“The instinct for musicality is ever-present in the pianism of Béla Szakcsi Lakatos. A crafty instrumentalist, the pianist is an introvert and miniaturist, infusing conventional forms ... while still suggesting Satie-like refrains of dissonance, with an intimacy and an emotional intensity that can only be described as the poetry of feeling.” Raul da Gama, JazzdaGama

One of the few Kossuth-Prize holders in jazz, 71-year-old pianist Béla Szakcsi is the emblematic, internationally renowned, outstanding figure of Hungarian jazz. Though invited mostly to perform in large venues, he is always happy to play at clubs-gigs as well. Especially when he does it in the good old trio line-up with such approved mates as Liszt-Price awarded drummer Imre Kőszegi and double-bass player György Orbán.