Family U
Kočani
Kočani Orkestar
Macedonian Roma — Kočani
Style: Balkan Romani brass & wedding
Romani brass from Kočani. Naat Veliov, trumpet. Public name in the 1990s. Macedonian cousin of Guča and Zece Prăjini.
The Kočani Orkestar began as town wedding brass (1930s in family memory) and became a European festival name in the 1990s.
Macedonian notices name Naat (Neat) Veliov as trumpet and leader: born Kočani, 25 May 1957, grandfather Ahmet on trumpet. English Wikipedia: he led until 2000; later line-ups kept the name. Two public names (King Naat Veliov Original Kočani Orkestar and Kočani Orkestar on Crammed) are not two families.
Lineage
Birth and death on a vertical line — generation by generation. Places are listed where we could find them.
Generation 1
Naat Veliov
Trumpet · b. 1957
Born 25 May 1957 · Kočani
Macedonian notices. Trumpet. Grandfather Ahmet.
Generation 2
Kočani Orkestar
Brass orchestra · public 1990s
Orchestra years
When the band was founded, when it split, when a new generation took the stand.
1957
birth
Naat Veliov born
Kočani
Macedonian notices: Kočani, 25 May 1957. Grandfather Ahmet, trumpet.
1990s
New orchestra
Public festival name
Kočani Orkestar
Wedding brass from the town, then a European festival name. English Wikipedia prints 1994. Family memory of the 1930s also stands.
Neighbours
Same country or city, but a different way of playing.
- Teodosievski / Redžepova — Macedonian Roma — Skopje
- Mustafov — Macedonian Roma — Štip