Harmónia Jazzműhely: Szalay Gábor Trio feat. Horváth Albert

This brilliant outfit plays quite a few adaptation of the great late Thelonious Monk but whatever they play it’s exciting and vibrant modern jazz. Gábor Szalay is the outstanding Hungarian exponent of bebop guitar with his highly harmonic and incredibly swinging approach. With his extremely modest  personality he lets the music speak for itself instead of showboating. He plays in the time- honoured, highly approachable tradition of Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall and Grant Green. Bass player,bass guitarist and composer Viktor Hárs is a grandmaster of his instruments on which he is one of the most in-demand musicians in his country. He has played probably with all the best-knows Hungarian musicians. As for the world stars of jazz, he has accompanied, among others Ernie Wilkins, Tony Scott, Ed Thigpen, Fred Hersch, Carl Fontana, Herbie Mann, Dean Brown, Didier Lockwood, Al Jarreau, David Liebman, Peter Erskine, Al Di Meola, Trilok Gurtu, Johnny Griffin, Bob Mintzer, Jasper van 't Hof és Wallace Roney.  Their excellent drummer is Dániel Serei. The guest artist, pianist Albert Horváth was voted Young Musician of The Year by the Hungarian Jazz Federation in 2020.

Szalay Gábor – guitar, Hárs Viktor – bass, Serei Dániel – drums
Guest: Horváth Albert – piano