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Orsi Kozma Quartet

The Orsi Kozma Quartet has been a unique colour on the palette of the Hungarian jazz scene ever since their debut in 2008. Soulprints is their third studio album, and, as in case of a band that has been making music together for seven years now, the sound of the album is mature and is very much worthy of its predecessors – Hide and Seek (2008), Embrace (2010) – yet offers a unique, fresh voice, showing the band’s capability to be true to their sound, yet create a fresh and exciting new tone.

This album is richer and much more refined than ‘Hide and Seek’, the formation’s firstborn, which became a Fonogram Music Award nominee immediately upon its release in 2008 and has also been released in Japan in 2010. The songs of the Soulprints album truly are “prints of the soul”: they are mood-patchworks which project an important stage in the history of the Quartet. Each song hides an individual world, and one may discover new, exciting details at each listening, which are all qualities of a pleasant, diverse, important album.

MEMBERS OF THE BAND ORSI KOZMA - singer Unmistakeable,'benchmark' voice in jazz in Hungary. She became famous and beloved by her fans as a member of the bands Cotton Club Singers and Jazz+Az. She also participated as a guest star with the 9:30 Collective and with Gábor Presser, along with some film and theatre work. Last two years she performs as a solo-singer and with the Quartet.

GÁBOR CSEKE – piano, keyboards Born in Pécs, Southern Hungary, Gábor Cseke also features in the bands of Sramkó János and Horgas Eszter, among others. He also teaches music at a music school in Kőbánya and a regular piano accompanist at the Hungarian Radio’s jazz competitions.

VIKTOR HÁRS – double bass, bass guitar, baritone guitar One of the most invited double bassists, bass guitarists, composers and lyricists, Viktor Hárs plays in his own band (the HársHegyBand) and is also a contributor to Eszter Horgas’s band. He has worked with an impressive circle of foreign and Hungarian stars, including Al Jarreau, Trilok Gurtu, Peter Ersikne, Al Di Meola and Hobó.

CSABA PUSZTAI - drums, percussions A popular jazz drummer and Latin percussionist, Csaba Pusztai is a permanent member of Zoltán Zana’s Quartet and the Budapest Voices. A percussionist, he was also a member of Péter Kuzbelt’s Showder Band, among others, at the Ricardo Salsa Club.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Soulprints

Unknown label
2014

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Embrace

Unknown label
2010

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Hide and seek

Unknown label
2008

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