The brilliant pianist and bandleader, Jánso Nagy is one of the handful of world-class jazz pianists in Hungary. Among other top acts, he leads the Free Style Chamber Orchestra and plays for European Mantra. In 1997 he was voted ‘Best Soloist’ at the Getxo International Jazz Festival. In 1998 he won the coveted eMeRton Prize as ‘Soloist of the Year’. In 2001 at the Mediawave Festival he accompanied David Murray where he earned high praise from the American tenor-sax idol and critics of Gramofon magazine named the concert ‘Event of the Year’. He also played to tremendous acclaim in London, Poland, Macau and Vilnius. In the UK he was backing the Hungarian songstress Bea Tisza in 2003 at the legendary 606 Club and subsequently recorded with her their, to date, first British album. He returned to the 606 two years ago with a British trio and brought the house down.

The special lineup of his present trio dispenses with bass instrument, giving more freedom to the drums and more space for harmonies to the piano. His extraordinary fellow-musicians in the trio are the violinist Frankie Látó and Flóra Joubert on the drums.

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