Grencsó Realtime Collective
Biography Grencsó Realtime Collective
Grencso Realtime Collective
This original group pursues the best traditions of free jazz enriching them with Hungarian flavours. Istvan Grencso (b. 1956) is one of the strongest personalities of the Hungarian jazz school. He had his early start in Masina Jazz Group and various formations of Mihaly Dresch and Gyorgy Szabados. In 1985, he formed Grencso Collective, which is still his main activity. Moreover, Istvan Grencso is a co-founder of an experimental electro-acoustic formation, the Noiz Orchestra. He is at ease not only with various saxophones, flute and other wind instruments, but also ethnic reeds. His music is always strongly attached to the culture and traditions of Eastern and Central Europe as well as Hungarian folklore.
