Eastern Boundary Quartet

The Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU Present Eastern Boundary Quartet at The Front Porch, Friday October 20th at 7:30 pm.

EASTERN BOUNDARY is a collaborative quartet featuring Hungarian master musicians Balazs Bagyi on drums and Mihaly Borbely saxophone, with the long-standing bass/piano partnership of bassist Joe Fonda and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens (co-leaders of the Fonda/Stevens Group and Conference Call). Since 2007 the quartet has toured Europe and the United States numerous times. The Quartet will be touring Europe again following their appearance in Charlottesville. The group has released four CDs. The group uses Hungarian folk rhythms and melodies in combination with Jazz harmonies and rhythms to form an original “hybrid” improvised music.

The Eastern Boundary Quartet performs original music by all members of the group. The band was formed with the imagination of connecting two worlds of the jazz scene today. This unique collaboration is a mixture of avant-garde jazz and ethnic music from Hungary, like a cultural bridge between the USA and Eastern Europe. This bridge is made of talent, respect, brotherhood and friendship, built by the common language of jazz and improvised music.

Tickets to see The Eastern Boundary Quartet at The Front Porch on October 20^th are available online at cjs.ticketbud.com. General Admission is $20, and $15 for paid supporters of The Charlottesville Jazz Society. For more information visit cvillejazz.org or call 434-249-6191. This concert is made possible by support from the Hungarian government and The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.