With the release of „CD Ulika" (named after Tamara's grandmother) in 1998, Tamara Obrovac Quartet presented for the first time Tamara's new way of thinking and composing which combines inspiration by the local Istrian music and dialect with the universal jazz expression. The reunion of the quartet (summer 2011) gave life to a new creativity and a different way of interpreting old compositions.

The re-found joy of making music together, expressed through virtuoso playing, unlimited freedom of expression, humour and improvisation, characteristic of all members of the quartet, definitely confirmed their desire for a new (old) collaboration, and their latest performances proved again that music of Tamara Obrovac quartet reaches further then the constricted borders of musical classification, spreading the spirit of the Mediterranean region over geografic and musical boundaries.

The idea of „Ulika revival" project is to gather now mature musicians from Tamara Obrovac Quartet in order to re-interprete old composition from a new, more mature artistic prospective.

The project started with sucesfull Croatian/Slovenian concert tour in February 2012. folowed by further concert promotion in Luneburg (DE) Novi Sad (SRB) and Labin (CRO), Jazz Ahead Bremen (DE), Jazz au Chellah (MAR) and CD „Ulika revival" will be released in June 2013. (Pressetext)

"She is an audience-captivating phenomenon.
With her trio she brought a different kind of energy and soon had the crowd pleading for more. Obrovac has a phenomenal stylistic range and has the temerity to want to take her trio into any number of moods." (Sebastian Scotney / London Jazz news, Jazz au Chellah concert review, September 2013. UK)