Blue Balkan - Then & Now

Serbo Samba (new original: Larry Vuckovich's Balkan-influenced melody set to a samba rhythm)

Blue Balkan (reissue: Larry Vuckovich original mixes Balkan folk with African-American music that expresses a Bartokian harmonic movement.)

Suite Sanna (new: Larry Vuckovich original mix of bebop, Latin, flamenco and Balkan music written for his wife, producer Sanna Craig.)

Belgrade Blues (reissue: Larry Vuckovich original minor blues over Middle Eastern scales and motifs recalls Horace Silver's "Senor Blues.")

After Hours (reissue: inspired by Ray Bryant's version, Larry Vuckovich played it nightly in Jon Hendricks' "Evolution of the Blues" show.)

Larry's Dance (reissue: Larry Vuckovich's original is a Balkan-influenced tune of exciting 7/8 and 4/4 multi-rhythms.)

Loving Linda (reissue: a slow bossa with descending changes and ascending melody that Larry Vuckovich wrote for his first wife Linda Weaver.)

Adriatic Nights (new: Larry Vuckovich's original "Mediterranean Nights" expanded to a sextet projecting a strong tango rhythm.)

Motherless Child/ O Javore (Serbian folk song juxtaposed with an African-American gospel lament to show a similar minor mode.)

Changes (reissue: Larry Vuckovich's sequence of chord changes includes a modal section which shifts from one tonality to another.)