Soaring Ágnes Lakatos & Kálmán Oláh

• 1 How My Heart Sings 07:23
• 2 Ask Me Now 08:02
• 3 Well You Needn't 04:55
• 4 Detour Ahead 08:24
• 5 Up Jumped Spring 04:47
• 6 Dienda 07:32
• 7 Maiden Voyage 09:23
• 8 Memories of Tomorrow 07:36
• 9 Monk's Dream 06:26
• Total Runtime 01:04:28

Info for Soaring

"We were classmates with Kálmán more than 30 years ago at the jazz department. Since then our musical and pedagogical paths have met many times, but we haven't got a chance to make serious co-operation.

The idea itself was born last summer when Kálmán visited my parent's house. (He was invited to play at the "BlueBird Festival", organized by my brother, who is a well- known classical bassoon player.) We had a delicious lunch - prepared by my mother - Kálmán was very satisfied, he is a big fan of good food from all over the world. Big deals usually occur during the meal, so the question was asked: why don’t we make music together? Let's select the songs and trust the moment's intuition and play the music for our and hopefully the audience's joy as well.

We performed two concerts and on both occasions I felt I was walking above the ground. Kálmán's playing raised my creativity and made me feel independent and relaxed / easy. I have chosen more modern standards which I had always wanted to sing, but never did. Songs composed by Thelonius Monk, Kenny Kirkland, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea etc. I enjoyed every minute of this work with Kálmán, who is not only technically incredible but his musical sensitivity, reactions and the ability of how to catch the mood of the songs are terrific. I felt like I was thrown into another dimension and I hope the listener will feel the same. I want to play this material at concerts as many times as we can." Ágnes Lakatos

Ágnes Lakatos, vocals
Kálmán Oláh, piano

Ágnes Lakatos
is one of the best-known Hungarian jazz singers and one of the most influential figures in Hungarian vocal jazz, both as a performer and as a teacher. She graduated in 1990 at the jazz singing faculty of Liszt Ferenc College of Music. She teaches jazz singing at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy and at the Bartók Béla Music Secondary School. She is the member of several jazz groups and has appeared on many albums.

Kálmán Oláh
The Hungarian Jazz pianist Kálmán Oláh, has gained international reputation as an artist who masterfully combines the elements of jazz, folk and contemporary classical music. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of the 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition. Renowned for his distinctive compositional style and his original approach to playing jazz, Kálmán Oláh has appeared with scores of well-known artists including Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker, Steve Grossman, Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci, Tommy Campbell, Ron McClure, Stefano Di Battista, Philip Catherine, Palle Danielsson, André Ceccarelli, Kenny Wheeler and Ravi Coltrane, to name a few.

Booklet for Soaring