Gyula Babos
Born: 1949, Budapest
Academic degree, university position: artist teacher
Teaching activities:
Since 1997: professor at the Jazz Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and its predecessor organizations
Teacher at the MZTSZ Kőbánya Music Studio
Major concerts:
In the early 1990s, his ensemble gave numerous concerts in the Petőfi Hall (Budapest) with renowned guest performers such as Victor Bailey, Terry Lynn Carrington, György Jinda és Béla Szakcsi Lakatos. At the 1991 Budapest Fair, he played with Frank Zappa, and later with James Moody, Tony Scott and Gábor Szabó.
With his group, the Babos Project Romani, he has performed with great success at Hungarian and international festivals, including Marseilles, Eilat, Bucharest, London, Kosice, etc.
1997: Marseille – Babos Project Romani
1998: Bucharest, Nagykanizsa – Babos Project Romani
2005: Örömkoncert (Concert of Joy)
Orchestral membership:
Former ensembles:
1964: Futurama
1965-1967: Andor Kovács
1968: Junior Sextet
Pege Quintet
1969: Pete Lanchaster and The Upsetters
1970: Kex
1972-74: Rákfogó
1975: Kőszegi Rhythm and Brass
1979-1983: Saturnus
1984: BDSZ Collection
1985: Babos Trio Plusz János Egri, Gábor Winand, Endre Berecz
1989: Babos Trio
1997-2005: Babos Project Romani
1994-1996: Babos Quartet
Current ensembles:
2005: Babos Project Special
Babos MAKROKOZMOSZ
Recordings:
1989: Gyula Babos: Kinn és benn (In and Out) (Hungaroton)
1990: Béla Szakcsi Lakatos: Sham (Krém)
1995: Take Four (Pege-Babos-Tomsics-Kőszegi) (HTSART)
1996: Take Four (Pege-Babos-Tomsics-Kőszegi): Take More (HTSART)
1996: Gyula Babos: Blue Victory (Sony-Columbia)
1998: Take Four (Pege-Babos-Tomsics-Kőszegi): Csárdáskirálynő Jazz (Czardas Queen Jazz) (HTSART)
1998: Gyula Babos: Egyszer volt... (Once Upon a Time)(Sony-Columbia)
2004: Babos Project Romani feat. Trilok Gurtu: 75 perc (75 minutes) (Heart Music)
2006: Babos Gyula Project Special: Variáció (Variation) (Heart Music)
2005: Örömkoncert (Concert of Joy) – DVD
2007: Hobo Blues Band: Blues egy trombitásért (Blues for a Trumpeter)
2009: Rapsodia (Rhapsody)
2012: BALANCE
Awards and honors:
1966: 1st prize at the Jazz Competition of the Hungarian Radio
1991: eMeRTon Award
2003: Gábor Szabó Award
2005: Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Officer's Cross
2008: Ferenc Liszt Award
2012: Artisjus Pedagogy Prize
2014: Gramofon Lifetime Achievement Award, Music Teacher of the Year, from music instrument makers and distributors
