Dusko Goykovich - Swinging Macedonia [Enja 1966]

This was fairly early in Goykovich's career but it was his bandmates Nathan Davis and Mal Waldron who first caught my attention here; Goykovich was a secondary pleasant discovery for me. Clearly a Miles influenced player, Goykovich has lovely tone and favors modal compositions, making the Miles comparison even easier. The truth is he has cleaner, more controlled chops than MDD3 but we have all learned by now that chops aren't everything. Speaking of chops, Nathan Davis flashes his considerable arsenal from the first tune. The failure of most of America to catch on to Davis is really sad - this man should be in the same sentence with Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson yet even jazz educators in the States are barely aware of him as anything other than a teaching colleague. Pretty unforgivable since he is one of ours. Goykovich hasn't much presence in the US either which is also pretty sad given the length of his career and the prolific, high quality output he has produced.

1. Macedonia (Goykovich) - 7:51
2. Old Fisherman's Daughter (Goykovich) - 3:59
3. Jumbo Uganda (Goykovich) - 3:47
4. The Gypsy (Reid) - 4:06
5. Macedonian Fertility Dance (Waldron) - 2:13
6. Bem-Basha (Goykovich) - 4:26
7. Saga Se Karame (Goykovich) - 4:12
8. Wedding March of Alexander the Macedonian (Goykovich) - 3:59
9. The Nights of Skopje (Goykovich) - 5:17
10. Balkan Blue (Goykovich) - 4:42

Dusko Goykovich - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Mal Waldron - Piano
Nathan Davis - Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Eddie Busnello - Sax (Alto)
Peter Trunk - Bass
Cees See - Drums

New link to flac CD rip in comments.