- Born
- 26 December 1926
Cluj-Napoca - Died
- 21 January 2013
Cluj-Napoca - Country
- Romania
Biography
János Kőrössy was a jazz musician who played piano. János Kőrössy was born on 26 December 1926 in Cluj-Napoca and died on 21 January 2013 in Cluj-Napoca. The music is usually filed under jazz.
János Kőrössy (Cluj 26 December 1926 – Bucharest 21 January 2013) was a Romanian-American (naturalized) jazz musician of Hungarian descent. He was a piano player, composer and arranger. He was born to an ethnic Hungarian family in Cluj. His first manager was pianist and conductor Teodor Cosma,father of film music composer Vladimir Cosma, of whom he said, "I owe him everything, and for me the beginning is everything, the rest comes by itself." Kőrössy was noted for combining the musical language typical of jazz with elements of local folk music, a trend referred to as ethno jazz. He arranged in jazz-style George Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody No. 1. Kőrössy's first name is spelled in many different ways: Hansel, Jancy, Jancsy, Iancsi, Yancy and Yancey. He became a well known jazz musician in the European Eastern bloc in the 1960s, appearing at the International Jazz Festivals in Prague (1960), Warsaw (1961) and Budapest (1962).
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Frequently asked questions
What instrument did János Kőrössy play?
János Kőrössy is known for playing piano.
When and where was János Kőrössy born?
János Kőrössy was born 26 December 1926 in Cluj-Napoca.
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