Concert, music, Jazz / Blues

Dee Dee Bridgewater's career is now in its sixth decade, and while she says she's put in a lot of work to find herself, there's no doubt that the jazz world sees her as an institution.

Behind the ‘pop music in a time machine' concept are arrangements of familiar contemporary pop hits and golden-oldies that are swinged-, jazzed- and doo-wopped-up before being planted in Motown-sounding soul. This simple but wonderful idea is one that works perfectly.

The first edition of Jazz Side Story led to two consecutive sold-out shows at the Festival Theatre in 2018. Now, Nikoletta Szőke, Bálint Gájer and their musical associates are raising the stakes.

Farkas Gábriel különleges karakterű előadó, a magyar zenei paletta show műfajának egyedülálló alakja, idén ismét koncertet ad Szigetszentmiklóson jazz triójával.

In almost every biography of the group's career, you can read that Quincy Jones has called them the "the baddest vocal cats on the planet”. This opinion would probably be shared by Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston, all of whom worked alongside Take 6.

Susanne Lundeng is one of Norway's most highly regarded folk musicians. She has her musical roots in the folk music of Northern Norway and has a distinctive sound as a fiddler, composer, singer, and musical freethinker. She was awarded a Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy) in the folk music category for her recording of fiddle tunes from the county of Nordland.
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A jazz örökzöldeken kívül funky, jazz-pop, szamba, bossa nova, és main-stream jazzszámokat is játszunk, valamint saját kompozíció és klasszikus zenei átdolgozás is van a repertoárunkon.

Incorporating Latin American serenity and sweet melancholy, Cafuné's repertoire is made up of special pieces of traditional South American guitar music.

Each member of the band is also an accomplished soloist, Fusion Circus' concerts are an exciting blend of colours and rhythms, a fusion of sounds.

For over 20 years Grencsó and Jordan have savored their international connection. From the early performances together at Gödör at Deák tér, Jelen near Blaha Lujza tér, and Trafó in Budapest, they have inspired each other into a whirlwind of improvisation.

On this November evening, the guitarist Mike Gotthard, who is equally receptive to the music of jazz, blues, rock and funk, will invite the audience into his own jazz-rock world where the instruments and melodies take centre stage.

The band absorbs the material of the original recordings, sticking to the arrangements, forms and compositional features. As improvisation is at the heart of jazz, solos are invented by the players at the moment.

The evening's programme will be shaped by personal impressions from progressive jazz, classical and contemporary music, reflecting the performers' diverse sources of experience.

Dávid Lamm has been on the lam. Which should come as no surprise. Who hasn't been affected by the 2020s and the dispiriting multitude of global catastrophes? A musician, at least, can find refuge in the world of sound. Lamm duly created a new project by the name of Skidaddle.

DALOK EGY LÁNYSZOBÁBÓL

The legendary American jazz drummer Brian Blade (Chick Corea, Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell) is both a familiar face in Hungary and also a highly sought-after performer in pop circles, having played with many of the greats, including Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Blade has performed in Hungary on many occasions, including in a trio alongside Norah Jones.

It is no secret that Swedish double bass player Anders Jormin and American drummer Joey Baron are two of 2024/25 Artist of the Season Ferenc Snétberger's favourite musical partners.

Zorán koncert turné 2024.

2021. szeptemberében 55. évadát kezdte meg a Dixie Klub a Pinceszínházban.

FIGYELEM ÉS SZABADSÁG

Ágnes Lakatos and Kálmán Oláh's duo album Soaring, released in 2022, is a true musical soaring, which is realized in exciting improvisational dialogues, in the artistic expression of the nuanced freedom given by the jazz genre.

The divisive film Whiplash, depicting the often merciless world of a New York jazz school, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it received several awards - and more recently it has been voted the best film in the festival's history.

Premecz Mátyás neve a hazai közönség számára két dologgal forrt össze: lendületes zenekarokkal (többek közt: Kéknyúl, Fábián Juli és a Zoohacker, Little G Weevil, Barabás Lőrinc Kvartett, de ő kísérte Jackie Orszáczkyt is is utolsó hazai turnéján) és egy óriási Hammond orgonával. Zenekarával túlnyomórészt saját szerzeményeket játszák, stílusuk egészséges keveréke a jazznek, a bluesnak és a funknak.

Ill Considered continue to astound with their energetic and touching music, fusing free improvisation with a deep understanding of groove.

Dániel Kinczel's trio takes the listener into the world of the pianist-composer's works, which were born as a love child of cool jazz and impressionist music, but also inherited some blues features.

The D.A.S. Trio has been active since 2014. On this evening they will present their second album Netto Tetris, which will be released on the day of the concert, and they will also invite guest artist Kejdi Barbullushi.

With their outside-of-genres, song-centric compositions, Subtones has become a favourite concert band on the Hungarian jazz-pop scene in just a few years. In order to connect even more directly with the Hungarian audience, their award-winning album Lángolj features only Hungarian-language songs with lyrics written by Mátyás Szepesi and Péter Závada.

Ég alatti 5 has been playing energetic music since 2015. The backbone of their repertoire is formed by their own compositions, which in style and drive are reminiscent of the hard-bop and modal jazz of the 1960s, yet unique in character.

Gitár a kézben, egy pohár bor az asztaloknál: színház + kávézó + közösség!

Az Egri János (nagybőgő), Egri János Jr. (zongora) és Oláh Kálmán Jr. (szoprán szaxofon) alkotta trió mindhárom tagja a hazai jazz-szcéna kiválóságai közé tartozik. Ifj. Oláh Kálmán Junior Prima Díjas jazz-szaxofon művész számos olyan formáció tagja, akik mind a hazai, mind a külföldi koncerttermek állandó neves fellépői, művészei.

Chieli Minucci gitáros a nyolcvanas évek elején alapított világhírű amerikai jazz/funk/world formációnak, a Special EFX-nek alapító tagja és mai napig vezetője.