Together Again (Emil Viklický and George Mraz album)

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Together Again
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Studio album by Emil Viklický and George Mraz
Released 28 February 2014
Recorded 16 and 17 January 2013
Genre Jazz
Label ACT Music
Producer Siggi Loch
Emil Viklický and George Mraz chronology
Moravian Gems
(2007)
Together Again
(2014)
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Together Again is a collaborative album by pianist Emil Viklický and bassist George Mraz. Both these musicians are from the Czech Republic, but Mraz has lived in the US since the 1960s. Recorded at Realistic Sound Studio, it was produced by Siggi Loch and mixed by Klaus Scheuermann.

Emil Viklický Czech composer, jazz musician and pianist

Emil Viklický is a Czech jazz pianist and composer.

George Mraz Czech jazz bassist

George Mraz is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and has worked with Pepper Adams, Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani, Stephane Grappelli, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Raney, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Richie Beirach and many other important jazz musicians.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dear Lover"
  2. "Poem"
  3. "Theme From 5th Part of Sinfonietta"
  4. "A Bird Flew By"
  5. "U Dunaja u Prešpurka"
  6. "Austerlitz"
  7. "Moon, Sleeping in a Cradle"
  8. "Thank You, Laca"
  9. "Up on a Fir Tree"
  10. "I Saw Grey Pidgeon"
  11. "In Holomóc Town"

Personnel

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References

  1. Gelly, Dave (9 March 2014). "Together Again review – George Mraz and Emil Viklický fuse jazz with Moravian folk". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. Patterson, Ian (21 March 2014). "Emil Viklicky & George Mraz: Mraz & Viklicky: Together Again (2014)". AllAboutJazz.com. Retrieved 7 August 2014.