János Kőrössy

János Kőrössy (also Jancsy Korossy ; born December 26, 1926 in Cluj ; † January 21, 2013 ) was a Romanian jazz pianist , arranger and composer .

Live and act

Kőrössy received his musical training in Cluj (Klausenburg). In the 1960s he appeared in student and jazz clubs in Bucharest , first as a soloist, then in a trio with bassist Johnny Răducanu and drummer Bob Iosifescu ; Added to this was the saxophonist Dan Mândrilă , with whom he made studio recordings for Radiodifuziunii Române. In the following years he performed in the Warsaw Pact countries , at the International Jazz Festival in Prague (1960), Warsaw (1961) and Budapest (1962). In 1961 recordings were made in Poland with Roman Dyląg , Adam Jędrzejowski and Bernt Rosengren ( Jancy Körössy in Poland ). For Supraphon he recorded the album Iancsy Körössy - Jazz Recital , followed by Iancsy Körössy Plays His Own Compositions (Supraphon), Körössy János és együttes (Qualiton), Iancsy Körössy - Seria Jazz nr. 1 (Electrecord, re-released in 1993 in the Jazz Restitutio series ). He also worked on the score for Alo, aţi greşit numărul .

In 1969, Körössy emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany ; In the same year recordings were made for MPS ( Identification , with Charly Antolini and Hans Rettenbacher ). He also performed at the first jazz festival in Burghausen in 1970 . His admirer, Willis Conover of Voice of America, gave him the opportunity to perform in the United States. He played in Atlanta and worked a. a. 1981 with Zoot Sims . In 1990 he returned to Romania and performed at various festivals such as the 1993 Festivalurile de Jazz de la Costineşti şi Galaţi and 2001 at the International Jazz Festival in Bucharest. This was followed by appearances with the American musicians Peter Perfido , James Singleton and Lee Konitz as well as the CD releases Sweet Home , Dor de acasă (in a duo with Ramona Horvath (Electrecord)) and Live In Graz . After a joint tour with Nicolas Simion in 2001, he returned permanently to Europe.

Korossy combined Romanian folk music with American jazz rhythms, which you can hear on the double album American Impressions & Romanian Landscapes in 1972 and 1975; he arranged the Rhapsody No. 1 by George Enescu .

Prizes and awards

In 1975 he was honored by Jimmy Carter for his extraordinary contributions to jazz. In 2002 Radio Romania honored him as the most important Romanian musician. In 2006 he was awarded the star of Romania in the rank of commander.

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Kőrössy, János
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Korossy, Jancsy; Korossy, Iancsy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cluj
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 2013

[1] A încetat din viaţă Jancsy Korossy, cel mai mare pianist de jazz din istoria României (obituary) (Romanian)

[2] ttp://7dreamsrecords.com/index.php?id=11