Debrecen Jazz Group ‎(Debreceni Jazz Együttes) (1979)

The Debrecen Jazz ensemble was formed in 1966, at the beginning of upswing in Hungarian jazz scene. The quartet was a regular, successful participant at the growing number of jazz programmes when these events were still mainly held in Budapest.

In the very first year of its existence the Ensemble attracted nation, al attention, and emerging from complete anonymity, it won the first prize in the jazz category at the Salgotarjan Amateur Music Festival. This success w'as repeated both in 1967 and 1969, and that same year the Ensemble reached the finals of the Hungarian Radio's national jazz competition, something that was considered to be a remarkable achievement among professional ensembles, in 1967 the quartet played at an international jazz festival in Zurich, and in 1968 in Vienna. In 1969 it participated at the Alba Regia Festival at Szekesfehervar. In 1971 it was awarded a prize at the international amateur jazz festival in Prerov, Czechoslovakia, and that same year was invited to Spain. The quartet played in Spain again in 1972 and 1974, and was ranked by the professional press among the celebrated ensembles of the inter-natiorial field. In 1977, it opened the scries of concerts at the Debrecen Jazz Days, and later that year gave a concert in the Erkel Theatre, the biggest theatre in Budapest. In 1977 the Hungarian Radio asked the quartet to participate in the jazz festival of the European Radio Union, held in Laren, Holland. The recordings made in Laren with the participation of Csaba Deseo were broadcast by 19 radio stations in Europe, America and Japan. Since that time the ensemble also made tours of Poland and the Soviet Union.

The members of the ensemble have also played an active role in giving a new impetus to jazz life in Hungary, taking the initiative in the organization of the annual international concert series of the Debrecen Jazz Days. They have regularly performed in the Hungarian Radio.

Their repertoire includes traditionally evergreen jazz numbers and pieces composed and orchestrated by them. This LP includes a selection of recordings made in the Hungarian Radio’s studios by this uniquely long-standing quartet in the Hungarian jazz scene. During the past decade, several soloists from abroad have played together with the ensemble, including the Bulgarian flutist, Simeon Sterev in this recording. Sterev’s flute solos do not alter the quartet’s usual performing style, as the soloist has perfectly adapted himself to the ensemble.

Csaba Deseo, the other soloist of the record joined the quartet before the festival in Holland. In the compositions created on that occasion he demonstrated that he was a virtuoso musician of his fame.
Imre Kiss

- Источник оцифровки: автор новости
- Класс состояния винила: EX-
- Устройство воспроизведения: Электроника ЭП-017С
- Картридж: Audio-Technica AT440MLa
- Предварительный усилитель: Самодельный ламповый v1.91
- АЦП: ESI Julia
- Обработка: ручное удаление щелчков
- Формат записи (Bit/kHz): 32 float/96

foobar2000 1.2.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-03-11 11:58:21

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Analyzed: Debrecen Jazz Group / Debreceni Jazz Egyuttes
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.70 dB -15.81 dB 5:29 ?-Apocalypse
DR11 -1.05 dB -14.72 dB 6:20 ?-Bitter
DR10 -0.86 dB -13.86 dB 8:27 ?-Hungarian Folk-Song
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.43 dB 6:12 ?-Stroll In Debrecen
DR10 -1.12 dB -13.32 dB 3:21 ?-Together
DR12 -0.11 dB -14.27 dB 4:02 ?-Sunset
DR12 -1.17 dB -17.07 dB 5:19 ?-Souvenir From San Sebastian
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 32
Bitrate: 3719 kbps
Codec: WavPack