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Lajos Dudas: The Lake and the Music

Read "The Lake and the Music" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


The Hungarian-born, German-resident clarinetist Lajos Dudas has a lengthy discography, and his long career was celebrated by the Vimeo video Ein Künstlerportrait. He has played classical music, and jazz from bebop to free. But, for what he says is his final album, he has chosen to play fresh interpretations of jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook. He is joined by his longtime accompanist, guitarist Philipp Van Endert on all of the tracks (along with drummer Kurt Billker ...

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Lajos Dudas: The Lake and the Music

Read "The Lake and the Music" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


At 80-years old, clarinetist Lajos Dudas is dropping off the keys to the recording studio while making his way out—Dudas claims this is his last recording and, if true, he ends things on a high note at the intersection of The Great American Songbook and free jazz. Dudas' previous recording, Return to the Future (Jazzsick Records, 2018) was a jogging approach to this present, and last, The Lake and the Music, where Dudas uses 10 tried-and-true standards as his jumping ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Contemporary Jazz

ToneWork Records
2023

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The Lake and the Music

JazzSick Records
2020

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