(Budapest, 1949. június 26. – Budapest, 2018. április 12.)
Since 1997 he was professor at the Jazz Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (the department originally belonged to the Bartók Conservatoire, then from 1990 to the Teacher Training Institute of the Liszt Academy, and finally in 2000 it was transferred to the University), and he was also teaching at the MZTSZ Kőbánya Music Studio.
In the early 1990s, his ensemble gave numerous concerts in the Petőfi Hall (Budapest) with renowned guest performers such as Victor Bailey, Terry Lynn Carrington, György Jinda és Béla Szakcsi Lakatos. At the 1991 Budapest Fair, he played with Frank Zappa, and later with James Moody, Tony Scott and Gábor Szabó.
With his group, the Babos Project Romani, he has performed with great success at Hungarian and international festivals, including Marseilles, Eilat, Bucharest, London, Kosice, etc.
He played in the following groups:
1964: Futurama
1965-1967: Andor Kovács
1968: Junior Sextet, Pege Quintet
1969: Pete Lanchaster and The Upsetters
1970: Kex
1972-74: Rákfogó
1975: Kőszegi Rhythm and Brass
1979-1983: Saturnus
1984: BDSZ Collection
1985: Babos Trio Plusz János Egri, Gábor Winand, Endre Berecz
1989: Babos Trio
1997-2005: Babos Project Romani
1994-1996: Babos Quartet
2005: Babos Project Special
Babos MAKROKOZMOSZ
Recordings:
1989: Gyula Babos: Kinn és benn (In and Out) (Hungaroton)
1990: Béla Szakcsi Lakatos: Sham (Krém)
1995: Take Four (Pege-Babos-Tomsics-Kőszegi) (HTSART)
1996: Take Four (Pege-Babos-Tomsics-Kőszegi): Take More (HTSART)
1996: Gyula Babos: Blue Victory (Sony-Columbia)
1998: Take Four (Pege-Babos-Tomsics-Kőszegi): Csárdáskirálynő Jazz (Czardas Queen Jazz) (HTSART)
1998: Gyula Babos: Egyszer volt... (Once Upon a Time)(Sony-Columbia)
2004: Babos Project Romani feat. Trilok Gurtu: 75 perc (75 minutes) (Heart Music)
2006: Babos Gyula Project Special: Variáció (Variation) (Heart Music)
2005: Örömkoncert (Concert of Joy) – DVD
2007: Hobo Blues Band: Blues egy trombitásért (Blues for a Trumpeter)
2009: Rapsodia (Rhapsody)
2012: BALANCE
Awards and honors:
1966: 1st prize at the Jazz Competition of the Hungarian Radio
1991: eMeRTon Award
2003: Gábor Szabó Award
2005: Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Officer's Cross
2008: Ferenc Liszt Award
2012: Artisjus Pedagogy Prize
2014: Gramofon Lifetime Achievement Award, Music Teacher of the Year, from music instrument makers and distributors