Ferenc Nemeth
Ferenc Nemeth (born May 20, 1976 in Keszthely) is a New York based, Hungarian jazz drummer and composer.
Biography
Nemeth was born in Keszthely, Hungary. At 14 he left home to study classical percussion at the Richter János Conservatory in Győr. He also attended the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He later studied at the New England Conservatory in their graduate program. In 2001 he was accepted into the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (the first Hungarian in the program) and studied there until 2003. Since 2003 he has been reading in New York City.
He has played with musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Christian McBride, John Patitucci, Terence Blanchard, John Abercrombie, Joshua Redman, Dave Samuels, Mark Turner, Ron McClure, Chris Cheek, Aaron Goldberg, Eli Degibri, Illayaraja, Dhafer Youssef and many more. He is also the founding member of Gilfema with Lionel Loueke and Massimo Biolcati. Nemeth's Night Songs was nominated for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for Jazz Album of the Year.[1][2] Since then he has released Triumph (2012), Bridges of Souls (2014) and most recently Freedom (2020) as a leader on his record label, Dreamer's Collective Records as well as Wheel of Time (2006) and Imaginary Realm (2013) in collaboration with Javier Vercher.
Nemeth is also the creator and owner of Drum School App (available for Apple and Android products), a new, innovative application to learn to play drums much faster and easier.
Discography
As leader
- Wheel of Time with Javier Vercher (Fresh Sound, 2006)
- Night Songs (Dreamer's Collective, 2007)
- Triumph (Dreamer's Collective, 2012)
- Imaginary Realm with Javier Vercher (Dreamer's Collective, 2013)
- Bridges of Souls with László Attila (Dreamer's Collective, 2014)
- Freedom (Dreamer's Collective, 2020)
With Gilfema
- Gilfema (ObliqSound, 2005)
- Gilfema + 2 (ObliqSound, 2008)
- Gilfema 3 (Sounderscore, 2020)
As sideman or guest
- In Line feat Dave Samuels: Twins (Royal, 1996)
- Som Lajos & Zavodi Janos: Szaz Ev Zene (Royal, 1997)
- Janos Egri: Moods, Infoimpress (1998)
- Seung-Hee Han: With Every Breath I Take (1999)
- Ben Adams Quartet: The Figured Wheel (Tonic Productions, 2000)
- Michael Cohen: Michael Cohen (2000)
- Pal Vasvari feat Dave Samuels & Alex Acuna: Tales of The Princess (Partizan, 2001)
- Martin Buergi feat Dave Samuels: The End of a Love Affair (Altrisuoni, 2001)
- Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival featuring Terence Blanchard & Dave Grusin (2001)
- Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Quintet: Previous Misconceptions (2001)
- Francesco Guaiana Trio: Nojaz (Exaudi, 2002)
- Sebastian Noelle Quartet: Freedom Trail (2002)
- Olivier Manchon Quartet: En Route (2003)
- Kalman Olah Trio: Contrasts & Parallels (MA, 2003)
- Grand Pianoramax: Grand Pianoramax (ObliqSound, 2004)
- Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Quintet: Borrowed Time (Fresh Sound, 2005)
- Francisco Pais Quintet: Not Afraid of Color (Fresh Sound, 2006)
- Felly K: Far Away (Argus Film and Art, 2006)
- Greg Lamy: What Are You Afraid Of? (2006)
- Luca Lo Bianco: La Scomparsa di Majorana (Silta, 2006)
- Lionel Loueke: Virgin Forest (ObliqSound, 2006)
- Lionel Loueke: Karibu (Blue Note, 2008)
- Elio Villafranca Quartet: The Source in Between (Ceiba Tree, 2008)
- Tom Beckham: Rebound (Apria, 2008)
- Jo Lawry I Want to Be Happy (Fleurieu Music, 2008)
- Aaron Irwin Blood and Thunder (Fresh Sound, 2008)
- Francisco Pais School of Enlightenment (Product of Imagination, 2008)
- Greg Diamond Dancando Com Ale (Chasm, 2008)
- Alterego Kristof Bacso Q (BMC, 2008)
- Mari Tochi Band Arigato (Ind, 2009)
- Federico Casagrande Trio Spirit of the Mountains (Dodicilune, 2009)
- Daniel Szabo Trio Meets Chris Potter Contribution (BMC, 2009)
- Lionel Loueke Mwaliko (Blue Note, 2010)
- Omer Avital Free Forever (Smalls, 2011)
- No Surrender Medicine Babies (ZerOKilled, 2011)
- Neethaane En Ponvasantham Ilaiyaraaja (Sony, 2012)
- Spray Drops (The Drops Music, 2013)
- Second Phase with Pietro Ciancaglini, David Kikoski (Via Veneto, 2014)[3]
- Kenny Werner Coalition (Half Note, 2014)
- Lionel Loueke Gaia (Blue Note, 2016)
- Francisco Pais Lotus Project (Verde, 2016)
- Pawel Ignatowicz: Here and Now (Mother of Invention, 2017)
- Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra Puertos (Avantango Records, 2019)
- Lionel Loueke The Journey (Aparté Music, 2019)
References
- "Ferenc Nemeth, Bio". Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- "Ferenc Nemeth, Discography". Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- "Ferenc Nemeth | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2018.