Mladen Guteša

Born December 16, 1923 in Sarajevo / Bosnia - Died December 2, 2015 in Belgrade / Serbia

He studied at the university for Music in Belgrade for five years. In 1947 he founded [a=Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd], which he conducted 'till 1953. He moved to Germany where he played for US-soldiers. This brought him into contact with [a=Benny Goodman] for whom he did some arrangements. He started to work for German boardcasting organisations like SDR, HR and NDR. He leaded some studio orchestras and came to work with [a=Chick Corea], [a=Keith Jarrett] and [a=Egberto Gismonti]. Since 1986 he teached at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern. In 1988 he retired from active musical life.