Friedrich Károly
trombone, trumpet, electric bass
Place of Birth
Sopron
Date of Birth
1948
13 February 1948, Sopron, Hungary
Jazz trombonist, teacher of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy.
Since the age of six he’s been playing the piano and since the age of twelve he has learned to play the trombone and the bass. He founded his first jazz group already in primary school. From 1964 to 1967 he was pupil of András Pehl (trombone) in the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music, and at the jazz department of the same school he was also pupil of Dezső Selényi (trombone), András Bágya and György Vukán (instrumentation) from 1966 to 1969. In 1967 he became student of the Teacher Training Institution of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and graduated in 1970.
He has become a significant figure of the Hungarian jazz music at a very young age. He has performed with almost every famous Hungarian musician and a number of foreign artists. He even founded an own band in 1967. The same year he became teacher of jazz history at the jazz department. Since the ’70s he’s been teaching music theory, orchestral practice, instrumentation, trombone and computer skills as well. For the time being he is reader at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy.
From 1968 he has frequently played with the group Studio 11, and has also edited and lead programs in the Hungarian Radio. In 1972 he contracted abroad and performed in Sweden, Switzerland and Ethiopia. After his return to Hungary he became member of the legendary Syrius. In 1985 he founded the Budapest Big Band and was co-manager and arranger of the band. As artist, arranger and music director he has contributed to hundreds of jazz-, rock-, pop albums and TV shows.
Since the ’90s he’s been regularly writing music critics to the MaJazz and Gramofon magazines. He wrote two books on instrumentation of jazz orchestras, besides, at the moment he is making notes on jazz history, which is planned to extend to a book of three volumes.
In 2006 he was honored with the Gábor Szabó Award, in 2007 with the Leó Weiner Award for Music Pedagogy. In 2009 he was awarded with the Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic.
Jazz trombonist, teacher of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy.
Since the age of six he’s been playing the piano and since the age of twelve he has learned to play the trombone and the bass. He founded his first jazz group already in primary school. From 1964 to 1967 he was pupil of András Pehl (trombone) in the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music, and at the jazz department of the same school he was also pupil of Dezső Selényi (trombone), András Bágya and György Vukán (instrumentation) from 1966 to 1969. In 1967 he became student of the Teacher Training Institution of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and graduated in 1970.
He has become a significant figure of the Hungarian jazz music at a very young age. He has performed with almost every famous Hungarian musician and a number of foreign artists. He even founded an own band in 1967. The same year he became teacher of jazz history at the jazz department. Since the ’70s he’s been teaching music theory, orchestral practice, instrumentation, trombone and computer skills as well. For the time being he is reader at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy.
From 1968 he has frequently played with the group Studio 11, and has also edited and lead programs in the Hungarian Radio. In 1972 he contracted abroad and performed in Sweden, Switzerland and Ethiopia. After his return to Hungary he became member of the legendary Syrius. In 1985 he founded the Budapest Big Band and was co-manager and arranger of the band. As artist, arranger and music director he has contributed to hundreds of jazz-, rock-, pop albums and TV shows.
Since the ’90s he’s been regularly writing music critics to the MaJazz and Gramofon magazines. He wrote two books on instrumentation of jazz orchestras, besides, at the moment he is making notes on jazz history, which is planned to extend to a book of three volumes.
In 2006 he was honored with the Gábor Szabó Award, in 2007 with the Leó Weiner Award for Music Pedagogy. In 2009 he was awarded with the Knight’s Cross Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Modern jazz VI. - Anthology 67 | Hungaroton | LPX 17372 | LP |
| 1976 | Sámánének | Pepita | SLPX 17484 | |
| 1982 | Deák Big Band: Azok a húszas évek ... - Világslágerek angol nyelven | Pepita | SLPX 17681 | LP |
| 1983 | Kaszakő: Édenkert | Hungaroton | HCD 17763 | |
| 1996 | Binder Quintet featuring John Tchicai | Binder Music Manufactory | BMM 9606 | Originally released: Krém (H) SLPX 17759 (LP) - Hungaroton Gong, 1983 |
| 1999 | Syrius: Széttört álmok | Hungaroton | HCD 17491 | |
| 2000 | Regős: Verbunkos - Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Jazz Faculty Vol.1 | Pannon Jazz | PJ1046 | |
| 2005 | Hungarian Jazz Store | BMC HMIC | BMC PCD 016 | Not for sale - only for promotion / 4 CDs |
| 2016 | Eastern European Sounds | IF Music | IFMR002 |