{"id":799,"date":"2016-09-27T10:06:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T09:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/djabe.hu\/?page_id=799"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:45:21","slug":"vendegeloadok","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/djabe.hu\/en\/biography\/vendegeloadok\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;90&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478597428221{margin-right: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478598270739{padding-right: 12px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Steve Hackett<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1193&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;www.hackettsongs.com&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#1f2a3e&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hackettsongs.com|||&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Steve Hackett became legendary as the guitarist for Genesis. He joined the band in the \u2019Peter Gabriel-era\u2019 of Genesis along with Phil Collins, in 1970.\u00a0His guitar play and influence as a composer was paramount concerning the most revered albums of Genesis. His personal favorite of this era is \u2019Selling England By The Pound\u2019.\u00a0Steve\u2019s first solo album was released in 1975, christened \u2019Voyage of the Acolyte\u2019 \u2013 in quality it is only comparable to Genesis albums of the time. After Peter Gabriel\u2019s departure, Hackett co-produced 3 other albums, \u2019Wind And Wuthering\u2019 being the most prominent. From 1978 he took on a solo career and made some of his best records since. Hackett is an innovative composer with diversity being a key factor in albums, style and unique expedient alike. He produced not only rock albums but numerous acoustic guitar-based, classic releases saw the light of day since 1983.\u00a0His electric guitar play is incomparable and one of the most well-known in the rock genre in the whole world.\u00a0For a short time Hackett made joint recordings with Steve Howe, guitar player of Yes, under the supergroup GDR \u2013 this formation also went on tours in both 1986 and 1987.\u00a0He joined with Attila \u00c9gerh\u00e1zi in 1999, who took up managing the Hungarian releasing of the albums of Hackett.\u00a0In 2002 Steve Hackett\u2019s first acoustic concert in Hungary was also managed and organized by Attila \u00c9gerh\u00e1zi, who also recorded the content for CD and DVD \u2019Hungarian Horizons\u2019.\u00a0In 2003 their collaboration evolved into joined musical cooperation as Steve played on the album \u2019T\u00e1ncolnak a kazlak\u2019 by Djabe.\u00a0In 2004 Steve Hackett and Djabe stepped on the stage together in London. Later this year Steve Hackett returned to Budapest with his rock band. This was also organized by Attila \u00c9gerh\u00e1zi, and he also recorded the concert album \u2019Once Above A Time\u2019.\u00a0In 2007 he played at the charity concert dedicated to Andr\u00e1s Sipos \u2013 the gig was released under joint name on double CD and DVD.\u00a0Every year since 2008 a short tour named \u2019Djabe special guest Steve Hackett\u2019 is concluded. The project\u2019s program includes Djabe, Steve Hackett and Genesis pieces. They appeared in numerous countries of Asia and Europe.\u00a0At the Romanian Garana Festival they appeared in front of a 15 000 crowd. The first \u2019Djabe special guest\u2019 album, \u2019In The Footsteps Of Attila And Genghis\u2019 was released in 2011. Since then numerous joined albums were released. Furthermore, Steve played on every single Djabe release since then and Djabe members also appeared on some of Steve\u2019s albums. Steve Hackett not only plays the guitar on te records and at gigs but also sings, since 2011.\u00a0In the future the joined recordings and gigs are sure to be continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478598263692{margin-right: -25px !important;padding-left: 12px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Chieli Minucci<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11617&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;www.chielimusic.com&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#1f2a3e&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fchielimusic.com&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Chieli Minucci, a three-time Emmy-winning and Grammy nominated guitarist-composer-producer-arranger, teamed with Hungarian percussionist George Jinda to form Special EFX in 1982, a bountiful partnership that ushered the band to the top of the charts, saw them embark on extensive concert tours with stops at some of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world, and crafted a distinctive brand of music that incorporates jazz, rock, fusion, blues, pop and world music.<br \/>\nChieli&#8217;s first joint project with Attila \u00c9gerh\u00e1zi, leader of Djabe, started in 2023, when GR1993 Records released the double LP album Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci: Twenty Twenty 2 under the Quality Vinyl Projects label. At the album launch in Budapest, Chieli gave a short concert with Djabe for the press and the audience. It was then that they decided to work together in the future. The fruit of this joint tour in 2024 was a series of 3LP, 2CD, Blu-ray, master tape releases, entitled Djabe with Chieli Minucci &#8211; Tour Of Waterfalls.<br \/>\nChieli also took part in the Djabe 30 and Tour Of Butterfly shows during April 2025 in Hungary, Austria and Czech Republic. During the breaks between concerts, they also recorded a studio album. Their cooperation will continue in 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1838&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485352878418{margin-right: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>John Nugent<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Musician, producer, and president\/CEO of Rochester Jazz, NY. He grew up in Newfoundland. As a young boy he watched his grandfather import and sell musical instruments at his family\u2019s hundred-year old business. \u201cHe always said, \u2018treat people the way you would want them to treat you\u2019. And I carry that wisdom with me always,\u201d says Mr. Nugent. In 1990, John Nugent astounded the Canadian jazz scene with the independent release of his recording debut &#8220;Did I Tell You.