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Gyula
Babos
"...If you do not know his play, you simply lose colours from
the palette of existence and revelation, and they will never get
back to you after the moment when the magic fades away..."
Elemér
Balázs
"Elemér is one of the best drummers around right now, in my
opinion. He plays with such musicality and finesse and has the ability
to listen inside each musical moment with the kind of spontaneous
decision - making that allows everyone that plays with him to sound
their best. He also has a wonderful touch on the instrument - I
always enjoy the chance to play with him and to hear him."
Pat Metheny
József Barcza Horváth
In recent years he has been one of the most influential bass players on the Hungarian jazz scene, having played on over 25 discs.
Tamás
Berki
Tamás Berki is one of the very few jazz musicians, who
can develop direct contacts with his audience: his fans also love
his suggestive concerts with sincere atmosphere, where he is -so
to say - breathing together with the audience. Berki made huge efforts
to make jazz recognised and loved, and to bring it closer to the
people.
Mihály
Borbély
Borbély Mihály studied classical clarinet and jazz saxophone at
the Bartók Béla Conservatory and the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy.
Through his career in addition to his original instruments (clarinet
and alto saxophone) has specialised in playing unusual wind instruments
(the tárogató, folk recorders, kaval, dvojnice, fujara, ocarina,
bombard, zurna) as well as the soprano and tenor saxophone.
László
Dés
"I perform as well as compose and I do not mind it. I never
restrain myself favouring only one of them but I want to be faithful
to my saxophone" Dés László
Kornél
Fekete-Kovács
"Many thanks for the great playing and your music
a few weeks ago. You are a great musician! I hope we get to play
again some time soon. The band played beautifully as did you, and
your arrangements were very clever and skillful. And you are a great
guy as well! It was a real experience to play on a floating stage.
Glad there were no tidal waves. Until the next time..." Bob
Mintzer
"There is an epic quality to the writing which I tried to maintain
in my performance that for me alludes to higher realms of eternity
and immortality. The story of the Wayfarer is full of high drama,
framed with eternal hope and love of humanity. Words inevitably
fail at these times, but the music speaks for itself." Dave
Liebman
Kornél
Horváth
"The Hungarian Kornél Horváth today belongs to the best percussionists
in the world. His sensitive sounding fantasy, the virtuosity of
his obsessed playing either on a vase or a small box of generous
wood seem unsurpassable. Comparing to his fellow-percussionists
Trilok Gurtu, Giovanni Hidalgo and Airto Moreira the difference
is that Horváth comes from a country that has no traditions in folk
percussion music. This gives his playing a remarkable neutrality
with an absolutely individual enchantmet." Ulrich Olshausen,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Zsolt
Kaltenecker
"Kaltenecker Zsolt is one of the most prominent pianists...
First of all let us examine his brilliant technique that reminds
us Oscar Peterson of a pianist of similar qualities. His unique
phraseology sets him apart from fellow musicians. Moreover he has
a fantastic sense of harmony." Musee Magazine - Yuichiro Takagi
Zoltán
Lantos
"Zoltán Lantos is a violin virtuoso with a classical education
who after the study of the Indian way of playing (9 years in India)
has transformed an overlapping of different influences into modern
improvized music... a music which is always in the setting out between
sensitive, free linear chamber music, dance-like, ad-hoc-produced
electronic, loop-ostinato heated movement and shrill turbulences
while the altruism of the different players is never lost... a surprisingly
vital and independent world music production." Ulrich Olshausen
/ Frankfurter Allgemeine
Kálmán
Oláh
Kálmán Oláh is a pianist who has a lot to say to the people. Tradition,
remarkable instrumentation, harmony - rich fantasy, with deep emotions.
Béla
Jr. Szakcsi Lakatos
In the footsteps of his father, Szakcsi Lakatos Béla, he has also
chosen the piano as his instrument. From the age of six to twelve
he had a classical education then his interest turned to jazz music
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