Dresch Quartet - Straight Music (egyenes Zene) (CD)

The dialects of Hungarian folk music sound crystal clear through the universal language of jazzMihály Dresch's oeuvre is rich and consistent enough for his admirers to start repeating themselves. But there is no avoiding it: over and again, the Dresch albums are considered to be the cornerstones of 'Hungarian jazz', in which the dialects of Hungarian folk music sound crystal clear through the universal language of jazz.Beyond the obvious self-identity of Dresch's works, and in view of it, the things that distinguish Straight music are precisely those steps which show a more conspicuous intimacy or sensitivity than before. These steps not only make his pieces more dramatic, but it is as if they suggested that from now on we are dealing with something qualitatively different. This is a quality in which folk music and jazz merge not because Dresch managed to keep control of the forms and proportions, but because they have 'no other option'. Just as Dresch can do nothing else. His sound c