They were formed in 1957, and their first album was already a gold record. They won numerous domestic festivals and competitions, and received dozens of awards. During their performances, they worked with celebrities such as Milt Jackson, Freddy Hubbard, Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Joe Newman, Buddy Wachter, Henry Questa, Joe Muranyi, Eddy Davis, Cynthia Sayer, Herry Sweet Edison, Albert Nicolas, Wild Bill Davison, Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Huub Janssen and Acker Bilk. They successfully performed on Ki mit tud? in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1967. At the same time, their international career also took off: they toured in the GDR, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Poland. They made their mark in the West in the 1970s: in 1971 they won the Montreux Jazz Festival, in 1972 they received the Audience Award in San Sebastián, and in 1976 they were awarded the “Stars of the Years” award by London’s Music Week.