Gyula Makrokozmosz Babos' - Babos' Makrokozmosz (CD)

Babos has created a loose framework with his compositions based on Bartok's 'Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm'Guitarist Gyula Babos, one of the iconic figures of the Great Generation of Hungarian jazzmen who successfully transplanted jazz-rock fusion into a Hungarian context during the 1970s and 80s, was never one to rest on his laurels. His innate love of challenges drove him to enrich his musical vocabulary further by drawing on his Roma heritage, on mainstream jazz, on classical and even Indian music.In his Macrocosmos the musicians express themselves in the language of contemporary improvised art, pushing the boundaries of jazz even further while keeping the music accessible. He has always managed to pick his fellow musicians best suited for the purpose. This quintet includes singer, saxophonist and flautist, Gabor Winand, one of the most original jazz-vocalists in Europe who sings and plays what one might term as 'free-bop'. The trumpeter, Kornel Fekete Kovacs, himself a great experimen