Matija Dedic - Ladies (2021)

The new studio album "Ladies" by our most important jazz pianist Matija Dedić is on sale today. The album, which could be listened to on Deezer for the last week, attracted special attention of the audience because Matija dedicated the new album to great singer-songwriters, strong vocalists and women who marked his private and business journey . The album was preceded by two singles and a video - "Self-sufficient" by Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, performed by Martina Majerle and "Hi" , an author's song by Sara Renar. On the album, Matija gathered as many as sixteen women :Gabi Novak, Sara Renar, Martina Majerle, Tena Vodopija, Marijana Zlopaša, Lana Janjanin, Tamara Obrovac, Ivana Husar-Mlinac, Vesna Pisarović, Marija Husar-Rimac, Lidija Bajuk, Gita Hajdarhodžić & Maja Vučić, Lu Dedić, Remi and Leo Dekleva . It is interesting that Matija gathered almost all members of the group Divas on his new album, and the song "Last Hours of Summer" sung by his daughter Lu Dedić attracts a lot of attention .
Matija's new album also delighted long-time music critic Zlatko Gall , who wrote in his review:
"This is an album that could calmly carry the title 'Here's Dedić!'. Apart from Matija as a ubiquitous musician (and mostly arranger), Arsen, present as the author of two compositions, there are also Gabi Novak and Matija's daughter Lu as singers. Gabi, on the other hand, flashed for the umpteenth time in Arsen's brilliant ballad 'The Island' which opened the album; a composition radiated with the scent of the Mediterranean with Gaba's jazzy vocals, Gela's guitar and Matija's piano, and dreamy background vocals. As if grandma and granddaughter wanted to show that ‘fun’ or ‘pop’ music, past and present, can be damn fun, interesting, noteworthy and radio exploitative. In fact, with these two 'family' songs - as well as the whole album - Matija once again confirmed that he is not only a great jazz pianist but also an 'all around' musician who is equally successful when he starts jazz improvisations of either his own songs or standards read by his own optics. and, on the other hand, in the ‘format’ of the most widely understood pop. And with Predin, and when he deals with Arsen's and Gabin's catalog or Gibonni's songbook. For the end came ‘It Was Worth It’ with Leo Deklev. With a composition that is known in both Oliver's performance and in Lea's original performance with Matija, it once again proved to be a magnificent ballad. With a lesson that applies to Matija's entire 'women's' project: it was worth it! ” and when processing Arsen's and Gabin's catalog or Gibonni's hymnal. For the end came ‘It Was Worth It’ with Leo Deklev. With a composition that is known in both Oliver's performance and in Lea's original performance with Matija, it once again proved to be a magnificent ballad. With a lesson that applies to Matija's entire 'women's' project: it was worth it! ” and when processing Arsen's and Gabin's catalog or Gibonni's hymnal. For the end came ‘It Was Worth It’ with Leo Deklev. With a composition that is known in both Oliver's performance and in Lea's original performance with Matija, it once again proved to be a magnificent ballad. With a lesson that applies to Matija's entire 'women's' project: it was worth it! ”