&#8221; That album resulted in critics comparing him favorably to tenor giant Sonny Rollins. Unlike Rollins or any other aspiring jazz saxophonist before him, Nugent plays all four members of the saxophone family (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone). Nugent graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1982 with a diploma in Jazz Studies. From there he attended the Banff Scholl of Fine Arts in the summer of 1983, and then embarked on a four year stint at North Texas State University. As a member of the One O\u2019clock Jazz Band, he recorded five albums and toured Australia, Europe and the US. From there he became a member of the famous Woody Herman Orchestra and toured internationally with them for two years. John Nugent has performed with a plethora of well-known musicians and entertainers including Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy DeFranco, Clark Terry, Mel Lewis, Jim Hall, Bob Hope, the Temptations, the Four Tops and Stevie Ray Vaughan. His first musicial cooperation with Djabe was with the album \u2018Take on\u2019, and he also performed at the album\u2019s Hungarian premiere tour in 2008. Since then he played on every single Djabe studio album. In 2009 Nugent performed with Djabe and Steve Hackett in Budapest, Hungary and at The Hague Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. In 2013 he also performed at the Down And Up surround gigs in Budapest, Hungary and Oradea, Romania.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1611768661300{margin-right: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Ben Castle<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Ben started his musicial studies at the age of 7 with the clarinet. At the age of 13 he could play the saxophone, too, and performed in local bands. His father, a well-known musician-comedian continually encouraged him and from a very early age gave Ben the opportunity to perform with him, even in front of larger audience gigs. Because of his commitment for his musical career Ben left the school at the age of 17 and practiced for a whole year \u2013 before applying to the Guidhall School of Music and Drama. He finished his studies of post-grad jazz and studio music course. Ben presently freelance musician and managing his own band, too. His great love is jazz but plays various genres with joy. He made guest appearances in big bands, pop and rock even. He played and did recordings with many stars like Sting, Steve Hackett, Kula Shaker, the Supergrass, Mica Paris, the Brand New Heavies, Damon Albarn, the 911, the Culture Club, Gloria Gaynor, the Embrace, the Babybird, the Marillion, Omar, the 4 Hero, Lalo Schifrin, George Michael, Colin Anderson and The Duke Special and many more outstanding members of the british jazz scene: Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes, Don Weller, John Etheridge, Steve Lodder, Matt Wates, Clark Tracey, Mark Nightingale, Spike Robinson, Humphrey Lyttelton, Laurence Cottle, Geoff Gascoyne, Arnie Somogyi, Bobby Worth, Michael Garrick, Zappatistas, the Echoes of Ellington and the BBC Big Band. When Ben does not play the music, he writes it. He composed for televisions, big bands, classical musicians and other performers, and of course for his own band. In 1994 he and his father completed the album \u2018Ban and Roy Castle\u2019s Big Celebration\u2019, and in 1996 he released a big band album titled \u2018Breathe Easy\u2019. In 2000 his new release, \u2018Four From The Madding Crowd\u2019 was completed with his quartet. He performed with Ian Mosley, drummer of Marillion on the album \u2018Postmankind\u2019. In 2001 Ben Castle was awarded with the \u2018Rising Star\u2019 of British Jazz Awards. In 2003 he even performed with Sting at the British Award ceremony night. In 2004 he joined the world-renown band Jamie Cullum. The Hungarian audience almost instantly took a liking to Ben\u2019s music, his unique wind instrument performance added even more color to Djabe\u2019s musical world. Since the 2001 summer tour Ben Castle is a permanent honorary member of the band. He performed on the album \u2018Sheafs are Dancing\u2019 in 2002, the \u2018Slices of Life\u2019 in 2005 and the \u2018Take on\u2019 in 2007. In 2010 Ben Castle performed at the Djabe 15 anniversary concert at M\u00fcpa in Budapest, Hungary. He can also be heard in the 2016 album \u201920 Dimensions\u2019.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1190&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;www.bencastle.com&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#1f2a3e&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bencastle.com|||&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1839&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485352768593{margin-right: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Malik Mansurov<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Malik Mansurov, the world-famous tar player and senior lecturer of the Azerbaijan State University, mugham faculty was born on 12<sup>th<\/sup> of October, 1961 in Azerbaijan. He took the specialty studies of tar as early as 1970, when attending in the junior musical school. Between 1977 and 1981 he attended at the Musical College. Mansurov graduated and received his diploma in 1981. From 1981 to 1986 he attended at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory with studies of tar player specialty. Right after these studies Malik Mansurov