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Elvis Stanić was born in Rijeka, Croatia, in 1963. He started to play at the age of 6. After accomplishing a classical music education for the accordion, he switched to the guitar, and was influenced by the blues, rock and jazz music. In following years he established a succesful career as a recording musician, as well as a music producer for the major Croatian pop artists. As a full scholarship awarded Best Entering Student Talent in the 1994. Stanić went to the Berklee College of Music, Boston, where he studied Guitar and Jazz Composition. During the Boston years, he performed with most of Boston based musicians, such as Jim Kelly, Dennis Montgomery, John Thomas, Bob Harrigan, Frank Williams and many others. Elvis Stanić's main project, "Elvis Stanić Group", was formed in 1996. after his return from United States. The band gained the notoriety of a true croatian jazz attraction. They released four albums and a compilation of their best material. The current line up includes Elvis Stanić - guitar , accordion , Ivan Popeskić [ Maasej Kovačević ] - piano, keyboards , Giovanni Toffoloni [ Goran Rukavina ] – bass, bass guitar and Paolo Muscovi [ Branimir Gazdik ] – drums, percussion. On some occasions while promoting their latest CD release „La Meilleure Partie du Monde “ they perform in an extended lineup including female vocalists Meri Trošelj and Valerija Nikolovska and some special guests under the name of „ Elvis Stanić Mediterranean Orchestra “. User-contr