Viktor Hárs - acoustic bass, bass guitar

Subjectively

We've known each other since the beginning of the 80's, having playing together a few times, but the first evidence of this was on the Momentary Fame album. After having recorded the double bass line for the title track, he came to the studio with his band to record a demo and I heard an instrumental piece I knew was a work of art. A few months later I figured if I changed the arrangement, it could be on Momentary Fame as well. That's when I found out that originally, it was meant to be sung, so it had lyrics. Then it was up to me to do my stuff. I had a very definite idea concerning the arrangement and later I was told about the bass guitar recording that no one had ever instructed him so much on how to play his own song. I think it paid off and that's how we made Our French Connection.

According to the facts

He graduated from the Jazz and Classical Bass Faculties of the Bartók Béla Conservatory of Music in 1988. Since 1993, he's been one of the busiest bass players in Hungary. Beside his jazz works, he has contributed to many pop and rock productions as a bass guitarist. He is also a member of the Budapest Jazz Orchestra. He has played with virtually all leading Hungarian jazz musicians and also with many internationally renowned ones like Ernie Wilkins, Tony Scott, Ed Thigpen, Fred Hersch, Carl Fontana, Herbie Mann, Dean Brown, Didier Lockwood and Al Jarreau.