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Ondrej Stveracek 4tet feat Gene Jackson - Live at Jazzfestival Steyr, 2016-03-17
Do. 17.03.2016, 21:30 Uhr

Ondrej Stveracek (CZ) - tenor sax
Klaudius Kovác (CZ) - piano
Tomáš Baroš (CZ) - double bass
Gene Jackson (USA) - drums

Ondrej Štverácek
Coltrane´s in the house... Eric Ineke about Ondrej Štverácek´s playing.
The Debut album "ONDREJ ŠTVERÁCEK QUARTET – WHAT´S OUTSIDE" was nominated as THE BEST JAZZ ALBUM 2010 and second album "THE FORM" was picked as ONE OF THREE BEST JAZZ ALBUMS 2013 by jazz critics.
Ondrej was born November 3rd, 1977, in Most, Czechoslovakia. Jerry Bergonzi on Ondrej Štverácek debut album - What´s Outside."This CD is high powered and intense with very modern overtones. I love Ondrej ´s sound and behind the sound. His intonation and nuances are impecable. The band sounds like a real band. A must listen."
Prague-based saxophonist Ondrej Stveracek and his sterling quartet are a driving force in Central Europe's thriving jazz scene and the group's stellar outing on The Form, is more than ample testament to this claim. A young lion from the Czech Republic, Stveracek was inspired by the music of John Coltrane and, although drawn in by his style, he clearly distinguishes himself by developing a voice of his own. The album presents an audacious session of post-bop jazz where his own musical style and the approach on such pieces as the electrifying high-octane opening title track, provide further evidence of the drift from the Coltrane influence. Edward Blanco - All About Jazz, 2014 Ondrej Stveracek Quartet: The Form (2014) - Edward Blanco (6.4.2014).
Ondrej Štverácek’s thunderous tenor sax recalls ‘new breed’ reedmen like Steve Grossman and Dave Liebman who honed their sound in the billowing wake of John Coltrane’s legacy. It is impossible not to hear echoes of the icon in this young Czech lion - a whole-horn, sound-for-its-own-sake approach with chops to support any idea that occurs - but he is clearly on his way to a more original concept with What’s Outside. On “Out-Sight” and Coltrane’s “Africa” Štverácek nearly melts the remaining varnish from his faded sax, taxing his reed with overblown immediacy while “Weaver of Dreams” reveals a gentler side; unlike his idol, he eschews ‘shaggy-dog’ storytelling in favor of succinct, songserving narratives.
TOM GREENLAND (New York City Journalist, 2011)
PLAYED WITH Gene Jackson, Dave Liebman, Jerry Bergonzi, George Mraz, China Moses, Allen Vizutti, Paul Bollenback, Harry Sokal, Alex Sipiagin, Igor Buttman, Brian Charette, Uwe Plath, Piotr Wojtasik, Dennis Rowland, Ryan Carniaux, Kevin Mahagony, Kalman Olah, Joe Cohn, Poogie Bell, Mel Canady, Philip Harper, Kuba Stankiewicz, J.D.Allen, Peter Beets, Joris Teepe, Erik Ineke, Boris Kozlov, Kornel Fekete-Kovacs, Erik Doelman, Udo Van Boven, Rob Van Bavel, Radovan Tariška, Oskar Rozsa, Osian Roberts, Tzumo Arpad Olah, Mark Aanderud, Ondrej Krajnák, Klaudius Kovác, Pavel Wlosok, Jonathan Crossley, David Doružka, Pablo Held, David Patrick, Deitra Farr, Eric Allen, Jaromír Honzák, Karel Ružicka, Karel Ružicka Jr. , Matuš Jakabcic, Ida Kellarová, Yvonne Sanchez, Najponk, Jaromír Honzák, Laszlo Sule, Juraj Griglák, Karel Gott, Dara Rollins and more...
GUEST STAR at: Bohemia Jazz Fest, Warsaw Jazz Fest, Ubud Village Jazz Festival, Novi Sad Jazz Fest, Bansko Jazz Fest, Rostov on Don Jazz Fest, Nish Jazz Fest, Bratislava Jazz Days, Brno Jazz Fest, Prerov Czechoslovak Jazz Fest and many more...
Ondrej Štverácek’s thunderous tenor sax recalls ‘new breed’ reedmen like Steve Grossman and Dave Liebman who honed their sound in the billowing wake of John Coltrane’s legacy. Tom Greenland (New York City Jazz Records, May 2011)