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Csaba Tűzkő started playing music at age ten in the city of Szeged. After graduating from the Jazz Department of the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1986 he moved to Paris then to Sydney where he lived until 1994. During the years he spent abroad, he played with René Urtereger, Alby Cullaz, and George Brown, and was a member of the Sydney North Side Big Band. After his return to his home country, he played in prominent Hungarian jazz formations including the Szakcsi Generation Band, Malek Andrea's Five Seasons, the Hot Jazz Band, and the Elemér Balázs Quintet. Presently he plays Moldvan folk music with the band Fanfara Complexa, and since 2002 has been leading and composing for his own groups. The music of the Csaba Tűzkő Septet makes use of the forms and harmonic movements of classical music, the most characteristic feature of jazz, namely improvisation, and the power of Eastern European folk music to create a special atmosphere. The Septet plays solely Tűzkő's compositions and folk music arrangements, which can be heard on two CDs: Clangorous Stone (2002) and Spring Greeting (2003).

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
1997	Fives Seasons Jazz: Meeting Point (Fives Seasons Jazz: Meeting Point)	TE-ART	INCD 004
1998	Hárs Viktor: Contacts and Conflicts	Magánkiadás	PCD 006
1999	Szakcsi Jr.: Happen	Magánkiadás	9S 02
2000	Balázs Elemér Quintet: Always That Moment	BMC Records	BMC CD 037
2002	Tűzkő Csaba Septet: Zengő kő (Clangorous Stone)	KCG Records	KCG 010	Own
2003	Tűzkő Csaba Septet: Tavaszköszöntő (Greeting of Spring)	KCG Records	9S 0405	Own
2004	Bágyi Balázs Quartet: Valahol máshol (Balázs Bágyi Quartet: Somewhere else)	Magánkiadás
2005	Hungarian Jazz Store	BMC HMIC	BMC PCD 016	Not for sale - only for promotion / 4 CDs
2006	Old Amsterdam	Magánkiadás	STS-CD-044
2019	Puskás Levente és Váradi Judit: Tetra	Magánkiadás	ISRC HU-AK5-1900001
2022	In Medias Brass: Kind of Brass	Magánkiadás	IMB02