Nikolov-Ivanovic Undectet - Frame and Curiosity (2019)

The Nikolov – Ivanovic Undectet is an 11 piece band lead by arranger, pianist and guitarist Vladimir Nikolov and drummer Srdjan Ivanovic. Friends from their music conservatory days, the duo had worked together in the past in bands and on film music and finally in 2017, came up with the idea of a band they could lead together that would be big enough for the arranger to be able to express many different colours and small enough to allow for the interplay of a small band. From that the Undectet was born, a band consisting of an atypical instrumentation: French horn, trumpet, tuba, trombone brass section, an alto, tenor, baritone saxophone section, a piano, bass, drums rhythm section and the accordion, in between those. The colours are even more versatile when the saxophone section changes to a woodwind one (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet).

The Undectet is released a new album, entitled Frame and Curiosity in December, 2019. The focus of this project is space as a term, and especially as a music event. A pleasant surprise on this new album came in the form of flutist Malik Mezzadri, known as Magic Malik, initially only invited as a guest for their performance at the Belgrade Jazz Festival this October but upon realising the musical fit of Malik’s playing and sound with the Undectet, he became an important factor in the new album’s sound.