The Black Tea Group

The Black Tea Group is an underground jazz band formed by students in the jazz department of the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest; the four young musicians have been playing together in this lineup for several years. Their repertoire draws primarily on the early days of avant-garde jazz, which at that time was associated with a very different image than it is today: it was considered a vibrant, energetic genre. However, the quartet’s spirit is not far removed from drum ’n’ bass grooves, folk music elements, or even free jazz influences—so in addition to their own compositions, they also perform jazz standards and folk song arrangements at their concerts.