Leslie Mándoki

Leslie Mándoki, born in 1953 in Budapest, fled communist Hungary for Germany in the mid-1970s and became known there as a musician and producer. In 1992 he founded the supergroup project Mandoki Soulmates, with which he has since performed jazz-rock and progressive rock alongside a rotating cast of international musicians, including Ian Anderson, Jack Bruce, Chaka Khan, Chris Thompson and Klaus Doldinger.