Tzumo Gypsy Dreams

On Saturday, 14 September 2024, a one-day programme series, the Celebration of Hungarian Jazz, pays tribute to the genre with free open-air concerts, a book presentation, an awards ceremony and – with a combined ticket – some evening concerts, in this joint production from the Hungarian Jazz Federation and House of Music Hungary. The Open-Air Stage will host the Nart Orchestra, the Bohém Ragtime Jazz Band and Kovász, with Gábor T. Szántó presenting his book on the pianist János Gonda in the Lecture Hall, where the Hungarian Jazz Federation’s awards ceremony will also take place prior to the evening concerts. The Róbert Szakcsi Lakatos Trio will perform at 8 pm in the Concert Hall, while Tzumo Gypsy Dreams will close out the programme at 9.30 pm.

Tzumo Gypsy Dreams
Árpád Tzumo’s latest group, Tzumo Gypsy Dreams, presents us with a complex and thrilling musical world that builds on the sound of the Roma and combines it with Afro-American, flamenco and eastern styles in a jazz guise to perform Tzumo’s most recent compositions. In 2003, Árpád Oláh Cumó / Tzumo was admitted to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz. Since that time, he has played alongside numerous world jazz stars, from Herbie Hancock to Wayne Shorter. In addition to his own group, he is also a member of the Kristóf Bacsó Triad. It is no surprise, therefore – but certainly a delight – that the Tzumo Gypsy Dreams’s special guest for this concert will be Kristóf Bacsó himself.

A joint production from the House of Music Hungary and the Hungarian Jazz Federation.