MAGRIS, UHLÍŘ, HELEŠIC - A STEP INTO LIGHT / R.Magris piano, F.Uhlíř bass, J.Helešic drums

A STEP INTO LIGHT - THE MUH TRIO - Roberto Magris / Frantisek Uhlir / Jaromir Helesic

1. A STEP INTO LIGHT (Magris) 08:42

2. THE MEANING OF THE BLUES (Worth/Troup) 8:24

3. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE (Porter) 6:26

4. WALTZ FOR SONNY (Uhlir) 5:56

5. CONTINUED LIGHT (Magris) 6:44

6. ITALY (Magris) 6:55

7. GIULIO (Uhlir) 5:56

8. LUSH LIFE (Strayhorn) 8:17

9. OUR BLUES (Magris/Uhlir/Helesic) 4:40

10. BOSA COSA (Uhlir) 5:06

11. HERE WE ARE (Magris) 6:04

Total Time: 73:24

Roberto Magris piano

František Uhlíř bass

Jaromír Helešic drums

PRODUCER: Frantisek Uhlir for the MUH Trio

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Paul Collins

COVER AND DESIGN: Abe Goldstien

LINER NOTES: Mick Carlon

All photos by Bohuse Hacova except for the photo of Roberto Magris by Hans-Joachim Maquet

Recorded on October 22nd, 2019, at Studio Svarov, Czech Republic

Recording Engineer: Lukas Martinek

Mixed and Mastered by Vijay Tellis-Nayak at Transient Sound Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

THE MUH TRIO - Magris/Uhlir/Helesic Trio

The Internationally-renowned Italian pianist Roberto Magris, leading recording artist and musical director of JMood Records, the Kansas City jazz label, the acclaimed European bassist Frantisek Uhlir, from the prestigious “Czech String-bass playing school”, and the legendary Czech drummer Jaromir Helesic, form the MUH Trio, one of the leading acoustic jazz trios in the business today.

Established in 2016 in the city of Prague, Czech Rep., the group has performed numerous tours and concerts in Europe and have recorded the CD entitled “Prague After Dark” (JMood Records), which has received dozens of 4 and 5 stars-rating reviews in Europe and in the USA, and was voted #7 at the 39th Annual Jazz Station Awards 2017 in Los Angeles, USA, in the “Instrumental Group” category. In November 2019 the MUH Trio has recorded its second CD entitled "A Step Into Light", which has just been released in 2020. Proudly coming from the heart of Middle-Europe, the Magris/Uhlir/Helesic Trio combines the tradition of European jazz with the American approach to modern mainstream, bop and modal-contemporary jazz in a unique original blend that is receiving high responses from the international jazz fans and crtics.