Musican Xchange - Gabor Bolla

A child prodigy, Gábor was 12 when he won first prize in the National Music Schools' Competition and only 14 when he appeared at the Getxo Jazz Festival in Bilbao. By the time he formed his first quartet in 2003 Gábor, then aged just 15, was already considered a prodigious saxophone talent. Since then he has reached the semi-finals of the World Saxophone Competition twice and has become an international success with performances at the Yatra Jazz Festival in India, the Bucharest Jazz Festival, the Peter & Paul Festival in St.Petersburg and the London Jazz Festival as well as winning a variety of awards, including the Hans Koller Prize for the Talent of the Year in Vienna and both the Grand Prix and the Prix du Public at the 2005 Avignon Jazz Festival in France. Now a seasoned international recording and performing artist, he includes work with the likes of David Murray, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin and Roy Hargrove on a hugely impressive CV. A regular visitor to the 606 Club, he first performed here when he was just 14, so it’s with great pleasure that we welcome back this fine artist, tonight supported by a not surprisingly top flight UK rhythm section of Tim Lapthorn-piano, Steve Watts-bass and Winston Clifford-drums. The music is very much in the hard-bop mould of the 50’s and 60’s, so expect accessible, enjoyable straight-ahead jazz with a repertoire that includes standards as well as some of Gábor’s own great originals.

"We can count ourselves lucky if once in a hundred years we have such a stellar talent as Gábor Bolla” Gramafon Magazine

The 606 Club would like to thank Harmonia Muhely Alapitvany for their generous sponsorship of this gig.

This gig is part of an ongoing “Musician XChange” initiative promoted by the 606 Club to provide a platform for some of the finest European musicians, in return for which the Club arranges for UK based musicians to perform in the home country of the guest artists.