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04-06-2003, 11:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | Gypsy Bass Player?
hello everyone!
i'm looking for the name of a double bassist that is starting to get fame stateside as a jazz bassist. i'd like to know his name and any recordings that he has done (if any). the problem is, the description i will give will be pretty vague. i heard about him on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition Sunday". All i know is that he is a gypsy and while he likes jazz and earns his bread and butter playing jazz, he is also an accomplished classic bassist as well. can anyone help with a name/recordings?
will probably check npr's website archives, but i figure this is as good a place as any for help. thanks a ton, matt
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04-06-2003, 03:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | If it was on the Mark O'Connor feature, it was probably Jon Burr. He's done a lot of straightahead stuff as well, with the likes of Roland Hanna, Horace Silver, Hank Jones, and Art Farmer. He did five years with Tony Bennett, and ten years with Stephane Grappelli. He's not a real gypsy, he just plays one onstage. |
04-07-2003, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | yeah - the guy i was looking for was an actual gypsy, as was his familyhe was raised in, who are also musicians
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04-07-2003, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | Found Him!
i checked out npr's website. i think the guy i'm looking for is named Aladar Pege. i think he claims hungary as his home. now - have any of you heard of him? i'd like to track down his recordings, if he has any.
i will also check into the players y'all mentioned. the documentary sound real cool.
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04-07-2003, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | "lazy"? tell it to me straight, man, i can take it. no seriously, i'll probably check into both bassists. i'm not completely sure i have the right guy yet. i couldn't listen to the article at the npr site to know if he's the guy i'm looking for. i will try again at home.
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04-07-2003, 06:42 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Memphis | | | My son's got strep so I'm home today with time to
research:
Aladar Pege, born 1939, Budapest,Hungary. Took
up double bass at 15, graduated from Bela Bartok
Consevatory. Formed his first group in 1963,
played at Bled, Yugoslavia jazz festival and at
Montreaux in 1970. Moved to Berlin 1975-78, back
to Hungary to teach.
Look for the duos with Walter Norris (Synchronicity,
1978 Enja 3035 and Winter Rose, 1980 Enja 3067)
and the Mingus Dynasty's Live at Montreaux, 1980,
Atlantic 16031. The Hungarian recordings I have
are Montreaux Inventions, 1970 Hungaroton 17418,
Pege, 1980 Pepita 17596 and Live Pege, 1981-82
Krem 17742.
He's got a lot of technique, pizz and arco. A lot of
energy; takes chances. Sue Mingus was so moved
by his performance she gave Pege one of Mingus'
instruments.
I first heard of Pege through Hungarian expatriate
pianist Nat Nichols in NW Indiana a few decades ago. Pleasantly reminded sometime later by
guitarist Attila Zoller.
Lesson over, go look at the New Grove Dictionary
of Jazz and find the albums!
Ed, the only Lakatos I'm familiar with is a saxophonist - Antal Lakatos. |
04-08-2003, 12:47 AM
|  | Velvet Strings Customer Service | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: SWITZERLAND | | | I completelly agree with Jason Sypher...
If you want to hear a real gipsy bassist, hear the bass player of Taraf de Haidouks...... Vlad Viorel ???
Hes a monster, amazing bass player, the 1st time i heard a turkish dance song where he makes a solo, i almost couldnt believe my ears....
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04-08-2003, 06:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | You're awesome, scott reed!
Your information was extremely helpful - he's the guy i'm looking for. (I remembered the bit about sue mingus giving her one of charlie's basses) don't know where i got the idea he was a gypsy. but thank you, a thousand times thank you for you research. i hope your son is feeling better - strep is awful. i've had it twice in my life and both times it knocked me for a loop.
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04-08-2003, 03:58 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Memphis | | | Edward, I had the pleasure of attending one of his
jazz camps in Vermont and staying over awhile afterward to play in another of those past lives I guess we all have.
He had such a deep spirit and deeper convictions.
At times profane, at times profound. I enjoyed his
cooking almost as much as his guitar playing - I
remember that chicken paprika and the spicy aroma
that would envelop the place.
His energy level seemed boundless; he had this big
voice that shake you to the core when he was
displeased - and made you beam inside when he
was complimentary.
His zest for life and passion for music is a journey
worthy for us as well. His work, done his way but with a feeling that he cared about your
work and life almost as much as his own. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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