Jure Pukl - Saxophone

Jure Pukl (saxophone) - received the highest national award for his contribution to Arts in Slovenia (Nagrada Prešernovega sklada 2015) and is one of the most prolific and creative saxophonists of Slovenian jazz.

Pukl has performed and recorded with artists such as Dave Liebman, Branford Marsalis, Esperanza Spalding, George Lewis, Maceo Parker, Vijay Iyer, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Gregory Hutchinson, Damion Reid, Darius Jones, Doug Hammond, Gerald Cleaver, Adam Rogers, Melissa Aldana, Rodney Green, Charles Altura, Joe Sanders, Aaron Goldberg, Marcus Gilmore, Johnathan Blake and orchestras like Big Band RTV Slovenia, European Jazz Orchestra, European Movement Jazz Orchestra, Vienna Saxophone Quartet and many more. He has made numerous tours in the United States, Asia and Europe performing in places such as Blue Note, Smalls Jazz Club, The Jazz Gallery, Ronnie Scotts, The Vortex, Pizza Express, JAZZ SPOT J Tokyo, Porgy & Bess, Stadtgarten and festivals such as Moers Jazz Festival, Vienna Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Festival, Jazz a Vienne, Cairo Jazz Festival, to name a few.

His music has won him many awards and excellent reviews worldwide, among others, in the influential Downbeat, The New York Times, Jazzwise, Jazz Podium and All About Jazz.