Csaba Deseo

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Csaba Deseo (born February 15, 1939) is a Hungarian jazz violinist born in Budapest.

Biography

His mother was a violin teacher. Deseo began playing violin at the age of 10, continued his musical education at

In 1975 he met the famous Zagreb vibraphonist Bosko Petrovic, with whom he has been playing regularly until 2011. He also appears as a guest star in Germany, where he usually solos with the group of Walter Kurowski.

Since 1980 Deseo has fronted bands with different line-ups. His more important partners were pianist Laszlo Gardony, vibes player Richard Kruza, guitarist Andor Kovacs, bass player Bela Lattmann and drummer Imre Koszegi. Since 1990 he's been working mainly with musicians such as the trio of guitarist Istvan Gyarfas, or the pianist Gabor Cseke. He is regular guest artist at the concerts of the Benko Dixieland Band and the Budapest Ragtime Band.

During the past few decades he has also played with international stars like Jean-Luc Ponty, John Lewis, Jiggs Whigham, Martin Drew, Dusko Gojkovich, Tony Lakatos, Gábor Szabó, Tommy Vig and many others.

Csaba Deseo is a regular contributor to the specialist Hungarian music magazine, GRAMOFON – Classical and Jazz.

Discography

External links

• Official MySpace
• BMC Info Site