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Polska Jazz | Karnas Formula (pl/h) at Opus Jazz Club

Courtesy of BMC - Opus Jazz Club | Posted on December 4, 2018

Where

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

When

Fri, January 4, 2019
20:00

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Musicians

Alan Wykpisz
bass, acoustic

About

Grzegorz Karnas is a Polish jazz singer. A festival organizer. A lover of languages ​​and cultures. A globetrotter.

It would be difficult to decide which of these statements fits Karnas the best. Among other things, it’s due to this versatility that his individual voice and special performing style are unmistakable. With percussionist András Dés, one of the most multifaceted and experimenting musicians in Hungarian jazz, he played for the first time in the summer of 2015, and it became immediately obvious that their musicality, openness to the world and their dedication to free self-expression provide a fertile ground for a joint music. Their trio with Alan Wykpisz, the young Polish titan of the double bass, plays a repertoire based mainly on Karnas’ compositions, but due to the strong personalities of the three musicians, each time they enter the stage has lots of its surprises in store for their audience. In their music, they like to venture to unfamiliar, undiscovered areas: Karnas speaks in languages ​​that no one has ever spoken before, Dés plays percussion on objects which had quite different functions so far, and Wykpisz’ bass provides a whimsical and creative base for the board game of the three of them....

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