Ted Curson, Dezső Lakatos, György Vukán Trio - Live At Videoton Jazz Festival, Hungary (1987)

Ted Curson toured over his lifetime extensively throughout Europe and on one such an occasion he teamed up with some top-shelf Hungarian musicians at the 1987 Videoton Jazz Festival. For the set Ted plays alongside the Dezső Lakatos, György Vukán Trio on tracks #1,2 &4 and the remaining tune #3 is purely dedicated to the Hungarian ensemble. All musicians are in top form. After multiple listens the tracks were identified and extracted from the original YouTube videos which were edited, cleaned, cropped, re-encoded and joined together focusing purely on the music. Essentially, these tracks are of historic importance documenting the life of both underrated late trumpeter and saxophonist. Give it a spin, watch the video and be swept along by the talents of these incredible musicians. 

Musicians:
Ted Curson - Trumpet
Dezső Lakatos - Saxophone
György Vukán - Piano
Balázs Berkes - Bass
Imre Kőszegi - Drums 

Tracks:
1. The Way You Look Tonight {Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields} (9:13)
2. Flatted Fifth {Ted Curson} (8:10)
3. Just Friends {John Klenner, Sam Lewis} (8:06)
4. Straight, No Chaser {Thelonious Monk} (8:20) 

Total Time: 33:49