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MIHALY DRESCH - Sopran Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute
"I realised that music requires the whole person, including who they are and where they are from - that's what sounds through the instrument. I realised I would never be able to make music from the same impulse as Coltrane, Griffin , and the other masters. That's how I came to need to play out my own experience. When I was practising, I noticed that while my first small pieces were taking shape, I was thinking of my grandparents. Ever since, this has been important: my loved ones should be present in my spirit."
'I believe that we can like both the purest jazz and traditional folk music.'Mihály
Mihály Dresch
Dresch is one of the most individual, definitive and exemplary representatives of the Hungarian jazz world. As Garbarek with the Eastern European, and Coltrane with the African music traditions, Dresch has taken elements of the authentic traditional music of Transylvania into jazz. His music doesn't work with the traditional culture, it lives on it, and consciously speaks of the heritage hidden there. The folk elements which are built into his music give him a foundation, which offer a secure basis from which he gets into jazz and improvisation. His recordings which are primarily instrumental in character, do not simply paraphrase traditional melodies, but lyrics can also be heard. His music is developing, personal and intimate, radiating strength and faith. His work is known all over the world. On an international level, he is placed amongst the most outstanding musicians. His musical career began in the seventies. He was the founder and for years a member of the Binder Quintet. His now totally matured, individual taste, can be distinguished when hearing the first note. From early on, his distinguished style of playing and fantastic improvisational technique, won the attention of professionals as well as the audience. Later he formed his own quartet, in which all the major figures in Hungarian free and improvisational jazz have done a turn (István Baló, Róbert Benko, István Grencsó, Zoltan Lantos and many others). He is a permanent member of György Szabados' (the leading Hungarian leader of free music) band; of the MAKUZ Ensemble.
One of his was recordings was with Archie Sheep.
Magazine Gramofon awarded his latest album the title "Hungarian jazz album of the year, 2004".
Dresch was awarded the "Hungarian jazz musician of the year" in 2005.
"Dresch gives us an impression how John Coltrane would have sounded if he had been born in Hungary."
Der Standard in October 2005.
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