Lajos Dudas

Lajos Dudas [ lɒjoʃ dudɒʃ ] ( born February 18, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary ) is a German - Hungarian jazz clarinetist and composer.

Life and work

His education was Dudas in time from 1958 to 1963 at the Béla Bartók Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in his hometown. After a period as a freelance musician from 1963 to 1973 Dudas chose the early 1970s resident in the west of the Rhine Neuss, where he worked alongside his work as a concert artist until 2004 also as a teacher in the subjects clarinet and saxophone at the music school. From 1975 to 1985 he was also a lecturer at the College of Education Rhineland in Neuss. Dudas presented itself not only as a jazz or pop musicians, but equally as a soloist with works such as Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Quintet, Stravinsky's solo pieces for clarinet and Alexander Glazunov's Concerto for Alto Saxophone ( with the Neuss Chamber Orchestra ).

After a free- tonal period in the 80s, from albums like Detour, Monte Carlo emerged ( with Theo Jörgensmann ) and Mistral ( with Attila Zoller ), CL4 / Old and New Ways, Dudas has in the past decade again reinforced the so-called melodic jazz prescribed, but without losing its distinctive style. For over twenty years he has worked closely with the Düsseldorf guitarist Philipp van Endertplatz, with whom he completed numerous performances as a duo. In larger ensembles Dudas is relatively rare to experience live, most recently with his quartet, consisting of Philip van Endertplatz (guitar ), Martin Gjakonovski / Leonard Jones ( bass) and Kurt Billker (drums) - on the occasion of a themed concert ( bridge ) with the German Chamber Academy Neuss in the armory, or the Salzburg Jazz autumn with two drummers ( Kurt Billker and Jochen Büttner ).

Dudas has more than 50 singles, LPs and CDs recorded in the course of his career, participated in numerous radio and television productions, with well-known jazz musicians such as Tom van der Geld, Karl Berger, Albert Mangelsdorff, Gerd Dudek, Vitold Rek, Tommy Vig and Howard Johnson worked.

1982 awarded him the Jury of the 11th International Competition for Jazz compositions in Monaco 1st prize for his composition Urban Blues. So he finished in the 80s in the ' Top People Poll ', the renowned international jazz forum every year top positions. In 1992 was the inclusion of his Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra with the Cologne Radio Orchestra on the program. The Neuss concert series Jazz in the Old Council Chamber called Dudas 1996. Many musicians such as Joachim Kühn, Aki Takase, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Markus Stockhausen, Ali Haurand, Gerd Dudek, Nils Wogram, Jiri Stivin, Barbara Dennerlein, Christoph Spendel ... have occurred here in ten years (until 2006).

Since the end of his teaching activities in Neuss Dudas lives in Überlingen on Lake Constance.

Discography

LPs

  • Reflection of Bach, Metram 1977
  • Contrasts, Rillophon 1978
  • Detour. ( with Tom van der Geld ), Rayna 1980
  • Monte Carlo ( with Attila Zoller ), Rayna 1982
  • Sunshine State ( with Imre Kőszegi and Toto Blanke ), connections Records 1984
  • Mistral ( with Tommy Vig ). nexus 1986
  • Clarinet Quartet Cl -4 Old and new ways ( with Eckard Kolter man, Theo Jörgensmann, Dieter Kühr ). nexus 1986
  • I remember, Pannonton 1990

CDs

  • Change of Time. Rayna 1990
  • Another Face. Ear - Rational in 1991
  • Urban Blues. nexus 1993
  • Lajos Dudas plays Bach. Rillophon 1994 Edition also Musikat 2000
  • Maydance. Pannon Jazz 1995
  • Encore. Rillophon 1996
  • Juxoli. Pannon Jazz 1996 - guest
  • The Akadimpex Concerts. Pannon Jazz 1996 - Sampler
  • Chamber Music live. Pannon Classic 1997
  • Music for Clarinet. Pannon Classic 1997
  • Some great songs. Double Moon 1998
  • Gloomy Sunday in jazz. Pannon Jazz 1999 - Sampler
  • Talk of the Town ( with Karl Berger). Double Moon 2000
  • Jazz Crossover Classical - Vol 2 Edition Musikat 2000 - Sampler
  • The Jubilee Box. Pannon Jazz 2001
  • Jubilee Edition. Double Moon 2001
  • Night Light ( with Gerd Dudek ). Double Moon 2002
  • Sidelong glances. Edition Musikat 2003
  • Jazz and the City. nexus 2004
  • Artistry in duo. JazzSick 2006
  • Jazz on Stage. JazzSick 2008
  • Jazz Hungarians Around the World. Pannon Jazz 2010
  • 50 Years With Jazzclarinet - The Best of Lajos Dudas. JazzSick 2011
  • Lajos Dudas / Hubert Bergmann: What's Up Neighbor? JazzSick, 2011
  • Jazz and the City 2 nd edition. Jazz Sick Records 2012
  • Lodge out - Miner / Dudas / Guantes - Mudoks Record 2013

Compositions (selection )

  • "Concertino " for clarinet and piano - Homage to Artie Shaw ( also with orchestra). Verlag Dohr
  • " Ballet Music" for clarinet and piano
  • " Valse " for clarinet solo ( for saxophone solo). Verlag Dohr
  • " Cauda " for clarinet solo. Verlag Dohr
  • "Recital " for clarinet solo. Verlag Dohr
  • "Nine miniatures " for 1-2 clarinets. Verlag Dohr
  • " Nocturne No.. 1 "( Franz Liszt), arranged for 3 Clarinets. Verlag Dohr
  • " Klarinettenschule " (2 volumes)
  • " Three for Three" 3 Short Pieces for 3 Clarinets in B ( Verlag Dohr )
  • "Masterpiece for Recorder " ( Bfl.solo ) - (( Verlag Dohr ) )
  • "Snapshot for wind quartet " ( Fl.Ob.Klar.Fag. ) - ( Verlag Dohr )
  • "The Bird Dance Blues ( For Soprano Sax / Clarinet in Bb and Piano ) - ( NEUMA publisher / Budapest)
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