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Vesselin Vesselinov - EKO, doble bass quitar
Veselin Veselinov-Eko is a bassist, contrabassist and composer. He plays for some of the most famous Bulgarian artists and formations. He was born in Sofia and started playing the bass guitar as a teenager under the influence of rock bands such as Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, etc. Later, he was accepted to study at the State Academy of Music in Sofia, majoring in "Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitar".
In the period 1990-2002 he was a member of Poduene blues band. In 1996, he co-founded the jazz fusion group "Zona C", which released 3 CDs with mostly his compositions and participated in jazz festivals and concerts in Ireland, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Macedonia and Bulgaria. He took part in various projects of leading Bulgarian jazz musicians such as Simeon Shterev, Milcho Leviev, Teodosii Spasov, Ivo Papazov, Anatoly Vapirov, Hristo Yotsov, Antoni Donchev, Rumen Toskov, Mario Stanchev, Stoyan Yankulov, Acoustic version, etc. Eko Participated in recordings and concerts with international artists, such as Benny Maupin, Okai Temiz, Yildiz Ibrahimova, Claudio Pontija, Yamar Thiam, Michael Schiffer, Lenert Aberg, Arabel Karayan. In 2000, he opened a small recording studio where he writes and composes his own music and music for other musicians.
His talent has brought him numerous recognitions, as in 2003 he was chosen as the bassist of the year at the BG Radio awards, and in 2009 he became the winner of the "Crystal Lyre" award for jazz.
He is particularly close to the jazz pianist, composer and writer, Vasil Parmakov, who, according to him, strongly influenced him and made him a musician. After the death of Parmakov, he and his colleagues worked on a new album of "Zona C", including both new pieces and unreleased recordings from 2001 with the participation of his late friend.
Recently Eko has added another project to his career - the chamber duo "Das Weltschmerz DueTT", which he created with the pianist Milen Kukosharov. The two started the project in 2016, as they shared a common desire – to improvise on themes outside the standard jazz repertoire. To date, they have two albums in which they interpret Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, Eric Satie, John Williams and Carlos Gardel, Rachmaninoff and others, but also include their own original compositions.
And although, in addition to jazz, he also likes tango, opera, rock, blues, he is most often defined as a jazzman.
“Improvisation, and jazz improvisation at that, is what this music is all about. The rules you set for yourself over time are a hell of a lot. Jazz is a difficult thing.”
At the end of October 2023, he received the award for overall contribution to jazz at the "Plovdiv Jazz Fest" festival. The event takes place for the ninth year in a row and is one of the biggest stages for jazz in Bulgaria.
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