[1] In 1985, he recorded the instrumental album Waiting For Messiah featuring jazz adaptations of the songs of Shalom Hanoch.
[3] In 2000 he moved back to New York and established a jazz-folk ensemble playing original compositions and covers of well-known songs.
The programme for the concert, which was held under the auspices of Gary Koren, Ambassador of Israel in the Czech Republic, also included Jakubovič's variations on Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, and featured Czech pianist Emil Viklický and conductor Elli Jaffe.
Sixties soul-jazz is the well from which Jakubovic draws his strongest inspiration, the most obvious touchstone being Cannonball Adderley’s Zawinul-era output.
is a fairly conscious echo of "Compared to What" while "Bouncing Czech Dobry" is a Lee Morgan-style burner.