99999 (edel) Bucharest 1994 [VINYL]

Deluxe audiophile 2LP pressing of 'Bucharest 1994', the first joint performance of Romanian-German jazz pianist Eugen Cicero and Romanian bassist Decebal Badila, a congenial duo that worked together successfully until Cicero's early death in 1997. Eugen Cicero - critics reverently called him the man with the "golden hands". For over 30 years, his name stood for pianistic virtuosity, phenomenal sense of rhythm and imaginative ingenuity. He masterfully connected works from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods with sophisticated harmonic sequences from jazz and an infectious rhythm - no one who had attempted such symbioses before him achieved a similarly inspired and technically accomplished result. With 'Bucharest 1994', In+Out Records now presents a very special live event by this man who has created something unique in his mediation between classical music and jazz standards. This is the first concert with exceptional bassist Decebal Badila, which laid under lock and key for 28 years. Already at a young age, Badila adored the music of his older compatriot and was already very familiar with Cicero's repertoire before their first meeting, which can impressively be heard on the recordings. 'Bucharest 1994' contains both entertaining, technically demanding and documentarily indispensable material from the early work of a rising virtuoso musician and the late work of an exceptional artist whom the jazz world lost far too early.