a superb bandleader as her Majamisty trio, with fellow Serbians bassist Ervin Malina, and drummer Lav Kovač, performs with vibrant fluidity. The ensemble's fifth release, the charming Wind Rose, maintains the stylistic elements of its predecessors and is equally moving and elegant. Alvanovic's “Passarola" opens with a ...

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Majamisty Trio: Wind Rose

by Chris May
May 10, 2022

The Serbian pianist Maja Alvanović and her trio won widespread acclaim in 2020 for Organic (Majamisty), with All About Jazz and The New York Times among early champions of the album. An ineffably beautiful disc, it drove some writers towards the rocks of hyperbole as surely as the Sirens of Greek mythology wrecked besotted seafarers. But overall the praise was justified. And the good news is that Wind Rose, the group's fourth album, rides the same tide, ...

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Majamisty Trio: Organic

Read "Organic" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
June 10, 2020

Serbian pianist Maja Alvanović is an imaginative composer and a virtuoso performer who, for the past decade, has created uniquely enchanting music. On past releases Alvanović seamlessly fused western classical techniques with exciting improvisation and created ethereal impressionistic originals. Her third release Organic finds Alanović with her Majamisty Trio, in a more introspective mood as they explore sublime sounds in a more intimate setting. Alvanović's tense and cinematic “Jungle" is the centerpiece of the album and it opens ...

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Majamisty TriO: LOVE

by Tyran Grillo
July 25, 2015

Pianist Maja Alvanović and her self-fashioned Majamisty Trio with bassist Ervin Malina and drummer Istvan Cik put Serbian jazz on the map. The trio's 2013 debut Mistyland showed three young artists at top of their game right out of the gate, with classical cylinders running along a track paved in jazz. The sophomore effort LOVE expands the traction of their world. “Our appetites increased," Alvanović tells All About Jazz. “We wanted to enrich our sound by adding more and more ...

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Majamisty TriO: Love

by Hrayr Attarian
March 4, 2015

Serbian pianist and composer Maja Alvanovic's second release with her Majamisty TriO Love is a collection of ethereal dreamscapes that crackle with lively spontaneity. The dominant and unifying theme of the album is a sort of nostalgic impressionism with fluid, hazy sonic images filtered through the lens of memory and time. The redolent “Rain Dots" evokes the warm, cozy indoor ambience of rainy afternoons. Alvanović's keys emulate the gentle pitter-patter of a drizzle that grows into a stormy ...

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Majamisty TriO: Love

by Bruce Lindsay
November 20, 2014

"Maja" refers to pianist and composer Maja Alvanović, “misty" is a nod to Errol Garner, one of her influences. Love is the second album from the trio, based in Novi Sad, Serbia. The trio--Alvanović, bassist Ervin Malina and drummer Istvan Cik--are superb players. Alvanović is melodic, crafting single note runs that are gentle, percussive, romantic in turn. Cik is a positive, economical, drummer and the imaginative Malina is particularly strong on arco bass. The combination of their playing and the ...

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Majamisty TriO: Mistyland

Read "Mistyland" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
July 6, 2012

Supreme virtuosity and intense lyricism come together on Majamisty Trio's Mystiland. Both the group and record are named after Erroll Garner's composition that serves as leader Maja Alvanović's theme song, and is also the only standard on an otherwise all-original disc from the pianist. She imbues Garner's masterpiece with a breeziness that masks the complexities of her Interpretation, letting a sublime gracefulness shine through. Alvanović, a professor of classical piano at Serbia's Novi Sad University, has also ...

"Supreme virtuosity and intense lyricism come together on Majamisty Trio's Mistyland. Often melancholic, sometimes exuberant but always enchanting, this album has earned its place next to the best examples of European jazz." - Hrayr Attarian (ALL ABOUT JAZZ)

"On the delightful Mistyland the Majamisty TriO brings innovative and stylish ideas to the piano trio format" – Bruce Lindsay (ALL ABOUT JAZZ)

„Airy, graceful, intriguing…” - Thomas Conrad (“Jazz Times”)

“Quite dark and Nordic in feel, this music set the hairs on the back of your neck tingling…” - Tim Dickeson (In his blog - Jazzontour)