Gabriel Jonáš

Conservatory in Bratislava, accordion and guitar, winner of scholarships for the Graz jazz school (AT, 1969) and Berklee College of Music Boston (USA, 1973) – did not take up studies for personal reasons

member of the Tatra Revue Orchestra

stay in New York, appearances in local jazz clubs with various jazzmen (Attila Zoller, Kenny Dorham, Babs Gonsales, Albert Heath, Sam Jones, Joe Newman etc.)

member of Bratislava rock band Gattch; jazz festival in Lublin

series of successful performances in Poland

festivals: Jazz Jantar ‘75 (Gdansk, PL); jazz pianists meeting in Kalisz (PL); Czechoslovak amateur jazz festival in Kroměříž (winner of the “best soloist” title), cooperation: Jiří Stivín, Karel Velebný, Luboš Andršt, Emil Viklický, Svatopluk Košvanec etc.

leader of the Jonáš – Brisuda – Döme Trio

member of Vlado Valovič’s VV Systém

Bratislava Music Festival (with Emil Viklický)

member of the band Esprit

Bratislava Music Festival (with L. A. Barrero Perao – percussion, Cuba)

member of Dušan Húščava’s Quintet

cooperation: Matúš Jakabčic, Juraj Bartoš, Robert Balzar (CZ)

Ladislav Martoník prize for jazz performance

duo with Giovanni Mirabassi (clarinet, IT)

duo with Jana Kocianová (vocals)

duo with Ján Hajnal (piano); Košice Spring Musical Festival

successful appearances in Prague (Antonín Gondolán, Roman Pokorný, Karel Růžička –David etc.)

member of the Matúš Jakabčic Tentet (Bratislava Jazz Days‘95; Bratislava Music Festival ’96; jazz festival in Přerov ’97; Bratislava’s Days of Europe ’98 etc.)

member of a jazz quartet (Gabo Jonáš, Matúš Jakabčic, Juraj Kalász, Cyril Zeleňák)

establishment of Gabo Jonáš Quartet, composing and arranging own themes for them

duo with Peter Cardarelli (tenor saxophone, USA)