Tihomir Pop Asanović

Tihomir "Pop" Asanović (born 16 November 1948) is a Croatian jazz-rock and fusion keyboardist, Hammond organ player and composer.

Asanović is a keyboardist who played in the 1970s and in early 1980s in various Yugoslavian musical line-ups and toured with them around the world. On the 1973 tour with Boško Petrović in East Berlin, he was proclaimed as being the fourth best jazz organist in Europe.

Career Asanović finished musical high school in Skopje. At 16 years, he started to perform with big dancing orchestra of RTV Skopje. When he was 18 years old, he relocated to Germany, where he performed for one year with the band Montenegro Five, then he joined the band The Generals and toured with them through Switzerland, where Janez Bončina also joined the band. After the release of this album Janez Bončina invited Asanović to the newly established band September, whose other members were Petar Ugrin, Čarli Novak, Braco Doblekar and Ratko Divjak; who has also left the band Time. In between Jugoslovenska Pop Selekcija band was formed, whose members were all great instrumentalists from the former SFR Yugoslavia. Along with Asanović the authors of the songs were Janez Bončina, Dado Topić and Miljenko Prohaska. Around 200,000 - 250,000 copies of this album were sold. for which he wrote the songs with Dado Topić. On this album Zdenka Kovačiček and Janez Bončina were the singers.

With the band September, Asanović recorded two albums and three singles. He toured with the band in Soviet Union, United States, Cuba and East Germany. Band has recorded their second album Domovina moja while on tour through United States, which lasted 7 months. The band disbanded in 1979.

After a longer break, he returned to the music business in the year 2018 with the album "Povratak prvoj ljubavi". The LP and CD was released for Croatia Records. The album is also featuring Israeli Jazz artist Amir Gwirtzman on the songs Express Novi Sad and Ludo momče Makedonče.

Asanović has created a public image of an instrumentalist who has regularly played with jazz musicians or toured through Soviet Union as a member of various bands, amongst which were also the band Pro arte. Afterwards he distanced himself from the musical scene and focused on the business by opening a musical instruments store.

Discography Solo Majko Zemljo (1974) Pop (1976)

With the band Time Time (1972) Time II (1975) Time & Dado Topić (1996) Vrijeme (2000) The Ultimate Collection (2007)

With the band September Luduj s nama (1976) Zadnja avantura (1976) BOOM '76 (compilation, 1976) Prle upeco ribu (1977) Randevu s muzikom (compilation, 1977) Domovino moja (1978) Domovina moja (1979) The Best of September (compilation, 2003)

With the band Jugoslovenska Pop Selekcija Slatka Lola (1975)