Larry Vuckovich was a guest on Robert Miller's award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast, ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries, in February, 2025! Visit the Podcast Website or listen below:
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Blue Balkan (2002, remasted in 2024) Larry Vuckovich's 1980 LP release of Blue Balkan featuring Bobby Hutcherson recognizes him as a pioneer in this world music genre. He is the first in the US to fuse Balkan ethnic/Gypsy Roma folk elements with American jazz. The remastered CD peaked at 10 on the 2025 JazzWeek charts.Read more → -
Street Scene (2006, remasted in 2022) Street Scene is an excellent example of Larry Vuckovich's diverse, wide-ranging piano styles. It showcases Swing, Bebop, Afro-Cuban, Latin Jazz, Post Bop, World Music, Gypsy Roma, Modal Jazz + more. This CD reached number #5 spot on the JazzWeek charts and #3 on the KCSM FM jazz 91.1 American Jazz Countdown.Read more → -
Somethin' Special (2011) Somethin' Special creates a strong 'Blue Note' flavor of soulful, swinging jazz. The selections reflect the pianist's important early influences, honoring the jazz masters who inspired him when he first began playing jazz.Read more →
Welcome to the online home of Larry Vuckovich
Called by Barry Harris "one of the premier west coast pianists." You can hear selections from Larry's latest CDs, Somethin' Special, High Wall, Street Scene, Reunion, Blue Balkan", and Young At Heart", check out photos, see Larry's scheduled appearances, and more. Enjoy the hard-swinging, post-bop, contemporary jazz and world music from this exceptional musician's site. Listen to Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Show featuring Larry. While in New York Larry also performed at the Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club. Also check out the Chuck Sher's newly released "European Real Book" featuring "the best in contemporary jazz from Europe" which includes two of Larry Vuckovich's originals and compositions from other famous musicians such as Toots Thielmans, Joe Zawinul, Django Reinhardt, Victor Feldman and others. Lastly, listen to audio samples of many of Larry's releases!
Larry Vuckovich Hits #2 on Swiss National Radio Jazz Popularity Poll
Swiss National Radio jazz listeners voted Larry Vuckovich's Beyond Category music at #2 on it's Popularity Poll for the week of October 13–20, 2010. The highly creative, versatile jazz pianist placed just behind the fans' #1 favorite, the renowned Jeff Hamilton Trio. View the poll →