Take the MOL Train: Alan Benzie Trio (UK/H) at Opus Jazz Club

Featuring:

Alan Benzie - piano
Andrew Peter Robb - double bass
Márton Juhász - drums

“Benzie has an orchestrator’s ear for detail in his compositions… His spontaneous creativity impressed even more as improvisations were developed with a clear sense of direction and sustained with inspired phrases” Rob Adams, The Herald

“Gifted young post-bop and contemporary pianist Benzie is one of the most promising newcomers to have recently emerged from the fertile Scottish jazz scene.” The Guardian

Winner of the BBC Scotland Young Jazz Musician at only 17, pianist/composer Alan Benzie is one of the UK’s most exciting young talents. Now 25, he has won a string of high profile awards in the last few years, including the prestigious Billboard Award at Berklee College of Music – Alan is the first musician from the UK to win the award. His mixture of flowing lyricism, spontaneous creativity and explosive energy has earned him consistent critical praise, with performances over the last few years in the UK, US, across Europe and Japan....

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Featuring:

Alan Benzie - piano
Andrew Peter Robb - double bass
Márton Juhász - drums

“Benzie has an orchestrator’s ear for detail in his compositions… His spontaneous creativity impressed even more as improvisations were developed with a clear sense of direction and sustained with inspired phrases” Rob Adams, The Herald

“Gifted young post-bop and contemporary pianist Benzie is one of the most promising newcomers to have recently emerged from the fertile Scottish jazz scene.” The Guardian

Winner of the BBC Scotland Young Jazz Musician at only 17, pianist/composer Alan Benzie is one of the UK’s most exciting young talents. Now 25, he has won a string of high profile awards in the last few years, including the prestigious Billboard Award at Berklee College of Music – Alan is the first musician from the UK to win the award. His mixture of flowing lyricism, spontaneous creativity and explosive energy has earned him consistent critical praise, with performances over the last few years in the UK, US, across Europe and Japan.

Alan started his musical education on violin at the age of 8, with little interest in piano until he discovered jazz in his teens. Inspired by encounters with Swedish trio, EST, he switched to piano and has never looked back. Within a year he was a regular on both the Scottish youth and professional jazz scenes, appearing alongside established Scottish and visiting international artists. In 2007, the BBC award was followed by a major scholarship to Boston-based Berklee College, where he studied with the famed JoAnne Brackeen and Laszlo Gardony.

Alan’s debut album Traveller’s Tales, recorded with his working trio of friends and long-time collaborators Andrew Robb on bass, and Márton Juhász on drums, was released recently. Inspired by his recent travels, the landscape of his native Scotland and his love of Japanese animation, the music has its roots in European and American jazz, with influences from impressionist piano music, Scottish and Japanese folk musics, and film music. See album review on allaboutjazz.com


Tickets are available for 1500 HUF on the spot, in the national JEGYPONT network of Interticket, at jegy.hu and here.

Please don't forget your table reservation, as seating at the Opus jazz Club can only be guaranteed in this case. Tel: (+36 1) 216 7894.

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