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»The
Mambo Stars«, latin salsa band from Belgrade, Serbia, was founded 1999.
by the group of professional jazz musicians -
members of
Big Band RTS(Radio Television Serbia). They transformed their
longlasting love for latin music into this very attractive
ensemble.
At that time, after famous moviesMambo KingsandBuena
Vista Social Club,
when latin music was on the top of planetary popularity, »The
Mambo Stars« was the first latin band in Serbia. Great success of band
made a stream of latin influences and latin bands, projects, such as
salsa clubs and band with latinoamerican musicians here in
Belgrade. During the decade of presence, whole
serbian
jazz-scene took part in this band.
From
the very begining »The Mambo Stars« had a lot of concerts around
Serbia, in all major cities, at many festivals(Belgrade Jazz
Festival, Grad Theater Budva Festival, Valjevo Jazz Festival, Sabac
Jazz Festival, FEST, Days Of Belgrade
Festival, Pan Festival,...) and in a many clubs In Serbia and
Montenegro.
»The
Mambo Stars« coloured many corporate celebrations and
presentations with its music:
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Mercedes-Benz
Delta Bank
Saga Computers
JAZAS
Royal Collection
Democratic
Party
KPMG
National Savings Bank
British Embassy
Delta City Podgorica
Chivas
FEST The Cabinet of the President of Serbia Grey Belgrade Music Youth Of Novi Sad
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BMW
Rigips
ITM
Davidoff
Magazine Gloria
Mc Cann Erickson
Jack Daniels
Longines
Swis Pharma
C Market
Diplomatic Club
UKT Children's Cultural Center Belgrade Eurobank EFG Serbia
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Carolina Herrera
Unikredit bank
Beoguma
Potisje Kanjiza
Idea Plus
Sol Beer
Holcim
Becks Beer
Delta Generali
Raiffeisen
Bank-Sarajevo
Parliament Deputies
Club
Lion Club Danube Foods Group, Salford Piraeus Bank Srbija
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Mobtel
Zepter
Hyatt Hotel
Tigar-Pirot
Incognito
Beodance
Verano Motors
Pernod-Ricard
Petrohemija Pancevo
Fund Katarina Rebraca
Skupstina Grada
Beograda
Gradjanski List Erste Bank Serbia Banca Intesa Srbija
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»The Mambo Stars« took
part in opening many new nightclubs(Montanaro Jazz Club, Colonial Sun
Club, Wooloomooloo Club...), dancing competitions (dancing school
"Beodnce", "Natalija & Ivica"), private party's (Madlena Zepter opening
house event, Saga Computers, Colonial Sun Club, Association of
Basketball Coaches SCG, Fund Katarina
Rebraca,... and many wedding party's - Vesna Trivalic
Wedd.party, Nikola Kojo Wedd.party, Igor Milanovic
Wedd.party,Aleksandar Mijatovic Wedd. Party, Zdravko Brkic
Wedd.party,...)
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»The Mambo Stars«Repertoire is very
wide - it consist of cuban salsa, famous latin hits,
evergreen and movie themes, pop and dancing music...
Ensemble recorded many TV shows, broadcast and new year
programs. »The Mambo Stars« bandleader is
saxophonist Tihomir "Tiki"
Jaksic, and he arranged almost all music for the band.
Along
our permanent singer, we have very often few special guest stars:
Tijana Dapcevic, Ana Stanic, Lena Kovacevic, Mari Mari,
Djole "Pingvin" Dragojlovic, Ana
Sofrenovic, Marko Kalajanovic, Nada Pavlovic, and we have very actractive repertoires with
them.
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They said about us:
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1. Dragoslav "Freddie" Stanisavljevic – trumpet 2. Novak Mijovic – trumpet 3. Bojan Vukelic – alto sax 4. Ljubisa Paunic – tenor sax & flute
5. Tihomir Jaksic – baritone sax, flute & cklarinet
6. Aleksandar Marinkovic – trombone
7. Filip Bulatovic – piano
8. Milan Pavkovic / Ivan Maksimovic – contrabass
9. Siniša Jovic – drums & percussions
10. Gradimir “Puba” Milosavljevic – percussions 11. Aleksandra Bijelic-Aleksijevic – vocal
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By the way I'm
hardly a fan of orchestras but this one made me wonder. To here what I
thought of this orchestra and orchestras in general, click on my
article "To Orchestrate or Not Orchestrate."
Didio Barrera(USA)
Budva's
Old Town became a big dance stage when The Mambo Stars "burned on" huge
audience with latino, cuban and salsa hits. Jamsession was lasting due
to down.
R.Radosavljevic,
BLIC newspaper, 2000.
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