won the International Musical Competition \u2018Baku-86\u2019, but in the next two years took up military service. Since 1989 he performed both solo and as part of a \u2018mugham\u2019, Azerbaijani folk music compositions trio and toured around the world including Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Morocco, Tunis, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, England, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Finland and the United States. In 1997 his solo mughams were released on CD in Paris by Buda-Records Studio. The preface was written by the famous French music scientist Jean During. In 2008 Mansurov joined with his brother Elsham Mansurov, kamancha player to perform in the Paris Municipal Theatre. Attila \u00c9gerh\u00e1zi heard him for the first time in 2006 at one of Mansurov\u2019s concerts in Budapest. When Djabe performed in Baku in 2007 Malik was asked for joining the band on stage. The gig was so successful the musicians continued the cooperation. Malik played on the album \u2018Take on\u2019 and joined Djabe with John Nugent at the album\u2019s Hungarian gigs. The next was the performance at Djabe 15 concert in 2010. Since then Malik played on all of Djabe\u2019s albums and was a guest star at the premiere concert of album \u2018Forward\u2019 performed with the Miskolc Symphonic Orchestra, at M\u00fcpa, Budapest in 2015. In 2016 Djabe once again performed in Baku, with Mansurov.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485352727762{margin-right: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Tibor M\u00f3ty\u00e1n<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Tibor M\u00f3ty\u00e1n is addicted to Hindustani classical music for 20 years. He learned from not only the well-known composer L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hortob\u00e1gyi, but renowned scholars from India who introduced him to the unique rhythmic world of the tabla. He regularly performs with known Indian soloists, and continually gathers knowledge and experience from them. Besides his Hungarian performances his play was heard in India, Serbia, Transylvania and Portugal. Tibor performs with Djabe since 2014. He can be heard on the album \u2018Forward\u2019 and in 2016 M\u00f3ty\u00e1n had a part in \u201920 Dimensions\u2019, also. He performed at many of Djabe\u2019s gigs, some of them paramount in the band\u2019s history. One of these is the \u2018Forward\u2019 premiere concert performed with the Miskolc Symphonic Orchestra in Miskolc, Hungary and in the B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k National Concert Hall at M\u00fcpa in Budapest, Hungary. He also performed at the Djabe 20 Anniversary concert at the MOM Culture Center in Budapest, Hungary where the album \u201920 Dimensions\u2019 was premiered.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4093&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750258337787{padding-right: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1191&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;www.gullibriem.com&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#1f2a3e&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gullibriem.com|||&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;right-to-left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Gulli Briem<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Gulli Briem was born in Reykjavik, Iceland \u2013 even as a young child he started banging on pots and pans on the kitchen floor, but later his guitar play and singing was also a part of his activity in a school band. Later on Gulli took the drum sticks and played with numerous high school bands and in various musicals until 1977, when he met with Johann Asmundsson, co-founder of the band Mezzoforte. Their relationship evolved into friendship and a musical cooperation, and Gulli Briem toured around the world as the member of Mezzoforte, appearing in every single gig and record.\u00a0His international fame was established with the band Garden Party, and the album \u2019Surprise, Surprise\u2019 in 1983. Along his career he performed with musicians like Madonna, Philip Catharine, Tony Smith, Michael Ball, John Savannah, the Brit National Symphonic Orchestra and many more.\u00a0Gulli first met with Djabe in 2008 when he saw the band perform at the Saulkrasti Jazz Festival in Latvia. The performance made a great impression in the drummer. The personal sympathy quickly evolved into friendship \u2013 this friendship grew even stronger when Briem moved to Hungary and meetings with Djabe became even more frequent.\u00a0The first joint performance with Djabe happened in 30<sup>th<\/sup> November, 2012 at the IBS stage, where Gulli stood with the band and Steve Hackett and delivered a legendary experience. The musical cooperation is still undiminished and will continue in the future.\u00a0Gulli Briem contributed on numerous studio and concert albums, not only as a drummer, but a percussionist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1478532927610{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1611756648924{margin-right: 25px !important;margin-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Szab\u00f3<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Laszlo Szabo, M.D. \u2013 Physician, pharmaceutical expert, corporate executive, former Ambassador of Hungary to the United States of America. He studied playing the violin at the age of six, then started to play the guitar at fourteen and the sitar at twenty two. He has played in several formations, including the Debrecen based \u201eThe Three Sisters\u201d between 1987-2007, then Impact and Djabe since 2017 as a guest musician. Laszlo played all across Hungary and on stages of New York, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Atlanta. He played in the company of Steve Hackett and Ferenc Snetberger. 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