Dusko Goykovich - No Love Without Tears
Duško Goykovich - No Love Without Tears
© Signe Vilstrup photography
Album - Bebop City (1995), composed by Dusko Gojkovic
Recording Date - December 9, 1994 & December 10, 1994
Label - Enja Records
Sound recording - Kontor New Media
Personnel: Dusko Gojkovic (trumpet, flugelhorn); Abraham Burton (alto saxophone); Ralph Moore (tenor saxophone); Kenny Barron (piano); Alvin Queen (drums)
___ Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As a youth he played with several jazz and dixie bands, mostly for dancing audiences and eventually on parties at the embassies of the capital. When the 18-year-old joined the Radio Big Band of Belgrade, he was considered a talented young jazz man who also can read music. When he left the band five years later, he had grown into a fine big band player and featured soloist. Dusko went to Germany where he quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene. In 1956 he made