Gábor Winand

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Primary Instrument: Clarinet

Gábor Winand started his musical studies on the clarinet, and then after finishing primary school turned to singing. At the age of 19 he was admitted to the jazz department of the Bartók Béla Conservatory, where his teacher was Attila Garai. After completing the school he soon found himself in the band of Gyula Babos, one of the great personalities of the Hungarian jazz world. After meeting Gábor Gadó in 1990, he started to work with his band Joy, and they made successful appearances at many festivals. Later he often played with the Trio Stendhal, led by the saxophonist László Dés, with the ESP orchestra, led by the trombonist László Goz, and with the pianist György Vukán. Meanwhile, continuing his instrumental training, he learnt to play the saxophone, and then the flute. Since 2001 he has bee! n a member of the Elemér Balázs Group, with whom he has recorded four discs. With the orchestra he has played with Charlie Mariano, as well as playing at the London Jazz Festival, the Skopje Jazz Festival, and in a number of European cities, such as Berlin, The Hague, Vienna, etc. Also in 2001 he took part in the Hungarian Radio singing competition as a member of the jury, and Al Jarreau, the chairman of the jury, expressed great delight in Winand’s performance in the gala concert following the competition, then invited him to share the stage in his own concert. His current formations include the Bosambo Trio, the band of the Cuban singer Elsa Valle, and his own team, the Winand Quartet, In recent years he has again played with Gábor Gadó, with whom he has recorded albums released under his own name. The French magazine Jazzman awarded his album Corners of my mind the “Choc de l’année” prize in 2002, awarded to the most outstanding albums of the year. With the material from his own albums, he has recently received many invitations to France (Jazz Festival de Souillac, Jazz Festival de Tours, Mittel Europa Jazz Festival Schiltingheim, Paris, Valenciennes).

Awards:

Choc de l’année” prize in 2002, Crest Jazz Vocal

Last Updated: November 10, 2012

DISCOGRAPHY Date Album Publisher Code Notes 1989 Winand Gábor: Captive Dreamer Hungaroton Own 1990 Special Time Hungaroton Contributor 1991 Gianluca Mosole - Magazine Sentemo Contributor 1992 Horváth Kornél: Rag Handed Bouvard & Pécuchet BVP 002 Contributor 1992 Trio Stendhal: Something Happened Sentemo Contributor 1995 ESP Group: Waiting Bouvard & Pécuchet VBP 033 Contributor 1997 Balázs Elemér Trio: My New Way TE-ART INCD 005 Contributor 1997 The Quartet - Love Poems CAE Contributor 1998 Hárs Viktor: Contacts and Conflicts Magánkiadás PCD 006 Contributor 1999 Black Smith Workshop: Childhood 'round 2000 BMC Records BMC CD 026 Contributor 1999 Bosambo Trio: Tongue-tied BMC Records BMC CD 022 Contributor 1999 Gadó Gábor: One Glimpse Is Not Enough BMC Records BMC CD 028 Contributor 2000 Dely Roby: Downtown Stories BMC Records BMC CD 029 Contributor 2001 Gadó Gábor: Homeward BMC Records BMC CD 056 Contributor 2001 Horgas Eszter Arcai I. - Class Jazz Band: Crossover Gramy Records GR-022 Contributor 2001 Téli Márta - Winand Gábor: Follow Your Dreams CD BÁR BUDA Own 2002 Balázs Elemér Group: Around The World BMC Records BMC CD 064 Contributor 2002 Class Jazz Band: Spanish Night Plus CAE Contributor 2002 Horgas Eszter Arcai III. - Class Jazz Band: Spanish Night Gramy Records GR-034 Contributor 2002 Lantos Zoltán' Mirrorworld: Tiptoe ceremony BMC Records BMC CD 078 Contributor 2002 Oláh Kálmán & Lehel Péter feat. Budapest Chamber Simphony, Trio Midnight: Hungarian Rhapsody GOOD International co. GI-3052 Contributor 2002 Winand Gábor: Corners of My Mind BMC Records BMC CD 058 Own 2003 Balázs Elemér Group with Charlie Mariano: Our worlds beyond BMC Records BMC CD 086 Contributor 2003 Class Jazz Band: Cross Over Plus CAE Contributor 2003 Creative Art Group: Gentle Love CAE Contributor 2003 Winand Gábor: Agent spirituel BMC Records BMC CD 091 Own 2003 Elsa Valle : Mi Gente Judge and Brady Contributor 2004 Balázs Elemér Group: Refracting sounds BMC Records BMC CD 106 Contributor 2004 Winand Gábor: Different garden BMC Records BMC CD 110 Own 2005 Elsa Valle : Abracadabra Judge and Brady Contributor 2006 Winand Gábor és a Gadó Quintet: Opera Budapest BMC Records BMC CD 124 Own 2007 Elsa Valle : Salsa y Picante Tom Tom Records Contributor 2009 Winand Gábor: Fabulas BMC Records BMC CD 152 Own 2010 Elsa Valle : Universo Gramy Contributor

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Primary Instrument:
Clarinet

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