Artist database

The Szalóky Classic Jazz Band plays the jazz music of the 1930s-1940s, a period when jazz was still widely popular among people keen on artistically refined and at the same time approachable music. The Szalóky Classic Jazz Band is perhaps the only Hungarian formation who have engaged themselves in interpreting the music of swing. The members of the band are all highly qualified musicians, most of them graduates of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. They have participated in productions of the Hot Jazz Band, the Cotton Club Singers, the Budapest Ragtime Band, the Showder Band, the band of Péter Gerendás, and Escape. Their singer, Micheller Myrtill has even had a part in a Hollywood movie.
The band leader Béla Szalóky trombone player is the vice president of the Hungarian Trombone and Tuba Association, who has played all over the world with different groups. He won the eMeRTon Prize as the Jazz Musician of the Year 2002. Szalóky has collaborated with many leading jazz musicians (Imre Kőszegi, György Vukán, Gyula Babos, Tamás Berki, Kati Bontovics, etc.), has accompanied pop performers, and even played with Frank Sinatra Jr. Outside of Hungary he has performed with such well-know artists as George Benson, Joe Muranyi, Carl Fontana, Jiggs Whigham, Tommy Vig, and Vince Mendoza.

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
2005	Hungarian Jazz Store	BMC HMIC	BMC PCD 016	Not for sale - only for promotion / 4 CDs