The young London based Hungarian jazz pianist, Matyas Gayer is one of the leaders of his generation. The award winning musician is successfully forging his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the greatness of the jazz piano tradition. The 2 times Montreux Jazz Piano Competition finalist released his first album (Never Ending Story) as a leader in 2018 on Fresh Sound New Talent Records with NYC drummer extraordinaire, Pete Van Nostrand. A regular performer on the London and European jazz scene, Matyas has collaborated with the greats of jazz including Don Menza, Jim Rotondi, Luis Bonilla, Jesse Davis, Dusko Goykovich, Stjepko Gut, Grant Stewart etc. and appeared in the most illustrious jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express, 606, Toulouse Lautrec, Porgy and Bess, Jazzkeller, Unterfahrt, Bird’s Eye, Hot Club, etc.

The Matyas Gayer Quartet features some of the finest musicians on the UK jazz scene, Quentin Collins on trumpet, Matyas Hofecker on bass and Steve Brown on drums. Their music is highly influenced by the hard bop, post bop era.”

1. Audiences and fellow musicians alike cannot help but come under the spell of his playing – “Budapest Jazz Club”

2. This young man is a potential star of the piano – “Peter Pallai, BBC”

3. Matyas is member of the leaders of jazz’s future generation – “David Hazeltine, NYC pianist”

Matyas Gayer Trio – Never Ending Story  – https://open.spotify.com/album/3J5chffPYGpnVBBQGGnxNL