BENDEGÚZ VARGA QUARTET, GUEST: ÁRPÁD TZUMO

The second album of Bendegúz Varga's band, Chasing Your Dreams, released on Tom-Tom Records, is the follow-up to Goldmund, with perhaps an even more sophisticated sound and a clearer commitment to experimental contemporary jazz. The compositions and arrangements of the band leader and members are carefully crafted, with consistent emotional and atmospheric characteristics, and their playing is of a high quality and sensitivity. The material on the album is varied yet coherent, and offers an accessible musical world even for those new to the jazz genre.

The bandleader plays in Júlia Karosi's band, but has also been a member of bands led by Károly Gáspár, Attila Rieger and Kristóf Bacsó for many years. He founded his own band in 2015; his current bandmates include János Ávéd, who has been voted saxophonist of the year in Hungary several times, and Ádám Bögöthy, one of the scene's most sought-after bassists. The guest artist for this evening is virtuoso pianist Árpád Tzumo, a graduate of the Monk Institute in the US.