Rale Micic

Rale Mićić
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975 (age 49)
Belgrade, Serbia
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.ralemicic.com

Rale Mićić (Serbian Cyrillic: Рале Mићић; born 9 October 1975) is a Serbian jazz guitarist and composer.

Micic moved to United States in 1995 after receiving a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music, where he studied with George Garzone, John Thomas, and Bob Brookmeyer. It was also by that time that Mick Goodrick, became his mentor.[1]

In 2000, Micic moved to New York City. His debut album, Bridges (CTA, 2003), mixed jazz with Balkan music.[2] His second album, Serbia, featured jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell.[2]

In 2010 Micic started a guitar duo series called Guitar x2. During the next decade, many prominent jazz guitarist performed as a part of the duo series, including Peter Bernstein, Gene Bertoncini, Ed Cherry, Jack Wilkins, Lage Lund, Mike Moreno, and many more.

Discography

As leader

  • Bridges (CTA, 2003)
  • Serbia (CTA, 2006)
  • 3 (CTA, 2010)
  • Night Music (Whaling City Sound, 2016)
  • Only Love Will Stay (Whaling City Sound, 2021)

As co-leader

As sideman

With Tom Harrell

References

  1. ^ "Micic, Rale (Ratibor)". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Rale Micic". All About Jazz. Retrieved 22 September 2010.