N-evergreens A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Pianist Károly Binder, winner of the eMeRTon and Erkel Prizes, head of the academy’s Department of Jazz, gives a double album recital. Between the months of September and December 2016 he made four recordings (taking to 64 the total number of his albums); the different facets of his extremely diverse art are revealed on N-Evergreens recorded with his quartet and For Seven Days made with the trio. Many decades of experience are evident in the N-Evergreens reinterpretations of jazz standards from harmonic, metric and form aspects; jazz hits such as Autumn Leaves, Green Dolphin Street and Body and Soul come up time and time again in jazz classes: this is why it is so exciting to see whether, after so many great interpretations, there is anything to add to the tradition (it’s not really a spoiler to whisper that, naturally, there is). As suggested by the title For Seven Days recorded with the trio, it contains seven numbers, each an intense music event for every day of the week. The pianist genius is joined by Tibor Fonay on bass and Ákos Benkó on drums, with saxophonist Mihály Borbély making up the quartet. All three have strong ties to the jazz department: Fonay graduated from here, Benkó and Borbély teach in the department as colleagues of Károly Binder.