Rale Micic

Serbian jazz guitarist and composer (born 1975)

Rale Mićić
Born	(1975-10-09) October 9, 1975 (age 48) Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1999–present

Website	www.ralemicic.com

Musical artist

Rale Mićić (Serbian Cyrillic: Рале Mићић; born October 9, 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

Inspired (ArtistShare, 2016) with John Abercrombie, Peter Bernstein, and Lage Lund

As sideman

With Tom Harrell

First Impressions (High Note, 2015)

References

^ "Micic, Rale (Ratibor)". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
^ ^a ^b "Rale Micic". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2010-09-22.