Jackie Orszaczky Musical artist

Miklós József "Jackie" Orszáczky (8 May 1948, Budapest, Hungary – 3 February 2008, Sydney, Australia) was a Hungarian-Australian musician, arranger, vocalist and record producer. His musical styles included jazz, blues, R&B, funk and progressive rock; he mainly played bass guitar – from the early 1990s he used a modified piccolo bass – but also various other instruments. He was married twice: first to Leah Bangma (until 1984) they had a daughter, Anna Orszaczky (now Shelly) (born 14 February 1980 aged 33); and to Tina Harrod, they also had a daughter, Mia Orszaczky (April 13, 2000 aged 13). In 2006 Orszaczky was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit by the Hungarian government. Also that year Orszaczky was diagnosed with leukaemia and died on 3 February 2008, aged 59.

Personal facts

Jackie Orszaczky
Alias (AKA)Orszáczky Miklós
Birth dateMay 08, 1948
Birth place
Hungary , Budapest , Józsefváros
Date of deathFebruary 03, 2008
Place of death
New South Wales , Sydney , Australia

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Musical artist

Career started1965
Career ended2008
associated musical artist
Marcia Hines
Bakery (band)
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Blues
Funk
Jazz
Rhythm and blues
Progressive rock
instrument
Bass guitar
Piano
Singing
Piccolo bass
record label
Festival Records
Shock Records

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External resources

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/www.whammo.com.au/index.asp
  2. http://www.orszaczky.com/index.html
  3. http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp
  4. http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm