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'''Damir Kukuruzović''' ([[Sisak]], 20 August [[1975]] – [[Zagreb]], 12 December [[2020]]) was a [[Croatian]] jazz guitarist, the most famous Croatian representative of [[gypsy jazz]].<ref>[http://www.sisak.hr/uploads/documents/2013/LOKALNI_IZBORI/Rjesenja_vijece_zig_potpis.pdf PRAVOVALJANOM KANDIDACIJSKU LISTU ZA IZBOR ČLANICA/ČLANOVA GRADSKOG VIJEĆA GRADA SISKA]</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/5212722-Damir-Kukuruzovi%C4%87 Discogs]</ref> |
'''Damir Kukuruzović''' ([[Sisak]], 20 August [[1975]] – [[Zagreb]], 12 December [[2020]]) was a [[Croatian]] jazz guitarist, the most famous Croatian representative of [[gypsy jazz]].<ref>[http://www.sisak.hr/uploads/documents/2013/LOKALNI_IZBORI/Rjesenja_vijece_zig_potpis.pdf PRAVOVALJANOM KANDIDACIJSKU LISTU ZA IZBOR ČLANICA/ČLANOVA GRADSKOG VIJEĆA GRADA SISKA]</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/5212722-Damir-Kukuruzovi%C4%87 Discogs]</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:42, 27 December 2020
Damir Kukuruzović (Sisak, 20 August 1975 – Zagreb, 12 December 2020) was a Croatian jazz guitarist, the most famous Croatian representative of gypsy jazz.[1][2]
He was the founder of the Damir Kukuruzović Django Group, with whom he recorded several albums and played at numerous international jazz festivals. He also performed with musicians such as Stochelo Rosenberg, Paulus Schäfer, Angelo Debarre, Raphaël Faÿs, Ludovic Beier, Wawau Adler, Yorgui Loeffler, Joscho Stephan, Vlatko Stefanovski and Robin Nolan. In 2019 he recorded the hit Zoran pjeva Arsena with Zoran Predin.[3][4]
Kukuruzović was also the founder and director of the Siscia Jazz Club. He was also the organizer of the Siscia Open Jazz & Blues Festival and other jazz festivals in Croatia. In 2011 he was awarded the prize for the most famous acoustic jazz guitarist in Croatia. In 2013 he was honored for exceptional guitar skills and the promotion of Croatian jazz music in the world.[5][6][7]
In the election campaign for the 2011 Croatian parliamentary election, Kukuruzović supported the right-wing extremist Croatian Party of Rights; in the election for the city council in Sisak in 2013, he stood as a candidate for their split-off Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević.[8][9]
Kukuruzović dief of COVID-19 at age 45, on 12 December 2020, after being hospitalized in Zagreb for several weeks.[10][11][12]
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- ^ [https://www.tportal.hr/showtime/clanak/nakon-visetjedne-borbe-s-koronavirusom-preminuo-poznati-glazbenik-damir-kukuruzovic-20201212 Nakon višetjedne borbe s koronavirusom preminuo poznati glazbenik Damir Kukuruzović]
- ^ DAMIR KUKURUZOVIĆ
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- ^ PRAVOVALJANOM KANDIDACIJSKU LISTU ZA IZBOR ČLANICA/ČLANOVA GRADSKOG VIJEĆA GRADA SISKA
- ^ Na kampanju u 6. izbornoj jedinici potrošeni milijuni
- ^ [https://www.tportal.hr/showtime/clanak/nakon-visetjedne-borbe-s-koronavirusom-preminuo-poznati-glazbenik-damir-kukuruzovic-20201212 Nakon višetjedne borbe s koronavirusom preminuo poznati glazbenik Damir Kukuruzović]
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- ^ Od covida umro Siščanin Damir Kukuruzović (45), jedan od najboljih svjetskih jazz gitarista
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