Aladár Pege
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Aladár Pege was a jazz
musician from Hungary
. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass
".
He was chosen as best soloist
of Europe in 1970, performed at Carnegie Hall
and worked with Herbie Hancock
. This was quite rare during the communist era, when Hungarian (and other Eastern block countries') artists were seriously restricted in foreign travel. He spent his last decades teaching at the Franz Liszt
Academy of Music in Budapest.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician from Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
".
He was chosen as best soloist
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
of Europe in 1970, performed at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
and worked with Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
. This was quite rare during the communist era, when Hungarian (and other Eastern block countries') artists were seriously restricted in foreign travel. He spent his last decades teaching at the Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
Academy of Music in Budapest.