As of this recording, three out of four members of Oregon have been playing together in the group for 42 years. Drummer and percussionist Mark Walker has been on board since 1996, making them among the longest-running small groups in jazz history. Given their long-established sound and collective sense of pan-global adventure, Oregon have remained vital, restless, and disciplined. Family Tree features five new Ralph Towner compositions plus two utterly reworked – and superior – versions of others recorded on his solo offerings, two new Paul McCandless numbers, a new one by Glen Moore, and two collective compositions from the band. Family Tree is the first recording since 1989's 45th Parallel that does not feature any group improvisation.
Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was a professional singer of Radio Sarajevo, born during the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.. She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 (as Nada Vukicevic). In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performances as Nada Vukicevic, she moved to Sarajevo and started to work on Radio Sarajevo. She was one of the most popular singers of Yugoslavia in the second half of the twentieth century. Her discography includes three LPs records released by Jugoton, four LPs released in America, Canada, The Netherlands and Bulgaria and a few dozen singles. She died and was buried in Belgrade in 2001. She left about 500 recordings as well as traditional Montenegro, Macedonian, Slavonian, Serbian and Bosnian songs in the archives of Radio Beogard, Radio Novi Sad and Radio Sarajevo. Some of them are not saved or deleted, and we will never hear it again, until scientists find a method to capture an echo from the stars of radio waves emited 50s and 60s
“Hover” choral ensemble was established within “Hover” State Chamber Choir. It is gathered from the leading singers of the choir, who are also orchestra musicians. It started to appear in Europe as “Armenian Voices” since January 2012.
Gevorg Avetisyan is one of the leading flutists of Armenian Philharmonic, State Youth orchestras and Opera Theatre orchestra. Kim Sargsyan is a violinist of Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.,.