Jakub Tököly

Slovak native Jakub Tököly is a pianist and composer and is often ranked among the most outstanding jazz figures of his generation. He worked in many successful Czechoslovak and international projects. In his original work, he is inspired by Roma folklore, jazz, artificial music, but also flamenco. The influence of Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock and Claude Debussy is recognizable in his playing.

Jakub Tököly's compositional achievements include the albums Different Directions and The Echoes em>. In the second mentioned, he brought together great musicians of the Czech-Slovak scene and thus created a synthesis of wind instruments, drums, double bass and piano miniatures.