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Jazz Poetry Month: Mihály Borbély Quartet ft. Poet Tibor Zalán: 9/22

Posted on September 20, 2020 | Filed under Archive

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International Education in The Allegheny Gateway invites you to City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry month free 90-minute music special Mihály Borbély Quartet ft. Poet Tibor Zalán, on Tuesday, September 22, at 7 PM EDT. Register here.

The Mihály Borbély Quartet is a classic jazz piano quartet harkening to the peak melodic period of Coltrane. But they go one step more and combine Serbian, Slovak, Gypsy, Jewish and German folk influences with classical jazz, shot through with that thing that swings. The Quartet has twice won “Best Hungarian Jazz Album of the year,” and is well known for their rich, mature sound and the complex beauty of their compositions.

Tibor Zalán is a poet, writer, and playwright. He works in the Theatre of Békéscsaba and teaches at the Carpatian Basin Talent Development Academy. For two consecutive years (2010 and 2011), Zalán judged the haiku contest organized by the Budapest Office of the Japan Foundation. He was awar