Tenor Saxophone Summit (UK, AT, SI)

Line-up:
Brandon Allen: tenor saxophone
Alex Garnett: tenor saxophone
Jure Pukl: tenor saxophone
Lenart Krečič: tenor saxophone
Marko Črnčec: Hammond organ
Klemens Marktl: drums

Brandon Allen and Alex Garnett are renowned English saxophonists who represent the jazz tradition of "tenor battle". They have been musical collaborators for more than twenty years. They are inspired by tenor duets such as Sonny Rollins - Sonny Stitt, Johnny Griffin - Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Dexter Gordon - Wardell Gray, Joshua Redman - Joe Lovano, Seamus Blake - Chris Cheek and Al Cohn - Zoot Sims. We can expect rhythmic rhythm and blues, classic hard bop and romantic ballads.

Jure Pukl and Lenart Krečič are key representatives of contemporary Slovenian jazz. Jure Pukl is active in several projects, currently Analog AI would be the most highlighted. He is also active as a sideman for many musicians, such as Duane Eubanks, Kendrick Scott, Joe Sanders, etc. He is also the head of the Creative Jazz Clinic in Velenje and the head of the summer Mozzajik Festival. Lenart Krečič is employed as the first tenor of the national Big Band RTV Slovenia. He is very active in many projects, such as in the bands of Branimir Gazdik and Marko Ramljak, in a duet with pianist Peter Mihelič in Nonet Kumovi, etc.