Szilard Mezei International Improvisers Ensemble
Release Date: 13 January 2014
Label: SLAM Productions
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5028386055020
Genres: Jazz Avant-garde
Description
The violinist, violist, double bass player and composer Szilard Mezei's biggest project - two and a half hours of music he composed played by twenty-three international musicians. Recorded in Novi Sad, Serbia, Mezei is in complete control with baton and viola, conducting a majestic performance.
On 'Karszt' Mezei explores the relationship between improvisation and composition (similarly to Witold Lutoslawski's aleatoric music and Anthony Braxton's creative music methods), incorporating elements of jazz and authentic folk music as well. The music is monumental in scale, rich in fascinating detail, with arrangements that are influenced by the work of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.
Tracklisting
David Bitelli & Ollie Usiskin
Paul Dunmall & Kevin Figes
Kevin Figes & Julie Tippetts
Toni Germani Quartet
Howard Riley, Art Themen, Mario Castronari & Trevor Tomkins
HackOut!
Lol Coxhill
George Haslam & Friends
A Bigger MOUTH
Barry Guy
John Zorn
A.M.E.N
Savina Yannatou, Floros Floridis, Barry Guy & Ramon Lopez
Weird Of Mouth
Paul Dunmall & Kevin Figes
Kevin Figes & Julie Tippetts
