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Borbély Műhely at Opus Jazz Club

Courtesy of BMC - Opus Jazz Club | Posted on January 2, 2018

Where

Opus Jazz Club
Mátyás Street 8.
Budapest
Map
+36 1 216 7894

When

Thu, January 11, 2018
20:00

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About

After the 2014 release of their award-winning album Hungarian Jazz Rhapsody, the Mihály Borbély Quartet recorded their next one at the BMC studio in the autumn 2015. The album, entitled Be by Me Tonight was released in February 2016 and won the shared first prize in the category ‘Best Hungarian Jazz Album of the Year’ of the Hungarian magazine Gramofon Classical & Jazz. Most of the 11 tracks are composed by Mihály Borbély, three of them co-written with another group member, while one piece is composed entirely by the outsanding young pianist of the group, Áron Tálas. The studio recording reveals the rich, mature sound of the group, the complex beauty of the compositions with roots and influences from Hungarian and Balkan folk, music of Liszt, Bartók, Kodály as well as contemporary jazz, while preserving the spontaneity and freshness, well known from their concerts. “A notable release from a group that deserves an international spotlight for its obvious talent”, as Jazzwise put it in its album review....

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