Real name: Big Band Radio-Televizije Srbije

Effective period / Period of releases: 1997 - 2014

Members: Branislav Kovačev, Petar Radmilović, Marko Đorđević, Zoran Rašković, Ivan Aleksijević, Ognjan Radivojević, Slobodan Bata Božanić, Goran Potić, Branko Marković, Ivan Ilić, Tihomir Jakšić, Dragoslav Stanisavljević, Ljubiša Paunić, Ivan Platner, Aleksandar Jaćimović, Aleksandar Marinković, Vladimir Mandić, Zvonimir Skerl, Vojislav Simić, Igor Ilić, Dragančo Ristevski, Miša Komnenić, Mikan Zlatković, Nemanja Zlatarev, Željko Nestorov, Milan Komnenić

Formerly: Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd i.e. Big Band RTB.

Attention: DO NOT tie name variations that contain "Belgrade" to this profile, use Jazz Orkestar Radio-Televizije Beograd instead.

Big Band RTS was founded in January 1948, under the name 'Zabavni Orkestar Radio Beograda'. At the very beginning it worked together with the strings so that in April of the same year it started to perform in live shows (for there were no tape recorders) in Radio Belgrade programmes. In 1954, the orchestra was separated from the strings and it became RTB Big Band, having the form it has today. Throughout the years it was led by the two most famous Yugoslavian conductors and composers-arrangers: Vojislav Simić and Zvonimir Skerl.
During more than 50 years of its work, the band won numerous prizes, had concerts in almost all European countries and at many jazz festivals, it performed at several UNICEF concerts (in Belgrade, Paris and Geneva) and always had exceptional reviews.

Current members:
Ivan Ilić - conductor, trombone
Aleksandar Jaćimović - lead alto sax
Zoran Rašković - alto sax
Ljubiša Paunić - tenor sax
Kristijan Mlačak - tenor sax
Tihomir Jakšić - baritone sax
Dragoslav "Freddie" Stanisavljević - lead trumpet
Marko Đorđević - trumpet
Vladimir Krnetić - trumpet
Dragančo Ristevski - trumpet
Novak Mijović - trumpet
Igor Ilić - lead trombone
Aleksandar Marinković - trombone
Miloš Radonjić - trombone
Ivan Platner - bass trombone
Goran Potić - guitar
Ivan Aleksijević - piano
Branko Marković - contrabass
Petar Radmilović - drums
Slobodan Božanić - bass guitar
Milan Komnenić - keyboards
Miodrag Maljoković - drums & percussions
Jelena Jovović - producer & manager
Božidar Gavrilović - assistant manager
Milan Brkić - assistant manager