User:Ulf.gj/Facing West Trio

Historie skupiny
The trio was founded after a spontaneous jam-session at the club  Hudební Bazar  in Ostrava on November 2002. Three months later they recorded their first EP of  5 original compositions.

The trio started to give concerts, and soon after that, it started to assert itself winning a musical competition called "Setkani kytaristu" (meeting of guitarists) in November 2003, and a part of the first prize was not only participation on the festival Colours of Ostrava, but also the opportunity to make a recording in the famous czech recding studio "Citron". During 3 days of hard work (24-26th january 2004) in the studio an album with 8 original compositions titled "Long The Way To Back" was made.

The known producer Petr Slezák took care about the recording-process as well as the sound.

As a guest on the album we can hear, the well-known czech piano- and keyboard-player, Vlastimil Šmída play on 3 tracks. The CD-booklet was mad together with an excellent artist and friend living in Ostrava - Jaroslav Němec.

Rudy Horvat
Guitars & Guitar Synthesizers

Ulf Gjerdingen
Basses

Tomáš Mohr
Drums & Percussion

Discography

 * 2003 - Facing West Trio EP
 * 2004 - Long The Way To Back
 * 2007 - Last Time At Home

Television

 * Kultura.cz - 10. duben 2005 - Část: Jazzové a rockové inspirace Facing West Tria

Radio

 * Radio Proglas - Rozhovor se švédským baskytaristou Ulfem Gjerdingenem (podzim 2007)