Ray Charles I Uros Peric

Uros Peric, an excellent and unique musician, pianist, arranger, songwriter, an artist in the
fullest of senses, is known as an exceptional vocalist and interpreter of songs from the
golden age of blues, jazz and soul. He is one of the most accomplished and successful
Slovene musicians in both Slovenia and abroad. Musical critics worldwide have declared
him as one of the few white musicians with a vocal and a feel of a black blues, jazz or soul
musician.
During his rich career, he has collaborated with more than 150 prestigious names in the
music world. In Slovenia, there are hardly any successful musicians with whom he has not
recorded or shared stages. To this day, he has recorded 25 of his CDs, which he has pub-
lished for Slovenian, German, Austrian, Serbian, French and American record labels. In
Slovenia, he is a signatory to the renowned ZKP RTV Slovenia label and therefore regularly
collaborates with established domestic orchestras, such as the RTV Slovenia Big Band, the
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and others. He has already performed in 26 countries
around the world and on three continents. Uros Peric is undoubtedly the music ambassa-
dor of Slovenia. He has performed at the world's most prestigious music festivals, such as
Montreux, Ascona, Davos, Atlanta, Dallas, Nashville, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Lithuania
(Klaipeda), Kaliningrad, Monaco, at the St. Petersburg Festival and others. He also express-
es his love for music through his copyright work, regularly releases CDs and plays and
sings on big stages. In 2007, he received the second jury prize in USA among 16,500
participants for his own song Up down Blues. In Germany, he received the Fach medien
preiss Journalist Award for Best Jazz Vocalist from the King of Zimbabwe. Peric is the only
Slovenian to be invited to the Frankfurt Opera. He regularly appears in world-class maga-
zines and newspapers and is the recipient of the Marseille City Medal of Honor.
His piano playing is laid back, very bluesy, jazzy and can be somewhat compared to the
great Gene Harris. The powerful and soulful voice which is a characteristic signature of
Uros has a mr. Charles feel to it but still a different ring to it. The genius of Ray Charles had
the biggest impact on Peric's musical expression. Other musicians Uros was influenced by
are Nat King Cole, Aretha Franklin, Ben Webster, Dinah Washington, Gene Harris, Erroll
Garner, Gladys Knight, Donnie Hathaway, Quincy Jones, David Fathead Newman, Hank
Crawford, Billie Holliday, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and others. With a distinctive colored
vocal and a typical way of moving and playing the piano, Peric repeatedly evokes standing
ovations in audiences and brings them to euphoric enthusiasm.
In both Slovenia and abroad, Uros Peric is known as an exceptional artist whose musical
expression is unique. Audiences all over the world are impressed by his astounding talent,
immense charisma, kindness and the widest of smiles