Szilard Mezei International Improvisers Ensemble

Szilard Mezei International Improvisers Ensemble

On this album, Jon Hemmersam plays acoustic guitar.

Review

CD OF THE YEAR, 2014, KEN CHEETHAM, JAZZ VIEWS.

“This is a magnificent work, worthy of much of your time.” Ken Cheetham

Szilárd Mezei International Improvisers Ensemble
Mezei’s biggest project – two and a half hours of music by 23 international musicians recorded in Novi Sad, Serbia, January 2012. Mezei in complete control with baton and viola, conducting a majestic performance. Hungarian/Serbian Mezei has justifiably attracted highest praise and appreciation from critics and his listeners. Viewed by many as the successor to the late Hungarian composer György Szabados, his music like that of Szabados and Bartok before him, draws on the strengths of the Hungarian folk music tradition.

The music on these two CDs is a great example of his integration of composition and improvisation.

“Karszt” is Mezei’s fourth CD on SLAM.