Dusan Bogdanovic

by Al CampbellComposer, improviser, and guitarist Dusan Bogdanovic is recognized for his exploration of classical, jazz, and world music. Born in Yugoslavia in 1955, after completing his studies he gained professorship in Switzerland at the Geneva Conservatory. Bogdanovic has performed all over the world and accumulated a number of recording credits, including a variety of jazz settings with Charlie Haden, Anthony Cox, and James Newton on the Palo Alto, Intuition, and Concord labels. He is a founding member of the Falla Guitar Trio encompassing Afro-Latin, jazz, light classical, and mainstream pop in an acoustic guitar setting. He issued several releases in the 80s, but made a comeback with 2000s Keys to Talk By.