Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Balázs Elemér


drums

 
He graduated from the jazz department of the Béla Bartók Conservatory as a student of Gyula Kovács. His first significant successes can be associated with the No-Spa quintet but in the meantime he performed with Szakcsi, Babos and Aladár Pege. He is a founding member of György Vukán's Creative Art Ensemble Trio.
With his own trio and quintet he recorded the album Fly Bird in 1995, then came the CD My New Way in 1997, and Always that Moment in 2000 released by BMC Records. Since 2000 he has been leading the Elemér Balázs Group and their debut album appeared in 2002 entitled Around the world. After their second release Our Worlds Beyond (2003) the band saw some changeovers in the line-up, and the new septet recorded Refractions of Sound (2004). Famous artists, with whom Elemér Balázs has played together: Tony Scott, Anette Lowman, Ferenc Schnetberger, Wayne Brassel, James Williams, Tony Lakatos, Stephen Gud, Art Farmer.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
Class Jazz Band: Cross over plus
Class Jazz Band: Spanish Night Plus
1989 No-Spa Jazz Quintet: Elrendeződés
(No-Spa Quintet: Getting together)
Hungaroton SLPX 37378
1991 No-Spa Quintet: Dry Dreams Bouvard & Pécuchet GBP 002
1994 Creative Art Trio: It Was, What Was, My Life Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 006
1994 Creative Art Jazz Trio - Debussy-Vukán: Children's Corner Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 005
1995 Balázs Elemér Trio: Fly Bird JOKA PJ 1008 Own
1995 Trio Midnight With Strings: Expected and Found Fonó Records FA-026-2
1995 Oláh Kálmán Sextet: Night Silence Bouvard & Pécuchet VBP 031
1995 Creative Art Jazz Trio - George Vukán's Atlanta, Georgia - An Opera in Two Acts - Complete Jazz Version Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 007
1996 Berkes Balázs featuring the Creative Art Jazz Trio: Forever Pannon Jazz PJ 1016
1996 The Akadimpex Concerts Pannon Jazz PJ 1015
1997 Trio Midnight: Live In Budapest JOKA PJ 1035
1997 Balázs Elemér Trio: My New Way TE-ART INCD 005 Own
1997 Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 021 A/B
1997 Fives Seasons Jazz: Meeting Point
(Fives Seasons Jazz: Meeting Point)
TE-ART INCD 004
1998 Vukán György: Iberia Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 026 CAE - 10th Anniversary Album
1998 Creative Art Trio - 10th Anniversary Album: Iberia Suite Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 026
1998 Hárs Viktor: Contacts and Conflicts Magánkiadás PCD 006
1998 At the Moment Magneoton 39842 51192
1998 Vukán György: Things of This World Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 025
1998 G. Vukán, E. Balázs: Things of this World in 7 movements Creative Art Ensemble CAE CD 025 Own
1998 Snétberger Ferenc: Obsession Tiptoe TIP-888 834 2
1999 János Mazura, György Vukán with The Creative Art Trio: : I Let The Song... Periferic Records BGCD 030
1999 Szakcsi Jr.: Happen Magánkiadás 9S 02
1999 Balázs/Szakcsi/Vukán: Conversa+ion Plus Creative Art Ensemble
1999 Off Course: Street of Secrets BMC Records BMC CD 024
1999 Black Smith Workshop: Childhood 'round 2000 BMC Records BMC CD 026
2000 Trio Midnight feat. Steve Houben: Friends Meeting Ciney Jazz Night
2000 Creative Art Trio and Stephane Belmondo: Endless Love Creative Art Ensemble CAE 033
2000 Balázs Elemér Quintet: Always That Moment BMC Records BMC CD 037 Own
2000 Trio Midnight featuring Lee Konitz: On Track Wellington-Universal WELL CD 2000 Own
2000 Dely Roby: Downtown Stories BMC Records BMC CD 029
2000 Gadó Gábor: Greetings From The Angel BMC Records BMC CD 040
2001 Gadó Gábor: Homeward BMC Records BMC CD 056
2001 Horgas Eszter Arcai I. - Class Jazz Band: Crossover Gramy Records GR-022
2002 Winand Gábor: Corners of My Mind BMC Records BMC CD 057
2002 Horgas Eszter Arcai III. - Class Jazz Band: Spanish Night - Live Concert Gramy Records GR-034
2002 Balázs Elemér Group: Around The World BMC Records BMC CD 064 Own
2002 Class Jazz Band: Spanish Night Plus Creative Art Ensemble CAE 038
2002 Oláh Kálmán & Lehel Péter feat. Budapest Chamber Simphony, Trio Midnight: Hungarian Rhapsody GOOD International co. GI-3052
2003 Ötödik Dimenzió Mandel Produkciós Kft.
2003 Winand Gábor: Agent spirituel BMC Records BMC CD 091
2003 Balázs Elemér Group with Charlie Mariano: Our worlds beyond BMC Records BMC CD 086 Own
2003 Creative Art Group: Gentle Love Creative Art Ensemble CAE 039
2003 Creative Art Trio: Blue in Red - Live Creative Art Ensemble CAE 040
2003 Class Jazz Band: Cross Over Plus Creative Art Ensemble
2003 Metszetek
(Segments)
TOM-TOM Records TTCD 49 Károly Makk: A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda - film music
2004 Juhász - Mikkelborg: 60/40 BMC Records BMC CD 098
2004 Balázs Elemér Group: Refracting sounds BMC Records BMC CD 106
2005 Utcazene
(Street music)
TOM-TOM Records TTDVD 75 DVD
2005 Hungarian Jazz Store BMC HMIC BMC PCD 016 Not for sale - only for promotion / 4 CDs
2005 Trio Midnight meets Lee Konitz: Live at Dinant Jazz Nights NetAktiv Records NA 001
2005 Contemporary Gregorian Sony - BMG 82876759822 Artisjus Award - "Production of the Year" (2006)
2005 Örömkoncert 2005
(Concert of Joy 2005)
Magánkiadás DVD - Not for sale
2005 Utcazene
(Street Music)
TOM-TOM Records TTCD 68
2007 László Dés, Elemér Balázs Quartet and Voces4 Ensemble: Contemporary Gregorian - Gregorian in Jazz - Double Quartet Live Sony - BMG 88697086499
2007 Balázs Elemér Group: Early Music X-produkció
2007 Balázs Elemér Group feat. Núria Rial, Voces4 Ensemble: Early Music X-produkció XP030
2007 Contemporary Gregorian Sony - BMG 88697086499 DVD / Concert at Millenáris Teátrum
2008 Balázs Elemér: Mindig az a perc 2.
(Balázs Elemér: Always That Moment 2.)
BMC Records BMC CD 149 Own
2010 Lamm Dávid: 1st the 1 (... then the other) X-produkció XP042
2013 Vukán Trió: A vihar
(Vukán Trio: The Tempest)
Gyulai Várszínház GYVCD003 Own
2015 Balázs Elemér Group: Örök szerelem
(Balázs Elemér Group: Endless Love)
Zsolt Audio
2017 Density of Standards BMC Records BMC CD 242