Jure Robežnik (23 August 1933 – 7 October 2022) was a Slovenian pianist and composer; his focus was on jazz and popular music. Despite possessing no musical education, he authored over one hundred and fifty musical pieces. Robežnik completed studies of

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in 1958 in

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. In 2017, he was bestowed with a Kozina Award by the Society of Slovenian Composers.

List of pieces

*''Pegasto dekle'' (''A Freckled Girl''; text by Elza Budau) *''Ptica vrh Triglava'' (''A Bird Above

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''; text by Dušan Velkaverh) *''Šel si mimo'' (''You Went By''; text by Elza Budau) *''Ti si moja ljubezen'' (''You Are My Love''; text by Elza Budau) *''Presenečenja'' (''Surprises''; text by Dušan Velkaverh) *''Maja z biseri'' (''Maja With Pearls''; text by Dušan Velkaverh) *''Mesto mladih'' (''The City of Youth''; text by

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) *''Mlade oči'' (''Young Eyes''; text by Dušan Velkaverh) *''Ljubljančanke'' (''Girls of Ljubljana''; text by Dušan Velkaverh) *''Tri korake v modro'' (''Three Steps Into Blue''; text by Elza Budau) *''Orion'' ('' Orion''; text by

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) *''Človek, ki ga ni'' (''The Human That Does Not Exist''; text by Branko Šömen) *''Na deževen dan'' (''On a Rainy Day''; text by Elza Budau) *''Na vrhu nebotičnika'' (''On Top of the

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''; text by Gregor Strniša) *''Vrtiljak'' (''Carousel''; text by Gregor Strniša) *''Lastovka'' (''Swallow Bird''; text by Milan Jesih)

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* * 1933 births 2022 deaths 20th-century jazz composers 21st-century jazz composers Male jazz composers Slovenian jazz composers Slovenian jazz pianists Vibraphonists {{Slovenia-composer-stub