1724 trio

Radically Improvised

Luca Kézdy was born in Győr, northwest Hungary. She studied aesthetics and philosophy at the ELTE University’s liberal arts department. She placed in the finals in the first national Jazz Violin Competition held by the Hungarian Radio in 2006, where she won the Audience Prize. She has been playing with her band Santa Diver (a violin-bass-drum trio) since 2006, they gave concerts on the Mediawave - and Ultrahang - Sziget Festivals, Budapest Mol Jazz Festival, Jazz Showcase at the Palace of Arts and at the Hungarian Cultural Centres in Paris and Brussels. She is in more genres like jazz, free improvisation, pop and fusion. She played with several bands and musicians like Free Style Chamber Orchestra, Nigun, Zoltán Lantos, Csaba Deseő, Frigyes Pleszkán, Ágnes, Tereskova, Erik Truffaz, Laurent Blondiau, Alexander Balanescu. Since 2010 she’s been a member of Varga János Project, beside of these bands she gives solo concerts and plays in different theatre productions.

Emil Gross, the 23-years-young drumming breeze from Austria, actively at home in the tension area between psychedelic, blues, drum&bass, afro-beats, avant-garde – turns his internal processes straight into tension-loaded, sensitive rhythmic spaces creating innovative sound spheres. As a studio-musician and multi-instrumentalist he is always searching for new ways of creating sound out of any materials, electronics or instruments.
In the past years he played with renowned musicians like Joe Fonda, Debbie Davies, Mike Kindred, Abdeljalil Kodssi, Paul Rogers, Istvan Grencso or Alexander von Schlippenbach.

Tomasz Leś, since 2004 professional guitarist who collaborated with different artists in various environments. He graduated as a master of arts the most famous Jazz Academy in Poland. Likes to improvise free but also, with his trio 100nka plays through diverse styles grounded in jazz and influenced by the eminences of the genre. He often treats his instrument in uncommon way trying to find new dimension of the guitar's sound boosting that with manifold effects and techniques. He is a member of polish famous hip-hop band. Also played with: Herb Robertson, Viktor Tóth, Ágoston Béla, Antoni Gralak, Mikołaj Trzaska and many others.

1724 trio’s tracks

• Schnittpunkte 2012 - Loose Ornaments by 1724 trio
• Schnittpunkte 2012 - Stone Deaf Pilots by 1724 trio
• "1724"@MikaTivadar Part2 by 1724 trio
• "1724"@MikaTivadar Part1 by 1724 trio