Viktor Tóth: alto sax, flutes
Hamid Drake: drums, frame drum
Mátyás Szandai: double bass

Ferenc Kovács: trumpet, violin (only on tracks 6-13)
Mihály Dresch: soprano sax, flutes (only on tracks 10-13)
Ádám Jávorka: viola (only on tracks 10-13)
György Jeszenszky: drums, percussion (only on tracks 10-13)

(...) Right from the first moment, when we caught sight of the Tartim Islands, it was clear to everybody that the forthcoming collection field trip would be different from usual. The shores were resplendent in pink and green, the air was humid, yet you could see into the distance, and on the crystal-clear sea lapped waves foaming in green. Swarms of birds with shining bills inscribed mystical signs in the sky, the rays of sunlight whirled in variegated colours, and some of the longer beams sounded a tingling sound as they brushed the sea.
Then a small squat bird perched on the bow of our ship, and to the astonishment of our group, spreading his blue and orange wings he launched into a other-worldly song. On his brow was a single indigo eye, and its calming gaze met with everyone's eyes simultaneously. We had never heard music like this. The melodies flew unfettered through the air, then settled into a spiral and circulated round and round our ship. It was then we realized that instead of lengthy research work, this time the melodies would find their way to us. And yes, later, that is what happened. We transcribed one melody from a steep cliff-face as the surface of an inner lake reflected the light onto it in the shape of written music, or after seeing the design carved into the stone of a tasty fruit, we heard the never-music as an inner voice. None of us had to date taken part in a collection tour where the footprints of the fidgeting of scaly birds would have served as the basis for transcription, or where we could record the yelping-like chords of multi-headed roe deer. (...)

Granted, it may seem a little improbable as regards the origin of the material for this record... But is it any more likely that a lad from Kiskunhalas meets an Afro-American drum guru from Chicago, of American Indian origin, and at his first drum-stroke to know for certain that he is the maestro who up his sleeve has teaching especially for him?
Then they invit.......
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Bardzo dobrze, że współpraca węgierskiego saksofonisty altowego/flecisty Viktora Tótha i amerykańskiego perkusisty Hamida Drake'a ma swój ciąg dalszy,.
Pierwsza ich wspólna płyta z 2007 roku 'Climbing with Mountains' była wielkim zaskoczeniem, pokazała, że muzyczne pomysły Hamida Drake'a, Wiliama Parkera i im podobnych muzyków są prawdziwie uniwersalne, to uniwersalne posłannictwo ma moc przekraczania granic geograficznych, kulturowych, rasowych czy religijnych.
Najnowsza płyta 'Tartim' tak jak poprzednia wypełniona jest oryginalnymi kompozycjami lidera a prawdziwą gratką są trzy ostatnie, w pełni improwizowane utwory zagrane w sekstecie z udziałem legendy europejskiej jazzowej sceny Mihaly Dresach.