Timisoara

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Intre 23 august si 4 septembrie am fost la Timisoara pentru a inregistra urmatorul meu album de jazz.
Sponsorul despre care credeam ca va sustine proiectul – logo-ul firmei lui urma sa apara pe coperta – s-a evaporat in mod misterios.
Albumul a fost inregistrat cu sprijinul Casei Tineretului din Timisoara, care ne-a oferit sala de spectacole, un spatiu cu o acustica foarte buna. Utu Pascu si-a reconstruit studioul AudioTM pe scena.
Alaturi de mine, de Tavi Scurtu (baterie) si Utu Pascu (bas, bas electric) s-au aflat Petre Ionutescu (trompeta) si Lucian Nagy (saxofon tenor)- ambii de la Blazzaj – Dan Alex Mitrofan (chitara) si Toni Kuhn (chitara si clape). Faptul ca au acceptat sa participe la aceste inregistrari a fost o mare bucurie pentru mine, fiind vorba despre unii dintre muzicienii mei preferati.
O emotie in plus mi-a provocat-o prezenta lui Toni Kuhn, pe care fanii de rock il stiu din legendarul grup de rock progresiv Post Scriptum, si pe care eu il ascultam in adolescenta, la sfarsitul anilor ’80 cu Cvartetul Eugen Gondi, cel mai interesant grup de jazz din Romania acelor ani.

Between August 23 and September 4 I was in Timisoara and recorded my next jazz album.
The sponsor who had promised to pay all the expenses – in exchange of his company’s logo on the back sleeve of the album – vanished mysteriously.
The album was recorded with the support of the Youth House in Timisoara, who offered us their concert hall, a space with very good acoustics. Utu Pascu rebuilt his recording studio, AudioTM, on stage.
Besides myself, drummer Tavi Scurtu and bassist Utu Pascu there were Petre Ionutescu on trumpet, Lucian Nagy (saxophone) – both from Blazzaj – Dan Alex Mitrofan on guitar and Toni Kuhn on guitar and keyboards. It was a great joy for me to have them participating in these recordings, because they are some of my favourite musicians. I was especially happy to record with Toni Kuhn, who is known to Romanian rock fans from Post Scriptum, a legendary progressive rock group. The first time I saw him I was a teenager, it was in the 80′s and he was a member of the Eugen Gondi Quartet, one of the most interesting bands in those times.