Sungelis (fragment 3)

Mongolia vs. Brazil (home playoff :)

Part I ”Ascension” composed and arranged by Sanja Markovic; text excerpts taken from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass”
Part II “Higher Ground” theme composed by Dough Carn, arranged by Sanja Markovic and Nikola Matovic; lyrics by Dough Carn

Sanja Markovic - vocals, keys and programming

Nikola Matovic - el. bass 
Igor Malesevic (sampled) - drums
Recorded in Zemun, 2010.


ASCENSION (lyrics)

A call to Mankind! 

“I hear you whispering there, O stars of heaven,
O suns,
O grass of graves,
O perpetual transfers and pro- motions…

…And as to you Life,
(I ascend from the moon)

I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths.
(I ascend from the stars)

No doubt I have died ten thousand times before.

…And as to you Death, 
and you bitter hug of mortality, 
It is idle to try to alarm me.”


How do we start ascending to our higher selves?
When do we begin to really live what we know is truth?
I wanna open up my eyes and really see,
For the first time really see.


(Loud O my throat)
“Loud O my throat, and clear O soul!

(I saw the day the return of heroes)

"I saw the interminable corpse 
A pause—the armies wait
A million flush'd embattled conquerors wait," (I too wait)
"The world too waits, then soft as night and sure as dawn,
They…” BRAKE!					("They melt, they disappear.")

HIGHER GROUND

Higher ground. We've got to find us a better way of living now!  
Higher ground. The time is ripe to the Creator we must learn to bow! (turn to now)
Higher ground. Let us reflect and collect all our resources now. 
Lord plant our feet on higher ground!
 
Our souls were lost, but now they're found, moving on to Higher ground,
Let us resolve to build a righteous nation…and be departed. 
Lets keep our home under the dome. Safe and sound on Higher ground.
Unified man as one we stand together! (Al-hamdu lillahi!) (I'm up climbing to)

Higher ground. We've got to find us a better way of living now!  
Higher ground. The time is ripe to the Creator we must learn to bow! (turn to now)
Higher ground. Let us reflect and collect all our resources now. 
Lord plant our feet on higher ground!

Ascension & Higher Ground (2010 version)

Inspired by Wayne Shorter's "Alegria"
Recorded at a live performance & mixed in a studio
Nebe Ignjatovic - MC vocal  
Sanja Markovic - arrangement, tenor saxophone, samples and programming

2011

Playin' for Change (2011)

"N'anya" (meaning 'Love' in Kenyan language Igbo)
(composition and arrangement by Sanja Markovic)

Sanja Markovic - tenor saxophone (center to left)
Ivan Radivojevic - flugelhorn, trumpet
Rastko Obradovic - tenor saxophone (center to right)
Aleksandar Grujic - piano
Milan Nikolic - double bass
Pedja Milutinovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and Home

Ascension

N'anya

"It Has Always Been"
(composition, arrangement and lyrics - Sanja Markovic)

Available on Bandcamp: https://sanjamarkovic.bandcamp.com/releases

Sanja Markovic - vocals, soprano saxophone and tenor (first part in section)
Ivan Radivojevic - trumpet
Rastko Obradovic - tenor saxophone (third part and improvisation)
Aleksandar Grujic - piano
Miroslav Tovirac - el. bass
Pedja Milutinovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and Barba Studio

It Has Always Been

Sanja (comp, arr, lyrics)- voices, piano, programming, and sampling
Aleksandar Vejnovic - el. bass (improv. I part)

Demo 1 & 2 rec. summer 2017

It Has Always Been (DEMO 0&1 2017)

Composed and arranged by Sanja Markovic; 
Lyrics*excerpts taken from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic - vocals, programming
Max Kocetov - soprano saxophone
Milena Jancuric - flute
Ivan Radivojevic - trumpet
Mina Đekic - violin
Julijana Markovic - cello
Aleksandar Grujic - el. piano
Miroslav Tovirac - el. bass
Igor Malesevic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and Barba Studio

Ascension

A call to Mankind!

“I hear you whispering there, O stars of heaven,
O suns,
O grass of graves,
O perpetual transfers and pro- motions…"

"…And as to you Life,
(I ascend from the moon)
I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths.
(I descend from the stars)."
"No doubt I have died a thousand times before."

"…And as to you Death, 
and you bitter hug of mortality, 
It is idle to try to alarm me.”

How do we start ascending to our higher selves?
When do we begin to really live what we know is truth?
I wanna open up my eyes and really see,
For the first time really see.

