Igor Lunder with Reeds is a quite unusual jazz ensemble that includes a saxophone quartet and a guitar. They are actively performing since 1999 and since today they held many concerts (among others on “Lent Festival” in Maribor, “Jazz v maju Festival” and “Keltika Festival” in Cerkno, “Poletje na gradu Rajhenburg” in Brestanica, “SLO Jazz Fest” in Krško, “Trnfest”, “Festival of Slovene Jazz” and “Cankarjev jazz” in Ljubljana, “Old Gold Jazz Festival” in Novi Sad, “Jazzbina Festival” in Pula…).
In 2003 they released their first CD Jazz Menu. In 2006 a CD Igor Lunder with Zagreb Saxophone Quartet & Guests – Reeeeeeeeds (featuring some Slovenian best saxophone players) was released.
The band's repertoire consists of compositions by Igor Lunder and arrangements of jazz standards and originals in various jazz styles (Traditional, Hardbop, Latin, Funk, Free, Contemporary) as well as arrangements of traditional, folk and classical music.

Igor Lunder
finished his studies at the Jazz Department of the High School of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. He continued his studies at the Jazz Departments of the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz and Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He obtained his Master degrees in Jazz-guitar and Jazz-composition and arranging.
He performs with different jazz musicians in different jazz combos. He leads and arranges for his trio, sextet (CD Igor Lunder Sextet; 2004) and Igor Lunder with Reeds. He also wri-tes compositions and arrange-ments for Big Bands as well as smaller ensembles. He is an artistic director and conductor of Big Band Grosuplje. He teaches at the Jazz Department of the High School of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. He performed on different festivals in Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper, Kranj, Krško, Portorož, Podsreda, Bohinj, Cerkno, Tolmin, Zagreb, Beograd, Novi Sad, Pula, Bjelovar, Bratislava, Krakow.



Jure Pukl
studied at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, Royal Conservatory in Den Haag and the Berklee College of Music in Boston (with George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Greg Hopkins…). He performed with Vienna Sax Quartet, Gustav Ma-hler Orchestra, Nouvele Coui-sine, Jeff Gallindo, Repoublique Electronique, Big Band RTV Slovenia, Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, Renato Chicco, Peter Mihelič, Boško Petrović… .

Aleš Suša
obtained his Master degree in Jazz-saxophone at the Jazz Department of the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz. He is a member of the Big Band RTV Slovenia and performs in different jazz com-bos. He teaches at the Jazz Department of the High School of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. He also leads the Big Band Krško.

Adam Klemm
(1976, Novi Sad) obtained his Master degree in Jazz-saxophone at the Jazz Department of the University of Music and Dra-matic Arts in Graz. He also studied at the Music Studio in Budapest and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
He performed with different bands in Finland, Sweden, Ger-many, Poland, Slovakia, Slo-venia, Croatia, Bosnia & Her-zegovina, Austria, Hungary, Egypt... .
He worked with the RTS Novi Sad Dance Orchestra, Big Band RTV Slovenia, Stomp Jazz Quartet, Karl Ratzer band, Erik Rothenstein band. He also leads his own ensemble, the Adam Klemm Quartet and tours with the international band Marimanga. He relased a CD with a Bosnian trio Minority.

Blaž Trček
obtained his Master degree in Jazz-saxophone at the Jazz Department of the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz. He is a member of the Big Band RTV Slovenia and performs in different jazz combos. He also leads the Big Band Bid Bang.

The idea to form this quite unusual ensemble came in a very spontaneous way we can more easily understand when we know that all the members of the band lived, studied and worked together for several years. After playing various duets on streets, exhibitions and parties, they formed a quartet of two saxes, a guitar and a trombone, later replaced by another saxophone. In 1999, the Jazz Department of the UM Graz organised a competition in order to pay a tribute to the great Duke Ellington for his 100^th anniversary. Igor made an arrangement of a song “Prelude to a kiss” for four saxes and a guitar, whose recording was selected for the CD made for this occasion. The four saxes and a guitar seemed to work well, opening a wider field for harmonic and rhythmic explorations that Igor knew how to use exhaustively and not without wit, constantly surprising and developing in different directions.
The Igor Lunder with Reeds is actively performing since 1999. Jazz Menu is their first CD and its versatile arrangements and particular sound will, hopefully, delight a great number of listeners. (J. A.)