The Benkó Dixieland Band was formed by jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader Sándor Benkó in 1957 in Hungary.

Sándor Benkó is the leader and founder of the Benkó Dixieland Band and one of the most popular jazz orchestra in Hungary – who has conducted numerous international tours around the globe. This Hungarian Dixieland orchestra is one of the best in the world and plays in the genuine traditional New Orleans Jazz style covering all the numbers from the Birth of Jazz to our Days trendy and common melodies with different soloist and a swinging stage performance. The band has released more than 56 albums and the line-up is trumpeter Bela Zoltan, trombonist and vocalist Ivan Nagy, pianist and vocalist Vilmos Halmos, banjo-player Jeno Nagy, bass-player Zsolt Kelemen, drummer Gábor Kovacsevics and leader Sandor Benkó.