"I saw the interminable corpse 
A pause—the armies wait
A million flush'd embattled conquerors wait, 
The world too waits, then soft as night and sure as dawn,
They…” BRAKE! 
 
Friend of mine, I feel with you
All the anguish of souls, the government calls,
the people, they know - God bless them!
Friend of mine, forward stand
We don't want war.
 
Wasn't it such a race
We build and pray 
that passions have enslaved all the demons
Wasn't it such a race
Love all life 
All life is pure love.

"Sovereign State of Mind"
(composition and lyrics - Sanja Markovic)

Sanja Markovic - vocal
Aleksandar Buzadzic - melodica
Aleksandar Grujic - electric piano
Milan Nikolic - double bass
Pedja Milutinovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and Barba Studio

Awarded at the 5th International Jazz Composition Competition:
http://mkkj.ck.art.pl/en/?fbclid=IwAR3egM404niSAUjNc-Fxp0Fy0otZFgrDwlTChSnqcmhVY6DxI_eTkNESP6A

Sovereign State of Mind - lyrics

Hold that thought I will try to
Say what's on my mind, given space and time
And if all fails you can always say:
"Love will find a way".

To this moment we both have done
Things we couldn't mind, feeling so divine
All has changed but this constant
(Sovereign state of mind)

You know that love will find love
Too soon to find a love
The one that's on my mind
Will come and stay one day

I'm falling
Stalling
Over time love will come.

You know that love will find love
Too soon to find a love
The one that's on my mind
Will come and stay one day

Stallin' 
Fallin'
Back to my constant
Sovereign state of mind.

Sovereign State of Mind

Sovereign State Of Mind

"Sun"
(composed and arranged by Sanja Markovic; 
lyrics a traditional Serbian poem  "Sunce se devojkom ozeni" - English adaptation - Sanja Markovic)

Sanja Markovic - vocals, soprano saxophone
Milena Jancuric - flute
Julijana Markovic - cello
Aleksandar Grujic - piano
Milan Nikolic - double bass
Petar Radmilovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Kolarac concert hall, Orvel Studios, Barba Studio 


Sun - lyrics

Sun, hey!

A girl spoke to the Sun
&quot;Hey Sun, I&#39;m fairer than you.
So come out onto your heavens.
And I will come out and bathe in waters.
Then we might know who&#39;s fairer.&quot;

Come morning, when the sun came out
and saw the girl dancing on the water,
it fell in love and took her up into his sky,
where she became a Morning Star.

"The Mystery of Man"
(composed by Francy Boland; arranged by Sanja Markovic; lyrics by Geene Lees)

Sanja Markovic - vocal
Gorana Curgus - harp
Rastko Obradovic - tenor saxophone
Aleksandar Grujic - piano
Milan Nikolic - double bass
Petar Radmilovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and Barba Studio 

The Mystery of Man - lyrics (Geene Lees)

We come from a distant past that we've forgotten
And now we look up and aspire to the stars
We are the mystery that even we can't desipher
The mystery of man

The story is told in stone and broken arrows
In traces of cities unknown lost in sand
In colours and castle walls silent and unseen statues
The mystery of man

The wind stirs in the trees likes voices in dreams
And then just when it seems we know what it means
Simply its gone

The miracle is the mind asking the questions
Seeking to find it'self if it can
Only to see it'self endlessly echoed in mirrors
The mystery of man

The Mystery of Man

The Mystery Of Man

"P.S."
Composed  by Artie Butler, Sanja Markovic and Aleksandar Grujic
(The beginning is a third verse and ad-lib interpretation of “Here’s to Life” - music by Artie Butler, lyrics by Phyllis Molinary); 
Lyrics quoted from "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand, "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman and "Zeno's Third Paradox" by Zeno as quoted from “Taking the Quantum Leap” by Fred Alan Wolf; not under quotation marks - lyrics by Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic - vocals
Aleksandar Grujic - pianos, programming and Max programming

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mix by Nebojsa Arezina at "Trag Atelje"
Recorded at Home

P.S. - lyrics

"Funny how the time just flies
How love can go from warm hellos to sad goodbyes
And leave you with the memory you've memorized
To keep your winters warm."1

I hope our love can pray...
"It shall be you!
It shall be you.”2

The minute it comes to me in dreams...
God bless you! I had no idea you were so beautiful!

"You enrich my blood."2
“It shall be you. It shall be you.”2

(Try another!
This one's wrong, try another!)

