Deep Focus – #20 Modal Post-Bop with Hungarian Folk Accent | Midnight Birds Jazz Band

Описание: At the edge of night, sound moves the way water does: wide, patient, and carrying reflections that never sit still. Lines rise and fall like breath in cold air, then tighten into footsteps where the city’s pulse becomes unmistakable. The session holds both stone and steam, distance and closeness, turning quiet details into motion without ever asking for spectacle.

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Session #20 BUDAPEST Danube Jazz

This session fuses modal/post-bop language with Hungarian folk DNA: Népzene’s pentatonic and old modes (often shaped by parlando–rubato and giusto dance feel) and Verbunkos’ lassú→friss drama, harmonic-minor color, and ornamented string phrasing. Cimbalom, primás-style violin attacks, brácsa-like “contra” chops, tárogató-dark woodwind timbre, and percussive double-bass articulation keep the folklore texture present while the improvisation stays firmly jazz.

During this session, classic folk melodies from Hungary’s rural landscape are revisited, along with compositions by national composers such as Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.

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TRACK LIST

00:05 Vámház körút
05:07 Műcsarnok
08:28 Batthyány tér
11:57 Zsámbék
14:46 Margit híd
19:48 Gozsdu Uvdar
22:47 Óbuda Fő tér
25:56 Fővám tér
29:07 Feneketlen-tó
31:09 Szentendre
33:47 Nagyvásárcsarnok
37:30 Pannonhalmi Bencés Föapatsag
42:25 Károly körút
44:45 Gellért-hegy
48:55 Tabán
54:10 Blaha Lujza tér
56:34 Várkert Bazár
59:29 Római-part
01:03:27 Király fürdő
01:06:57 Szabadság híd

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ABOUT MIDNIGHT BIRDS JAZZ BAND

Midnight Birds Jazz Band transforms travel into sound, creating jazz sessions shaped by cities, cultures, and late-night atmospheres. Each release blends contemporary jazz with regional accents, strong groove, and expressive improvisation, designed to accompany focus, work, and reflective moments without losing musical depth. Every session works as a sonic postcard, capturing the rhythm, texture, and character of a place through elegant, immersive instrumental storytelling.
The band is formed by five birds-musicians. Niro plays strings, moving between guitars, violin, oud, and mandolin. Kokocho anchors the sound on bass and double bass. Blitz shapes time through percussion, from jazz brushes to global hand drums. Aura brings melody and air with saxophones, clarinets, and regional flutes. The Professor, on piano and other instruments, builds the harmonic structure that connects everything.

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