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Albert Mohacsy Double Bass,Guest Artist,Double Bass,Guest Artist
Sandor Barbocz Violin,Guest Artist,Violin,Soloist
Pablo Carcamo Bass,Flute,Guest Artist
Paul Espinoza Guitar,Accordion,Guest Artist
Flavio Cucchi Guitar,Guest Artist
Istvan Beran Flute,Clarinet,Guest Artist
Hossam Ramzy Tabla,Percussion,Guest Artist,Egyptian Percussion
Enrique Ugarte Accordion,Guest Artist
Beata Salamon Violin,Guest Artist
Margie Butler Flute,Guest Artist
Zsolt Nagy Viola,Guest Artist
Florie Brown Guest Artist,Violin
Sandor Barbocz Group Member
Alex Stokes Cover Design
Pablo Carcamo Engineer,Producer,Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Traditional Composer
Diz Heller Mastering
Kalman Balogh Arranger
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Overview
From cimbalom player (and former Muszikas member) Kalman Balogh, this aptly named album shows off an instrument popular in Hungarian Gypsy music but little heard otherwise. Balogh takes on Hungarian, Romanian, and Moldavian Gypsy music (both modern and traditional); sad ballads; and uptempo dances. The range is remarkable, matched only by the stunning speed of Balogh's mallets on his dulcimer. For listeners coming to Balogh by way of his work with larger ensembles, the excitement may be somewhat muted, with less accompaniment and fewer full band numbers heard here. The cimbalom certainly doesn't have a sparse sound, but may seem sparse in relation to the well-known Eastern European Gypsy ensembles. The album opens with a slightly Turkish-sounding number before moving into a trio of more traditional stylings. A short Gypsy jazz interlude provides inflections of American swing, and a short bit of solfege in combination with Balogh's cimbalom hints at the musical connections with India's santoor. After a piece originally written for violin, the music takes a turn into Romanian pieces for the rest of the main album's course. Tacked onto the end, however, are two items from Kalman Balogh "and friends," larger ensemble pieces that make use of the full ARC Records stable -- Hossam Ramzy on percussion, Pablo Carcamo on bass, and Enrique Ugarte on accordion, among others. The sound is less coherent but more groove-centric, and reignites what had become a slower spell of the album. Give the ensembles (Muszikas, Taraf de Haidouks, etc.) a shot first, but then come back to Balogh as an excellent example of a solo player. ~ Adam Greenberg
Product Details
Release Date: | 10/14/2008 |
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Label: | Arc Music |
UPC: | 5019396217225 |
Rank: | 158885 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Kalman Balogh Primary Artist,CimbalomAlbert Mohacsy Double Bass,Guest Artist,Double Bass,Guest Artist
Sandor Barbocz Violin,Guest Artist,Violin,Soloist
Pablo Carcamo Bass,Flute,Guest Artist
Paul Espinoza Guitar,Accordion,Guest Artist
Flavio Cucchi Guitar,Guest Artist
Istvan Beran Flute,Clarinet,Guest Artist
Hossam Ramzy Tabla,Percussion,Guest Artist,Egyptian Percussion
Enrique Ugarte Accordion,Guest Artist
Beata Salamon Violin,Guest Artist
Margie Butler Flute,Guest Artist
Zsolt Nagy Viola,Guest Artist
Florie Brown Guest Artist,Violin
Technical Credits
Barbara Papadopoulos Typesetting,Layout DesignSandor Barbocz Group Member
Alex Stokes Cover Design
Pablo Carcamo Engineer,Producer,Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Traditional Composer
Diz Heller Mastering
Kalman Balogh Arranger
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