{"id":2696,"date":"2016-08-04T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:08:20","slug":"jazz-improvisation-inspiration-ratko-zjaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/multimedia\/jazz-improvisation-inspiration-ratko-zjaca\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Improvisation & Inspiration – Ratko Zjaca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everything she knows about jazz and commitment to the guitar, she learned from Ratko Zja\u010da, says Katja Restovi\u0107. Due to their busy schedules, they often talk via Skype, and those conversations, she notes, are always deep and inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cRatko is the only musician I know \u2014 and I know many \u2014 who drinks only water, runs every morning, and is deeply committed to Buddhism,\u201d says Katja Restovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cHis approach to music and life constantly reminds me of discipline, dedication, and inner freedom,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cI believe that one day we will fulfil our dream: to live closer to one another and to spend more time talking about love and music,\u201d concludes Katja Restovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about Zja\u010da\u2019s work, Katja Restovi\u0107 points out that his musical language is always the result of long-term exploration and deep focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cOn this album, sound is not decoration, but process. Everything is built through listening \u2013 between musicians, instruments, and space,\u201d says Restovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touching Minds, Zja\u010da\u2019s latest album, brings together musicians of different sensibilities and cultural backgrounds. Alongside Ratko Zja\u010da, the dialogue includes Marius Preda, Nick McGuire, with Trilok Gurtu appearing as a special guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cThis is not a meeting of egos, but a meeting of awareness. Every tone has meaning, every improvisation grows out of trust,\u201d Restovi\u0107 notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to her, this is music that does not demand attention, but gradually opens it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cIt is an album that cannot be listened to casually. It asks for presence \u2013 and that is precisely why it stays with you,\u201d concludes Katja Restovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.ratkozjaca.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything she knows about jazz and commitment to the guitar, she learned from Ratko Zja\u010da, says Katja Restovi\u0107. Due to their busy schedules, they often talk via Skype, and those conversations, she notes, are always deep and inspiring. \u2014 \u201cRatko is the only musician I know \u2014 and I know many \u2014 who drinks only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-causes","8":"category-multimedia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions\/2697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}