"He switched on the light. He saw her lying still, naked, her head drawn back.
Her face looked peaceful, innocent, clean. She said..."3

As it travels along the path, for so long
As it travels along, I try to consider myself
"Therefore, if it is occupying a place, it must be at rest there.
The arrow must be at rest... The arrow is always at rest and cannot fly."4
It flows in an instant.

"Peter, if I can do this, I can do anything now."3

I hear the sound of love.

*




1 "Here's to Life", lyrics by Phyllis Jean Molinary
2 "Leaves of Grass", Walt Whitman
3 "The Fountainhead", Ayn Rand, pg.381
4 Zeno's Third Paradox as quoted in Fred Alan Wolf's "Taking the Quantum Leap", pg.17
Not under quotations - lyrics by S. Markovic

P.S.

Sanja - vocals, piano, keys, soprano saxophone and programming
Sanja - comp, arr.; lyrics Walt Whitman and Sanja
Rec. July. 2017

Ascension (solo DEMO 2017)

Sanja - piano, soprano saxophone and programming
Sanja - comp, and arr.
Rec. July 2017

Zhega (theme - solo sketch)

Zhega (meaning 'drought' in Serbian language) 

Composed and arranged by Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic - soprano and tenor saxophone
Manja Ristic - violin
Ivana Grahovac - cello
Igor Lazic - french horn
Mihajlo Dobosavljevic - trombone
Aleksandar Grujic - piano
Milan Nikolic- double bass
Predrag Milutinovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and at Home

Zhega

"Sovereign State of Mind"
(composition and lyrics - Sanja Markovic)

Sanja Markovic - vocal
Aleksandar Buzadzic - melodica
Aleksandar Grujic - electric piano
Milan Nikolic - double bass
Pedja Milutinovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and Barba Studio

Awarded at the 5th International Jazz Composition Competition:
http://online.fliphtml5.com/qjfij/tmlu/

Sovereign State of Mind - lyrics

Hold that thought I will try to
Say what's on my mind, given space and time
And if all fails you can always say:
"Love will find a way".

To this moment we both have done
Things we couldn't mind, feeling so divine
All has changed but this constant
(Sovereign state of mind)

You know that love will find love
Too soon to find a love
The one that's on my mind
Will come and stay one day

I'm falling
Stalling
Over time love will come.

You know that love will find love
Too soon to find a love
The one that's on my mind
Will come and stay one day

Stallin' 
Fallin'
Back to my constant
Sovereign state of mind.

Zhega (translated 'drought' from Serbian)


Composed and arranged by Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic - soprano and tenor saxophone
Manja Ristic - violin
Ivana Grahovac - cello
Igor Lazic - french horn
Mihajlo Dobosavljevic - trombone
Aleksandar Grujic - piano
Milan Nikolic- double bass
Predrag Milutinovic - drums

Produced by Sanja Markovic
Mixed, co-produced and mastered by Aleksandar Buzadzic 
Recorded at Orvel Studios and at Home

Composed by Sanja Markovic 

Sanja Markovic - clarinet and programming
Dalibor Mladenovic - kaval
Max Kochetov - soprano saxophone
Vartan Baronian - cello
2010

Zhega (2010 version)

Wilderness Intermezzo

Music for a theater play "The Secrets of Momcilo Nastasijevic", DAH Theater
"Prolog" composed by Sanja Markovic and Nebe Ignjatovic
"Fivin' Around" composed by Henry Buttler, arranged by Sanja Markovic

Sanja Markovic - tenor saxophones, piano, sampling and programming
Produced by SunYa
Beograd, 2010.

Prologue/Fivin' Around ("Secrets of Momcilo Nastasijevic", DAH Theater)(2010)

Winter Overture (composed by S. Markovic)
Estate (composed by Bruno Martino; English lyrics by Bruno Brighetti)

Piano - Filip Bulatovic
|Vartan Baronian - cello
Voices and programming - Sanja Markovic


Elche, Spain-NYC, 2009

Winter Overture & Estate (2009 demo)

Six minutes for  a poetry reading by SunYa
Sanja - tenor saxophone, voices, piano, samples and programming
NYC, 2011

Sungelis (2011)

Muzika: Vladimir Marković
Stihovi: Desanka Maksimović

Sanja Marković - vokal i sopran saksofon
Vlada i Bajka - gitare i prateci vokali
Vasilisa Obradović - klavir
Beograd, mart 2013.

Opomena (comp.Vladimir Markovic) 2013

Sanja Markovic is a singer, an award winning composer (5th International Jazz Composition Competition in Katowice, Poland, Dec 2018), instrumentalist, and producer.  


More about the arist:
http://www.sanjamarkovic.com/

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