Rabble Without A Cause
Wednesday November 30th, 2011 with Bernard Stepien
Jazz & classical music part III: European clarinetist Lajos Dudas

Classical music started in Europe. Jazz started in America. Both spread around the world in all kinds of forms. After looking at how North American musicians tackle Classical music and Jazz fusion in previous weeks, this week we will look at European clarinettist Lajos Dudas that like all Europeans started musical life as a classical musician and quickly switched to Jazz. Also, on previous week we looked at "traditional" classical music vs straight ahead Jazz musicians, this week it is more classical avant-garde vs Jazz avant-garde. Lajos Dudas is Hungarian and studied at the Bela Bartok conservatory and the Franz Liszt academy of music, two of the most prestigious classical music institutions of Europe. This may explain his interest for both avant-garde genres. His approach is different from others who tackle the classical vs Jazz problem. He is not into swinging up classical music neither symphonizing Jazz. Instead both styles come through sometimes in a single phrase and thus naturally show their complementarity. Important is that at all times you feel surrounded by both classical music and Jazz atmosphere. Tonight, we will sample his latest CD What's up Neibor with pianist Hubert bergmann http://www.allaboutjazz.com/lajosdudas