{"id":4049,"date":"2026-03-27T09:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/?page_id=4049"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:31:15","slug":"megalakul-az-aranycsapat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/megalakul-az-aranycsapat\/","title":{"rendered":"The golden lineup is formed."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Benk\u00f3 Dixieland Band \u2013 The Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The golden lineup is formed.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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With the joining of pianist Vilmos Halmos in 1975, the \u2018golden lineup\u2019 was formed\u2014a legendary formation that lasted until 1995, until the departure of S\u00e1ndor Vajda\u2014during which they grew into one of the most successful Dixieland bands in Europe and later in the world.<\/p>

In 1976, the band embarked on a major European tour. They performed in Warsaw, at the jazz festivals in Breda and Dresden, as well as in several international jazz clubs.<\/strong><\/p>

By this time, four Benk\u00f3 Dixieland Clubs were already operating in the country. In addition to those in Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, Gy\u0151r, and the Budapest club on T\u00f6r\u00f6k P\u00e1l Street founded in 1967, the band\u2019s \u2018club network\u2019 was expanded with a new venue, the \u00d3budai Cultural Center.<\/p>

1977-ben aranylemezes lett az egy\u00fcttes, t\u00f6bb mint \u00f6tvenezer p\u00e9ld\u00e1nyban kelt el a \u201972-ben Benk\u00f3 Dixieland Band c\u00edmmel megjelent els\u0151 nagylemez\u00fck. S\u0151t a londoni Music Week zenei szaklap is, a Benk\u00f3 Dixieland Band-nek \u00edt\u00e9lte az \u00c9v Zenekara nemzetk\u00f6zi kit\u00fcntet\u00e9st.<\/p>

In 1977, they launched their first self-organized Dixieland festival in Tata. At the invitation of the Hungarian State Philharmonia, in the early 1980s they gave concerts across the country\u2014enhanced with youth-oriented jazz history lectures\u2014in primary and secondary schools, as well as at the Liszt Academy of Music, as part of the Sunday morning performances in the \u201cMusic of Our Time\u201d series.<\/p>

In 1982, at the Jazz Jubilee in Sacramento\u2014the world\u2019s largest Dixieland gathering\u2014they won first prize in the traditional category. They performed in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Knoxville, and New Orleans. They conquered America.<\/p>

In California, in 1983, the band was named \u2018International Jazz Band of the Year.\u2019 In 1985, they were also honored by Jerry Brown and his successor, George Deukmejian.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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At the statue of Louis Armstrong, their great role model (New Orleans, 1982).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In San Diego \u2013 From left: Iv\u00e1n Nagy, Bob Haggart, S\u00e1ndor Benk\u00f3, Gus Johnson, S\u00e1ndor Vajda.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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With Jerry Ricks at the Jazz Festivals in Debrecen (1981).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Band lineup in 1976 \u2013 From left: Jen\u0151 Nagy, S\u00e1ndor Vajda, Iv\u00e1n Nagy, B\u00e9la Zolt\u00e1n, J\u00e1nos J\u00e1ray, Vilmos Halmos, S\u00e1ndor Benk\u00f3.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benk\u00f3 Dixieland – a t\u00f6rt\u00e9net Benk\u00f3 Dixieland– a t\u00f6rt\u00e9net – Megalakul az aranycsapat Halmos Vilmos zongorista 1975-\u00f6s csatlakoz\u00e1s\u00e1val megsz\u00fcletett az \u201earanycsapat\u201d, az […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_front-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4049","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":211,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4049\/revisions\/5220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benkosandor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}