„Jazzta prasta“ is a Bulgarian slang expression and means something like “tohobohu, everything upside down”. Behind this autoironic title we find the probably most original Balkan jazz group of our days.

The Bulgarian master accordionist Martin Lubenov has formed it starting from his former band Orfej. „Jasta prasta“ – only absolut professionals can name their project like this, knowing that each composition, each sentence is perfectly elaborated, but due to their joy of playing and improvisation skills they appear as if they are done offhand. What makes Jazzta Prasta become unique? What distinguishes them from other Balkan jazz groups?

First of all their unusual optimistic easiness, their smart humour, their infantile-frisky juggling amd dropping and then again, in the last moment, catching again the Balkan pathos and melos. Elegance, technical brilliance and the band members’ innovative tunes, especially those of 30 year old Martin Lubenov, whose compositional style bears an unmistakable signature.

And further the felicitous fusion of old South-East-European traditions with latin-american elements and ideas of the broad fund of swing and modern jazz.

Jazzta Prasta play intelligent ethno jazz for all intelligence quotients, that is to say: Music that, in spite of complexity, opens people and makes them feel good.

Jazzta Prasta exist in the formations trio to quintet:
Lubenov/Breinschmid/Radev
Lubenov/Breinschmid/Radev/Karparov
Lubenov/Breinschmid/Radev/Karparov/Peev