Veronika Harcsa was born in Budapest. During her schooling years she went to several music schools learning to play the piano, the saxophone, and studying classical/ jazz singing. She graduated from the vocal jazz faculty of the Ferenc Liszt College of Music Budapest in June 2008. She formed her own jazz quartet in 2005, featuring leading Hungarian jazz musicians (Attlia Blaho – piano, Zoltán Oláh – double bass, Bálint Majtényi – drums). In the very same year she produced and released her first jazz standard album titled Speak Low in Hungary. .
01. Whisper Not (Golson) (3:49)
02. The Look Of Love (David / Bacharach) (5:32)
03. I Put A Spell On You (Hawkins) (4:26)
04. Speak Low (Weil / Nash) (3:50)
05. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Benjamin / Marcus / Caldwell) (4:19)
06. What’s New (Haggard / Burke) (4:27)
07. After You’ve Gone (Creamer / Layton) (2:58)
08. Parole Parole (Michaele / Chiosso / Ferrio) (4:24)
09. Lullaby To An Anxious Child (Sting) (3:15)
10. All Blues * (3:10)
11. Nature Boy * (2:03)
12. La Belle Damme Sans Regrets * (3:43)
* Bonus Tracks
Personnel:
Harcsa Veronika Quintet:
VERONIKA HARCSA - vocals
BLAHO ATTILA - piano
KARDOS DANIEL - guitar, kalimba
OLAH ZOLTAN - bass
BAGYI BALAZS - drums
