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Pavel Hrubý, Klaus Kugel: Going Where The Wind Takes It
by Glenn Astarita
The Czech German duo of soprano saxophonist and bass clarinetist Pavel Hruby and drummer and percussionist Klaus Kugel present a potent example of improvised dialogue on their live album Going Where the Wind Takes It. Recorded at the 'Jazz Goes to Town festival' in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic in October 2019, the session finds two masterful improvisers at the height of their collaborative powers. The average track length is 3:31, which keeps the energy taut and the improvisational ...
Continue ReadingEmil Viklický & Pavel Hrubý: Between Us
by Ian Patterson
After four decades of small ensemble recordings, veteran Czech jazz pianist Emil Viklický is developing a taste for duo albums. Following the fine duo outings Together Again (ACT Music, 2014) with George Mraz, and Moravian Romance: Live at Jazzfest Brno 2018 (Venus, 2018) with Miroslav Vitous, Viklický partners with reed player Pavel Hrubý, here on bass clarinet, to deliver a dozen intimate dialogues which draw as much from blues, classical and Eastern European folk traditions as they do from jazz. ...
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