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Lajos Dudas: Brückenshlag

Read "Brückenshlag" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 9, 2016

Clarinetist Lajos Dudas is a vector talent, having both a fixed direction and potent momentum associated with it. His music is descendant of Jimmy Giuffre's early '60s recordings with bassist Steve Swallow and pianist Paul Bley. Dudas' music is an evolution into a freer, yet more structured performance form. Both his vertical and horizontal improvisations possess ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lajos Dudas

February 18, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Lajos Dudas' birthday today! Lajos Dudas was born in Budapest/Hungary and studied there at the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (1958-1963), laying the foundations for his successful career not only as jazz and pop/rock musician but also on the classical side (Strawinsky: Three Solopieces, Weber: Clarinet ...

Article: Album Review

Lajos Dudas: Radio Days: The Music of Lajos Dudas

Read "Radio Days: The Music of Lajos Dudas" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
February 16, 2016

It is always a nice surprise when someone pops up who is new to you, but who, it turns out, has been playing for decades, has an extensive discography, and who has been reviewed quite a few times here at All About Jazz. That someone is clarinetist Lajos Dudas, and with Radio Days, celebrates ...

Article: Album Review

Lajos Dudas: Radio Days: The Music of Lajos Dudas

Read "Radio Days: The Music of Lajos Dudas" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
January 16, 2016

German-Hungarian jazz clarinetist/composer Lajos Dudas has been performing on the radio for a long time. This “Birthday Edition 75" collects performances dating from 1984 to the early 2000s: about twenty years. All but one track was also composed by him, so it's a good picture of his adventurous composing and playing over a good part of ...