Budapest Jazz Festival 2010
Jez Nelson profiles the distinctive jazz and improvised music scene in Hungary, visiting the 2010 Budapest Jazz Festival. Including Miklos Lukacs with Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher.
Jez Nelson profiles the distinctive jazz and improvised music scene in Hungary, visiting this year's Budapest Jazz Festival.
Featuring one of the most ambitious and individual festival line ups on the European circuit, the Budapest Jazz Festival showcases Hungary's rich tradition of improvised music with a series of collaborations between Hungarian musicians and guests from across Europe and America.
The programme includes cimbalom player Miklos Lukacs' meeting with Dutch ensemble Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher, hotly tipped young saxophonist Victor Toth and the most distinguished figure on the Hungarian scene Mihaly Dresch with a quartet including two Americans, pianist Lafayette Gilchrist and drummer Hamid Drake.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Russell Finch.
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Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher plus guests recorded at Trafó House, Budapest on 10 September 2010
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Line up: Michiel Braam (piano), Wilbert de Joode (double bass), Michael Vatcher (drums), Miklós Lukács (cimbalom), Ferenc Kovacs (violin)
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher
Q 1 6
Composer: Michiel Braam
Jez speaks to Miklós Lukács about the traditional Hungarian instrument, the cimbalom
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Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher
Q 10
Composer: Michiel Braam
Jez speaks to Kornel Zipernovsky a leading jazz writer in Hungary
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György Szabados
Regi Ima
- A szarvassá vált fiak (Sons That Became Deer).
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György Szabados
Miracle
- Az esküv? (The Wedding).
- Hungaroton-Pepita.
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Balogh Kalman & Miklós Lukács
Trance Dance
- Cimbalom Duo.
- Folk Europa.
Victor Tóth Quartet recorded at Budapest Jazz Club on 10 September 2010
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Line up: Victor Tóth (saxophone), Bart Maris (trumpet), Mátyás Szandai (double bass), Robert Ikiz (drums)
Victor Tóth Quartet
'Back to 50s' segue into 'My ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'
Composer: Victor Tóth
Victor Tóth Quartet
'Rushing' segue into 'A Ballad for White Flowers'
Composer: Victor Tóth
Jez interviews leading Hungarian jazz musician Mihály Dresch
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Mihály Dresch Quartet recorded at Palace of Arts, Budapest on 12 September 2010
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Line up: Mihály Dresch (saxophone & Fuhunna – a custom made recorder), Mátyás Szandai (double bass), Lafayette Gilchrist (piano), Hamid Drake (drums)
Mihály Dresch Quartet
Shift One
Composer: Layfette Gilchrist
Mihály Dresch & Hamid Drake
Night Spirit
Composers: Mihály Dresch & Hamid Drake
Broadcast
- Mon 25 Oct 2010 23:15³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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