Frank Botos
November 8 @ 10:45 pm

Frank Botos - Drums
Eric St. Laurent - Guitar
Andrew Stuart - Bass

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Frank Botos Bio  

Born into a musical family, Frank became a first call drummer in  Hungary at an early age. He worked and recorded with  Hungary’s most well known musicians including Szakcsi, Tony  Lakatos, Robert Lakatos, Gabor Gado. Frank studied at the  Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with Gyula Kovacs and Ivan  Nesztor. After leaving the school in 1991, Frank won first place  in the “Krakow International Jazz Competition” in Poland. He  has played on the main stages of European jazz festivals. In  1998 Frank Botos immigrated to Canada. Shortly after arriving  in Canada with his brother Robi Botos. 

Frank and Robi became well established in the Toronto jazz  scene as “The Botos Brothers”. They soon released their  independent CD featuring Pat LaBarbara, Don Thompson and  Attila Darvas, which has received extensive airplay. Frank  continued his professional development in Canada by studying  with renowned jazz educator Jim Blackley. Since then, Frank  has worked with such international and local stars as Bela Fleck  and Jean Luc-Ponty (Toronto International Jazz Festival main  stage 2005), Avishai Cohen (Hungarian Jazz Festival  2005),Sonny Fortune(Hungarian Jazz Festival 2006), Mario  Rodrigues, Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny (Du Maruier  International Jazz Festival Toronto 1999), Dave Young, Pat  LaBarbara, Don Thompson, Kirk MacDonald, Mike Murley,  Michael Stewart,Phil Dwyer, Hugh Fraser, Jake Langley, Steve  Wallace, Bernie Senensky,Stan Fomin, Shawan Nykwist, Neil  Swanson, Gene Dinovi, David Braid, Lorne Lofsky, Shelley  Berger, Nancy Walker,Mike Downs, and Kirk Lightsey to name  a few.