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Clad in a suave white suit, it’s not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban Marković with getting his homeland out of a recent jam: Marković’s spit-fire precision is rumored to have so seduced Bill Clinton that the saxophone playing president called off the further NATO bombing of Serbia.

True or not, one thing is clear: Marković and his son, prized protégé Marko, are the bomb in Balkan brass dance music, harnessing the absolute flexibility of Miles Davis and the cool funk of Herb Alpert in the ultimate expression of their Southern Serbian Rroma roots. Their latest album as the Boban and Marko Marković Orkestar, Devla: Blown Away to Dancefloor Heaven (Piranha Musik, November 10, 2009), flies effortlessly between echoes of the Ottoman Empire and down-and-dirty grooves that would make P-Funk’s jaws drop.

Boban’s decades of experience are now fired by Marko’s youthful vibe—an energy sustained by marathon practice sessions and a lifetime spent with dad on stage. As a kid, Marko put in ten hours a day at home with his horn, a practice that drove Boban so crazy he finally insisted his son stand and deliver with the Orkestar. The determined, then fourteen-year-old Marko played so perfectly, he soon became a fixture in the group.

But Marko has done more than merely play along. Together, Boban and Marko Marković are expanding the idioms of gypsy brass, as Marko scats (“Devla”), raps in Serbian and English (“Benim Gecem”), and even flirts with flamenco (“Kazi Baba”). All while keeping true to tradition: the lightning-fast melodies, driving rhythms, and exuberant transcendence of the greatest Balkan brass bands.
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  • Yseson

    I have 5 Boban albulms three with different names for the same artist, makes srobbling hell; But listening to the music is still divine so to hell with Last FM tagging issues. Go Marko Go!

    last month

  • goupil_libertin

    I guess the "ć" is not that important, so could you please stop bothering us with that ? My radio station keeps broadcasting me "Boban i Marko Marković Orkestar", which certainly is the correct spelling but isn't one of the artists of my library. It's really annoying.

    January 2011

  • Spurv007

    Fantastic musicians, those guys! true masters!

    January 2011

  • RaggaR

    Indeed!

    July 2010

  • RASA-Utrecht

    May 6th , 21:00h concert at RASA, Utrecht (The Netherlands) Join us at the concert and celebrate Boban's birthday with us! www.rasa.nl

    April 2010

  • vkconcerts

    14th oktober at Vk*, Brussels (Belgium)

    June 2009

  • tigerbalsam

    The group name is "Boban i Marko Marković Orkestar" - not c but ć

    September 2008

  • saeko823

    pretty fucking awesome

    June 2008
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