Jazz Articles about Davor Kajfeš

Davor Kajfeš: Dialogues With Scriabin

by James Pearse
December 19, 2013

You'd be forgiven for being unfamiliar with the work of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) or, indeed, Croatian jazz pianist Davor Kajfeš. Sadly neither one has been widely heard outside of their respective--or adopted--countries to date. We can celebrate, then, that the release of Dialogues With Scriabin (Headspin Recordings, 2013) brings the music of these two masters together for the delight of audiences further afield. Pianist, composer and teacher Kajfeš was born in the Croatian capital Zagreb in 1934. While ...