Real name: Mátyás Csányi

Effective period / Period of releases: 1967

Hungarian Gipsy violinist
He was born January 19, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary and died 28 May, 1980 in Vienna, Austria
As a kid, he toured Europe in old Gipsy tradition to play in huge 30 man combos. As a young man, he stopped in Vienna and started to play with Fatty George. Playing in his orchestra in Fatty's Jazz bar, he got the possibilty to proove his talent on violin and guitar along side Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton or Louis Armstrong.