The EASTERN BOUNDARY Quartet is a collaborative quartet featuring the Hungarian master musicians. drummer Balazs Bagyi and saxophonist Mihaly Borbely, and the long-standing bass/piano partnership of New York City bassist Joe Fonda and pianist Michael Jefry Stevens (co-leaders of the Fonda/Stevens Group and Conference Call). Since 2007 the quartet has toured Europe and the United States numerous times. The Quartet will be touring the Eastern United States in February/March of 2026. The group has released four CDs.
The group uses Hungarian folk rhythms and melodies in combination with Jazz harmonies and rhythms to form an original “hybrid” improvised music.
The Eastern Boundary Quartet performs original music by all members of the group. The band was formed with the imagination of connecting two worlds of the jazz scene today. This unique collaboration is a mixture of avant-garde jazz and ethno-music from Hungary, forming a cultural bridge between the USA and Eastern Europe. This bridge is made of talent, respect, brotherhood and friendship, built by the common language of jazz and improvised music.
The members...
Drummer Balázs Bágyi was Born 1973 in Pécs, Hungary. In 1998 Balazs graduated with honor at the Jazz Department of The Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. Since then he has become a well-respected artist on international music scene including collaborations with several renowned American musicians, music for theaters, mainstream jazz, world music, and avant-garde jazz.
He is Director of the Dr. Lauschmann Jazz School and teacher of the Hang-Szín-Tér School of Arts in Szekesfehervar. He is also the president of the board of the Hungarian Jazz Federation and a representative of the Canadian Ayotte drums in Central Europe.
Balazs has performed with William Parker, Hamid Drake and Rob Brown as part of the International Improvised Music Workshop at the Mediawave Festivals. He has also played with Eldad Tarmu, Chuck Jennings, Arthur Kell, Geoff Warren, Marcello Sebastiani and Pedro Negrescu.For more information check the following links:
http://www.balazsbagyi.com/ - Balazs Bagyi
www.mihalyborbely.hu - Mihaly Borbely
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