New album "Gilgul" out on September 1st!
In recent years Dorůžka participated in a number of international projects, tours and recordings, such as Sara with Aga Zaryan and Szymon Mika, The Multiverse: Knowing with Scott McLemore, Hilmar Jensson and Nicolas Moreaux and Komeda Unknown 1967 with Piotr Schmidt. As co-leader he released Andromeda’s Mystery in 2022 with American drummer Jeff Ballard and Polish pianist/keyboardist Piotr Wylezol. Doug Collette wrote for allaboutjazz.com that “the three savvy musicians would appear to imbue something akin to magnetic attraction into their instruments…Humility and magnanimity earmark the fifty-seven minutes of unusual ingenuity on Andromeda's Mystery.“ 2023 saw the release of Gilgul, a trio effort with flutist Robert Fischmann and drummer Martin Novák featuring several special guests. The album is an exploration of the legacy of Jewish music with its many facets that have evolved on various continents over the centuries. However the trio takes great liberties in incorporating all of these elements and so it easily happens that traditional Chassidic chants are followed by metalcore passages and melodies from Medieval Spain are heard next to sounds inspired by the contemporary New York downtown scene. Currently Dorůžka continues to tour with both the band with Robert Fischmann and Martin Novák as well as his trio with Jeff Ballard and Piotr Wylezol.
