Nylon Club

Banja Luka is their city, and Django Reinhardt is their great idol. Nylon Club is a relatively young gypsy jazz ensemble, created as a result of a common wish of three (then) high school boys to keep the musical legacy of the great Django alive, the influential Belgian-French virtuoso on guitar who has mixed his Romani musical spark with elements of jazz and French modern.

Band Nylon Club is made up of three young, talented musicians: Stefan Tešanović (20) and Luka Stijaković (15) on guitars and Slaven Bajić (18) on violin. They have been together from March 2013, naming themselves after the famous market in Novi Sad, which has, as they explain, associated to the name of the genre itself.

They had their first performances on artistic nights in the grammar school in Banja Luka. Later, with the expansion of their repertoire, they begin to play in jazz clubs in Banja Luka. “After that came serious performances, of which it is worth mentioning the participation on the Zelenkovac Jazz Festival in 2013 and 2014, but in 2013 we won third place, and then there is the participation on the festival Blue Jazzero in Imotska, where we were special guests. Also, the concert held in Teslić as a part of the event Summer in Teslić, should be also highlighted”, says Slaven Bajić.

Nylon Club’s repertoire consists of gypsy jazz standards played in arrangements signed by the band members themselves. Currently they are intensively working on their own, original songs, and on mastering new cover compositions, although arriving from completely different genres. Of course, they will be playing them in their recognizable gypsy jazz manner!