Mihály Borbély Quartet Hungarian Jazz Rhapsody
(...) The somewhat personal pieces in my “Hungarian Songbook” have taken on a new sound in my mind for a long time now, and I’ve been wondering, why these songs in particular. From countless ideas and completed arrangements I selected a few for this album, also putting the spotlight on a couple of Hungarian jazz pieces, whose composers I have some personal relationship with.
Why do we Hungarian jazz musicians play our colleagues’ compositions so rarely?
Mihály Borbély
Artists
Mihály Borbély – saxophones, tárogató
Dániel Szabó – piano
Balázs Horváth – bass
István Baló – drums (Gustavito, made in Hungary)
About the album
Compositions:
#1 Attila Zoller; #2 Kornél Fekete-Kovács; #3 Kálmán Oláh; #4 Rezső Seress - László Jávor; #5 Károly Binder; #6 Gábor Presser - Anna Adamis; #7 István Lerch - Ferenc Demjén; #8 Gábor Presser - Anna Adamis
All arrangements by Mihály Borbély; Gloomy Sunday is an homage to the Rákfogó group
István Baló plays Gustavito drums made in Hungary
Recorded at the Zeneház, Budapest 12 & 13 July, 2011
Recorded, mixed and mastered by László Válik at L.V. Hang Studio, Budapest
Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom
Produced by László Gőz
Label manager: Tamás Bognár
The recording was supported by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary, the Artisjus Music Foundation and Fon-Trade Music
Reviews
Andy Boeckstaens - LondonJazzNews (en)
Ken Waxman - JazzWord (en)
Scott Yanow - Los Angeles Jazz Scenes (en)
Claude Loxhay - jazzhalo.be (en)
Pascal Robert - Jazz Magazine / Jazzman (fr)
Franpi Barriaux - CitizenJazz (élu) (fr)
Hans-Jürgen von Osterhausen - Jazzpodium (de)
Mathias Bäumel - Jazz und Sonstiges (de)
Mathias Bäumel - Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (de)
Rui Eduardo Paes - Jazz.pt *** (pt)
Georges Tonla Briquet - Jazz&mo' (nl)
Robert Ratajczak - LongPlay (pl)
Z.K. Slabý - hisVoice (cz)
Patrick Španko - skJazz.sk ****1/2 (sk)
Bércesi Barbara - Gramofon ***** (hu)
Zipernovszky Kornél - Fidelio (1.) (hu)
Zipernovszky Kornél - Fidelio (2.) (hu)
Gáspár Károly - Jazzma.hu (hu)
Márton Attila - Demokrata (hu)
Turi Gábor - Magyar Nemzet (hu)
Gulyás István - Webrádió (hu)
Czékus Mihály - HFP online (hu)
Mihály Borbély Quartet: Hungarian Jazz Rhapsody
The album is available in digital form at our retail partners
The somewhat personal pieces in my “Hungarian Songbook” have taken on a new sound in my mind for a long time now, and I’ve been wondering, why these songs in particular. From countless ideas and completed arrangements I selected a few for this album, also putting the spotlight on a couple of Hungarian jazz pieces, whose composers I have some personal relationship with.
Why do we Hungarian jazz musicians play our colleagues’ compositions so rarely?
I am grateful to the Creator for this album.
Thanks to Károly Csider (Fon-Trade Music), János Gruber, Tomaj Harcsa, Djordje Radisavljevic (SAXXAS), Miklós Szilágyi, József Tóth, László Válik.
Special thanks to my family and the members of the quartet. (Who are also family!)
Mihály Borbély