Saban Bajramovic

Juce sam slucajno gledajuci skopsku televiziju A1, koju svi vi naravno nemate jer ste sbb:), naleteo na koncert Cubisma i Saban Bajramovica u Skoplju. Znaci fenomenalno, bio sam totalno odusevljen. Prelepi aranzmani starih ciganskih pesama uz maestralno izvodjenje Sabana Bajramovica. Iako ima 1000 godina jos uvek ga drzi glas :). Kulminacija koncerta se dogadja kada im se na sceni pridruzuje i Vlatko Stefanovski (o njemu u sledecem postu). Naravno, svojom gitarom unosi jednu sasvim drugaciju notu koja se savrseno uklapa u sve sto se desava na sceni. U pesmi posle Sabanovog pocetnog dela sledi Vlatko sa svojim soliranjem i maestralnom improvizacijom, a Saban ga gleda sa cudjenjem ne pomerajuci se :), totalno je skoncentrisan na njega da ne bi promasio trenutak u kome bi trebalo opet da se ukljuci u pesmu svojim glasom. Svakako dobio je i znak Vlatkovim klimanjem glavom za svaki slucaj :)





Šaban Bajramović (Cyrillic: Шабан Бајрамовић) (born April 16, 1936 in Niš, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is Serbian Romani musician.

He attended primary school for only the first four years. On quitting school, he picked up his musical education on the street and wherever he could, as others of his people have always done.

At 19 he ran away from the army out of love for a girl. As a deserter, he was sentenced to three years prison on the island Goli otok, but as he told the military court they couldn’t hold him for so long as he could survive, they raised his punishment to five and a half years. He survived as he was a good goalkeeper in the prison football team. Because of his nimbleness and speed, they called him "Black Panther". Soon he forced his way into the prison orchestra that played, among other things, jazz (mostly Armstrong, Sinatra, and even John Coltrane) with Spanish and Mexican pieces. Today he likes to say that he read 20.000 books in his life, most of them whilst in prison. He also says that the prison on Goli otok was his university of life where he formed his philosophy, adding that a person who has never been in prison is not a person at all.

After Goli otok, his intensive music career began. He made his first record in 1964 and since then has made 15-20 LPs and about 50 singles. To date he is believed to have composed 650 compositions. With his first major earnings, he bought a white Mercedes and hired two bodyguards. The story says that he soon lost his Mercedes gambling, and it seems Šaban is still fond of the dice...