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Detail Performers
Gábor Winand, Elsa Valle Group
11.07.2009 Saturday 22:00 – 23:00 Stage Art Jazz Gallery
Elsa Valle (Cuba)-vocal, Gábor Winand-vocal,saxs, Péter Rozsnyói-piano, Imre Kőszegi-drums, József Horváth Barcza-double bass,
Gábor Winand
Gábor Winand started his musical studies on the clarinet, and then after finishing primary school turned to singing. At the age of 19 he was admitted to the jazz department of the Bartók Béla Conservatory, where his teacher was Attila Garai. After completing the school he soon found himself in the band of Gyula Babos, one of the great personalities of the Hungarian jazz world. After meeting Gábor Gadó in 1990, he started to work with his band Joy, and they made successful appearances at many festivals. Later he often played with the Trio Stendhal, led by the saxophonist László Dés, with the ESP orchestra, led by the trombonist László Goz, and with the pianist György Vukán. Meanwhile, continuing his instrumental training, he learnt to play the saxophone, and then the flute. Since 2001 he has bee! n a member of the Elemér Balázs Group, with whom he has recorded four discs. With the orchestra he has played with Charlie Mariano, as well as playing at the London Jazz Festival, the Skopje Jazz Festival, and in a number of European cities, such as Berlin, The Hague, Vienna, etc. Also in 2001 he took part in the Hungarian Radio singing competition as a member of the jury, and Al Jarreau, the chairman of the jury, expressed great delight in Winand’s performance in the gala concert following the competition, then invited him to share the stage in his own concert. His current formations include the Bosambo Trio, the band of the Cuban singer Elsa Valle, and his own team, the Winand Quartet, In recent years he has again played with Gábor Gadó, with whom he has recorded albums released under his own name. The French magazine Jazzman awarded his album Corners of my mind the “Choc de l’année” prize in 2002, awarded to the most outstanding albums of the year. With the material from his own albums, he has recently received many invitations to France (Jazz Festival de Souillac, Jazz Festival de Tours, Mittel Europa Jazz Festival Schiltingheim, Paris, Valenciennes).
Elsa Valle
Elsa Valle is a Cuban singer. Nowadays, she lives in Europe and Havana. She took part on many festivals in Cuba and South America (jazz, latino, pop genres – San Remo Festival, La Bienal Flamenco Festival). She performed at stages as many famous musical icons, for example Estemeno, Santana, Al di Meola, Septeto Nacional or, the legendary Buena Vista Social Club musicians. Together with Jose Luis Montona and her brother, pianist Ramon Valle, she was a member of Maria Serranos Flamenco Dance Show tour. She also performed at the biggest Hungarian stages : Palace of Art, Sziget Fest, Muveszetek Volgye Fest, Vidor Fest, Lanchid Jazz, Mezotur Etno Fest, Savaria Fest, Sport Arena, Fono Budai Zenehaz,
A38, IBS, Budapes Congress Centre. She was also given a special prize on Lyra Festival.
Nowadays, she and her band keep the tradition of Cuban music by an original way of vocal jazz interpretation. Her formation called Latin Jazz Syndicate cooperates with top Hungarian respected musicians as for example Béla Szakacsi Lakatos, Gyula Babos, Gábor Winand, László Dés, Tony Lakatos, Gábor Gadó. She is not a good interpreter but also appeared in Lívia Gyarmati movie called Szokés (1994). In 2003, she brought her latino-jazz album called Mi Gente and in 2005 the next one called Abracadabra (she was a composer). These two unique albums represent latino-american music with jazz melodies. Her very last album, Salsa y Picante consists of traditional Cuban music pieces (salsa, guaracha, mambo, cumbia, danzon). Elsa Valle and her Hermanos band also tries to cross the borders of musical imagination and steps into the area of afro-jazz.
