György Szabados

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György Szabados in September 2005

György Szabados (born July 13, 1939 in Budapest , † June 10, 2011 in Nagymaros ) was a Hungarian doctor and known as a composer and pianist of creative jazz and free improvisation music . Influenced by the folk music of Transylvania and Béla Bartók as well as by the expressive possibilities of jazz, Szabados "found an individual musical language" ( Bert Noglik ). With him began "a new trend in Hungarian jazz: based on its own tradition while at the same time opening up to the innovations of the Chicago avant-garde or western European free jazz and the soundscapes of new music."

Live and act

Szabados received piano lessons as a child and played in school bands in the 1950s. He initially studied medicine , but since 1962 has also given public concerts in which he improvised in part completely freely. He practiced as a doctor, but also founded a jazz band. In 1972 he and his quintet won the Grand Prix of the prestigious San Sebastian Jazz Festival in the field of free jazz . The recordings for his first record, "Az esküvő", which also received a lot of international attention, were made over the next two years. Szabados mainly appeared in a trio (with bassist Sandor Vajda and drummers like Antal Farago). He recorded some of his compositions with larger ensembles, to which he also invited Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky , Hannes and Conny Bauer . His three-movement work "Adyton" was performed for the first time in 1981 and recorded in 1983 with Antal Lakatos and Mihály Dresch . Szabados also played in a duo with Dresch. Since 1982 he played repeatedly with Anthony Braxton . He also worked with Fred Van Hove , Peter Kowald , Evan Parker and Jiří Stivín and also recorded with Roscoe Mitchell and Vladimir Tarasov . He continues to improvise with the MAKUZ ("Orchestra of the Hungarian Royal Court"), which he founded.

Prizes and awards

Szabados received the state Ferenc Liszt Prize in 1983. In 2001 his album "Az idő múlása" was voted "Album of the Year" in Hungary. In 2001 he also received the Hungarian Arts Prize and the Gábor Szabó Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hungarian Jazz Federation.

Discographic notes

  • Az esküvő (The Wedding) Hungaroton-Pepita SLPX 17475; Hungarian Jazz History Vol. 8 Hungaroton HCD71094 (1975)
  • Adyton Hungaroton-Krém SLPX 17724 (1983/84)
  • with Anthony Braxton: Szabraxtondos Hungaroton-Krém SLPX 17909 (1985)
  • with Roscoe Mitchell: Jelenés (Revelation) Fonó Records (1998)
  • Az idő múlása (Time Flies) November Music 20022 (2000)
  • with Anthony Braxton, Vladimir Tarasov: Triotone Leo 416 (2005)

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Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Gyorgy Szabados, father of Hungarian free jazz, dies at 71 , www.morningstar.co.uk, June 11, 2011 Nagymaros
  2. ↑ Bert Noglik Scharfe Paprika , SWR 2, September 1, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Szabados, György
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian musician and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2011
Place of death Nagymaros