Gyula Babos Babos’ Makrokozmosz
Guitarist Gyula Babos, one of the iconic figures of the Great Generation of Hungarian jazzmen who successfully transplanted jazzrock fusion into a Hungarian context during the 1970s and 80s, was never one to rest on his laurels. His love of challenges drove him to enrich his musical vocabulary further by drawing on his Roma heritage, on mainstream jazz, on classical and even Indian music. In his Macrocosmos the musicians express themselves in the language of contemporary improvised art, pushing the boundaries of jazz even further while keeping the music accessible. With unfailing instinct he has always managed to pick his fellow musicians best suited for the purpose.
Péter Pallai
Artists
Gyula Babos – guitar
Kornél Fekete-Kovács – trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboard
Gábor Winand – tenor sax, soprano sax, vocal
György Orbán – double bass (1-3)
József Barcza Horváth – double bass (4)
Tamás Czirják – drums
About the album
Recorded live by Müpa Budapest at the Festival Theatre on 10 December, 2014 (1-3) and at BMC’s Opus Jazz Club on 7 February, 2015 (4).
Sound engineers: Adrian Patrascanu (1-3), Viktor Szabó (4)
Mixed and mastered by Viktor Szabó
Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom
Produced by László Gőz
Label manager: Tamás Bognár
In cooperation with Müpa Budapest Nonprofit Ltd.
The recording was supported by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary
Reviews
Franpi Barriaux - Citizenjazz (fr)
Thierry Giard - CultureJazz (fr)
Mathias Bäumel - Jazz Zeitung (de)
Hessel Fluitman - Jazzflits (nl)
Marcelo Tchechenistky - Discos Argentinos (es)
Jan Granlie - Salt Peanuts (no)
Z.K. Slabý - UNI (cz)
Jan Hocek - JazzPort (cz)
Retkes Attila - Gramofon ***** (hu)
Gulyás István - 061 (hu)
Horváth László - JazzMa (hu)
Márton Attila - Demokrata (hu)
Czékus Mihály - HFP online (hu)
Komlós József JR - Alföldi Régió Magazin (hu)
Turi Gábor - Magyar Nemzet - label profile (hu)
Gyula Babos: Babos’ Makrokozmosz