Introduction
Janko Nilović (born 20 May 1941) is a Montenegrin pianist, poet, and composer, who has lived in France since 1960.
He has published many works, most of them on library labels not available for sale to the public. His oeuvre stretches from classical, jazz, and funk to pop, psyche, and easy listening.
Nilović creates poetic musical images by bending the edges of styles, cross-pollinating them. He recorded many albums for the Montparnasse 2000 library label which specializes in music for radio and television, musical illustrators, and film music clubs.
The hip-hop producer Dr. Dre sampled much of Nilović's piece "Underground Session" for his track "Loose Cannons" from the album Compton.
Producer No I.D. sampled Nilović's song "In the Space", for Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)", on the album The Blueprint 3; A year prior to this Danny!, who Jay Z would later endorse, sampled "Tapatapa" for "The Groove".
Selected discography
- 1968 Maya Casabianca (Festival 66)
- 1968 Hommage a Monsieur Charlie Chaplin (Trema)
- 1968 Janko Nilović & Herve Roy (Telemusic)
- 1968 JANKO NILOVIC, RAYMOND GUIOT & HERVE ROY (Telemusic)
- 1969 INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS BAND - RANDE PARADE DE CIRQUE (Neuilly)
- 1969 LOS PATOS - VOODOO JU JU OBSESSION (Festival)
- 1971 JANKO NILOVIC & PASCAL AURIAT - POWER (Briand)
- 1973 JAZZ IMPRESSIONS 1 (MP 2000)
- 1973 JAZZ IMPRESSIONS 2 (MP 2000)
- 1976 STAR CAT LOCAL BAND DIRECTED BY JANKO NIOVIC Cat Music
- 1977 L'ENSEMBLE DE TROMBONES DE PARIS PERFORMS SUITE BALKANIQUE & DOUBLE CONCERTO BY JANKO NILOVIC (Crystal)
- 1981 "MICHEL BECQUET et ORCHESTRE A CORDES, Direction BERNARD THOMAS : CONCERTO pour TROMBONE et ORCHESTRE A CORDES (1977) Symphony Land SLC 181 (LP)
- 2000 THE BEST OF JANKO NILOVIC - IMPRESSIONS VOL.1 (Dare - Dare)
- 2000 THE BEST OF JANKO NILOVIC - IMPRESSIONS VOL.2 (Dare - Dare)