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The Budapest Ragtime Band was formed in 1980 by trained jazz and classical musicians. They have not only altered the instrumentation of the original piano interpretation, but have also broadened their repertoire with jazz and dixieland evergreens, dance music, humorous performance of famous tunes, and excerpts from operas. The band's first solo album, Ragtime, was recorded in 1984, which was followed by two other LPs on Duthc and Hungarian labels. Since 1990 the band has released seven CDs. In addition to their permanent studio work, the Budapest Ragtime Band regularly tours in Hungary, Europe, and has also received invitation from the US and the Canary Islands. They have performed at prestigious festivals all over the world, and in television programmes of Hungarian, Swiss, German, and American channels. From among their partners the following famed artists must be mentioned: Dave Brubeck, Chris Barber, Clark Terry, Illionis Jacquet, John Scofield, and Johnny Griffin. The main objective of the Budapest Ragtime Band has been, on the one hand, promoting ragtime music to the widest possible audience, and on the other, to provide entertainment to listeners of all age groups.

Members: Antal, Tibor - violin; Diószegi, Tamás - trombone; Farkas, Gábor - saxophone/clarinet; Forgács, László - percussion/vocals/cornet; Galyas, László - guitar/trumpet; Gayer, Ferenc - electric bass/double bass; Stein, Ferenc - piano; Wessely, János - drums

Current performances of Budapest Ragtime Band
Koncertkalendárium (www.muzsikalendarium.hu)

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
	Budapest Ragtime Band	Magánkiadás	BRB CD 006	Own
1995	Budapest Ragtime Band: Trubadurr (Budapest Ragtime Band: Troubadourr)	Hungaroton	HCD 31532	Own
2003	Budapest Ragtime Band: Kitten on the Keys	Magánkiadás	BRB CD 008	Own
2003	Hungarian Jazz History 13. - Ragtime!	Hungaroton	HCD 71162
2005	Hungarian Jazz Store	BMC HMIC	BMC PCD 016	Not for sale - only for promotion / 4 CDs
2007	Annyi arc ismerős	Magánkiadás	BRBCD009	Own