Description
Fonó Records: Juhász Gábor Quartet — In the Garden (Audio CD)
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Product Details:
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand / Label: Fonó Records (Fonó Budai Zeneház)
- Artist: Juhász Gábor Quartet
- Catalog Number: FA 405-2
- UPC: 4265667760391
- Release Year: 2018
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Modern jazz, organ jazz, guitar jazz
Product Features
- Format: CD
- Discs: 1
- Tracks: 7
- Recording: Live, recorded 30 April 2017 (International Jazz Day) at Fonó, Budapest
- Packaging: Digipak
- Condition: Factory Sealed (New)
Overview
In the Garden is a live set from guitarist Juhász Gábor's quartet, caught in one night at Budapest's Fonó on International Jazz Day, 2017. Seven originals, each named for a corner of a garden — the swing, the doghouse, the walnut tree, the bench, the fireplace — and the music follows that domestic-pastoral logic rather than any jam-session formula.
The instrumentation is the draw. Guitar over Hammond organ, double bass and drums is a classic soul-jazz front, but Juhász and organist Gátos Iván play it cool and unhurried, leaving room for the long form — "Diófa (Walnut Tree)" runs nearly twelve minutes and earns every second. Kovács Zoltán on double bass keeps the floor warm; Jeszenszky György's brushwork does as much shaping as the soloists.
Recorded by Kopcsik Márton at Bresaola Studios, the live capture is intimate without sounding like a bootleg — you hear the room. For listeners who like their jazz melodic, organ-led and built for the long phrase, this is a quietly excellent Hungarian date.
Interesting Facts
- The album was recorded live on 30 April 2017, International Jazz Day, at the Fonó Budai Zeneház in Budapest.
- Every track is named after a feature of a garden, from "Hinta (Swing)" to "Tűzhely (Fireplace)," giving the set a loose thematic arc.
- Bandleader Juhász Gábor is one of Hungary's most respected jazz guitarists and also took the album's cover photo himself.
- The quartet pairs guitar with Hammond organ — the classic soul-jazz combination — alongside double bass and drums.
- The longest piece, "Diófa (Walnut Tree)," stretches past eleven and a half minutes, the centerpiece of the live set.
- Released by Fonó, the Budapest label long associated with Hungarian folk and world music, here documenting its contemporary jazz side.
Track Listing
- Hinta (Swing) — 7:58
- Csoda (Miracle) — 8:54
- Kutyaház (Doghouse) — 5:17
- Kert (Garden) — 8:49
- Diófa (Walnut Tree) — 11:47
- Pad (Bench) — 8:33
- Tűzhely (Fireplace) — 7:34
Publishers
Released 2018 by Fonó Budai Zeneház, Budapest. Recorded live at Fonó, 30 April 2017; sound engineer Kopcsik Márton (Bresaola Studios); producer Horváth László.
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