Modern Art Orchestra plays the music of Kristóf Bacsó Circular
Lifetime is a tricky thing. Sometimes you realize how quickly it passes only through a sudden flash of the mind, when one morning you wake up noticing that you are simply no longer the person you used to be. When I encountered this shocking experience a couple of years ago, I could not help seeing things from a different perspective: things like childhood or adulthood, being serious or having fun, playing or working.
Artists
Modern Art Orchestra
Kornél Fekete-Kovács – conductor, trumpet, flugelhorn
Kristóf Bacsó – soprano-, alto saxophones, flute
Dávid Ülkei – soprano-, alto saxophones, clarinet
János Ávéd – tenor saxophone, flute
Balázs Cserta – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Mihály Bajusznács – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Ádám Gráf – lead trumpet, flugelhorn
Zoltán Bacsa – trumpet, flugelhorn
Gábor Subicz – trumpet, flugelhorn
Balázs Bukovinszki – trumpet, flugelhorn
Gábor Bizják – horn (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
Zsolt Nagy – horn (tracks 5, 7)
Attila Korb – trombone
Gábor Barbinek – trombone
Miklós Csáthy – bass trombone
Péter Kovács – tuba
Márton Fenyvesi – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4)
Áron Komjáti – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7)
Gábor Cseke – piano
Márton Soós – double bass
László Csízi – drums
András Dés – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 7)
About the album
Recorded on 31 August, 2013 and 1 September, 2013 at Pannonia Studio, Budapest
Recording director: Péter Erdélyi
Recording engineer: Viktor Scheer
Mixing engineer: Balázs Róbert
Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom
Produced by Kornél Fekete-Kovács, László Gőz and Kristóf Bacsó
Label manager: Tamás Bognár
Reviews
Ken Waxman - The WholeNote (en)
Eric Quenot - Jazzmagazine / Jazzman (fr)
Franpi Barriaux - Citizen Jazz (fr)
Hans-Jürgen von Osterhausen - Jazzpodium (de)
Angelo Leonardi - All About Jazz ***1/2 (it)
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 **** (sk)
Turi Gábor - Gramofon ****1/2 (hu)
Zipernovszky Kornél - Fidelio (hu)
Gáspár Károly - Jazzma.hu (hu)
Márton Attila - Demokrata (hu)
Czékus Mihály - HFP online (hu)
Turi Gábor - Magyar Nemzet (hu)
Modern Art Orchestra plays the music of Kristóf Bacsó: Circular
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Lunar Dance, Too Many Questions Left and Child’s Space are a three-part piece that I wrote in 2011. It was inspired by three years of my life: I became a father of two amazing boys – and I lost my father at the same time. I experienced how the roles of man are changing – I let go of my childhood but received the magnificent gift of becoming a father. I could not avoid growing up anymore, however being with my sons allows me to be a child again in a way. It is an awesome feeling, and it is pretty much the same when I blow my horn or compose a melody!
Nocturne is a piece in which I combined an Argentinian groove called “chacarera” with some Hungarian melodies. It reflects the years when I was playing a lot with my musician friends from Argentina.
Caffeine Express is inspired by the feeling of the morning time, after waking up and the day starts over.
Variations on a Folksong is the newest piece on the album. It is again a combination of a folkish melody blended with the rhythmic elements of contemporary jazz. It reflects the main idea of the album in a different way: where we are coming from, and where we are going…
Kristóf Bacsó
Thanks to all the musicians for their creativity and their enthusiasm. Special thanks to Kornél and the Modern Art Orchestra for giving me the confidence and the possibility to produce this album, to Péter Erdélyi, Balázs Róbert, József Barcza and Kornél H. Magyar for helping me to create this album. Very special thanks to my family, to Milan, Marci and Leila for everything.
www.mao.hu / www.kristofbacso.com