Originally conceived almost 15 years ago, Swansong brings together three musicians from 3 continents: renowned Hungarian pianist Gábor Csordás, Japanese bassist Noriaki Hosoya and Washington-based drummer Marty Risemberg.

  Led by Gábor Csordás, a versatile musician & composer with credits stretching from jazz and pop to hip hop and classical, the trio formed in Berlin – and Budapest, Hungary is the city they chose to record these 10 original and highly melodic songs on their first self-titled album: “Swansong”

  As you might expect from the geographical divide separating them, their influences are diverse too; Gábors classical upbringing sits alongside Marty’s Cuban roots (he studied with noted percussionist Ramón Marques) and Noriaki’s Berklee-educated beginnings. It’s all brought together, however, by a strong sense of groove and adventure.

  With various solo projects behind them, Swansong finally puts on record the long-term relationship between these 3 international musicians.

  The album was released in 2019 on Hunnia Records & Film Production which led to immediate success especially in Japan. The band has toured in Japan in 4 major cities performing the first album. Then the pandemic has cut the follow-up plans short, and the trio waited 3 years for another reunion. In 2022 the trio recorded two albums: “Do Swans Fly?” is their second studio album.

  A few days before this recording, they have also recorded a live album “Turbulence” in Mixát Stage, which has video available to accompany the sound – this record is also available as a DSD on Hunnia Records.

  In 2023 they toured in Germany and performed at the Budapest Jazz Festival, in the same year the DSD release of their debut album was nominated for album of the year at NativeDSD.com.
In 2024 they toured in China and Japan playing 9 shows: performing at the prestigious Blue Note Beijing and Blue Note Shanghai, amongst other venues

  The style of the trio is centered around melodic ideas coming from European music. The nowadays somewhat unusual setup in contemporary jazz of electric bass and acoustic piano gives a balance between the mainstream jazz sound and the fusion/jazz-rock rhythms often emphasized by the trio. Swansong also has a tendency to incorporate many styles into their music, from rock to electronic and even latin.