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Berki Tamás

voice
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1946
Orchestra
Berki Tamás - Sárik Péter Duó
 
Tamás Berki was born in Budapest on May 16, 1946. He received his dilpoma in jazz singing from the Béla Bartók Conservatory, and subsequently was a teacher there for 5 years. He became a principal contributor at the Hungarian Cultural Institution, later worked as a casual radio and television programme editor and a journalist, then returned to teaching. In 1976 he won the International Youth Jazz Singing Competition in Poland. Albums of his own compositions include Real Paradise (’Igazi paradicsom’, 1984), Good Morning (’Jó reggelt’, 1990), and The Bridge (’A híd’, 2004). He has also contributed to records of several renowned performers and bands. He is a frequent guest soloist with the Benkó Dixieland Band. In 1985 he appeared in a top list called the Best of Europe. He has given concerts in several countries of the world. Berki is still singing actively with his band Shabu-Shabu and as guest soloist, and is teaching at the Jazz Faculty of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and the Art School of the Hungarian Musicians’ and Dancers’ Union. In 2004 he received the Gábor Szabó Award for his lifetime achievements, and in 2007 he was awarded the Knight's Cross Order Of Merit Of The Republic Of Hungary. In 2018 he received the Péter Máté Award and in 2024 the Artisjus Prize.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1976 Sámánének Pepita SLPX 17484
1995 Berki Tamás - A Mende-Sülysáp Blues: Best of Berki Tamás Gong HCD 37810
2000 Best of KISZ Hungaroton HCD 37920
2003 Benkó Dixieland Band: Chicago Aranykora Bencolor BEN-CD 5433
2004 Berki Tamás: A híd
(Tamás Berki: The Bridge) 		TOM-TOM Records TTCD-65 Own
2004 A Híd TOM-TOM Records TTCD-65
2005 Hungarian Jazz Store BMC HMIC BMC PCD 016 Not for sale - only for promotion / 4 CDs
2006 Best of Benkó Dixieland Band - 2006 Bencolor BEN-CD 5445
2006 Benkó Dixieland Band: A jazz születésétől napjainkig - 5. rész (1953-2005) Bencolor BEN-CD 5429
2010 Karácsony reggelén Binder Music Manufactory BMM 2010-01-80386457
2014 Berki Tamás, Sárik Péter: Minden délibáb Magánkiadás
2015 Sárik Péter: Idebent-Odakint Magánkiadás