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Prague Impro Room 17.3.2025 If you are looking for a unique and different music experience in the middle of Prague, keep on reading. Last night I found myself in the living room of jazz musicians Kristina Bárt a Marek Urbánek, in a room that had transformed into a jazz club/studio for one night. A club where Czech and international artists can join together for […]

Libor Šmoldas 4 & 3 goes video. Why? Videos are by no means anything new in the world of music, in fact its roots go back all the way to 1894! But then, like now, the amount of equipment and people used just to shoot a straight, not too complicated piece of film was, at

Libor Šmoldas duo feat.Jakub Duša @ U Staré paní 10.3.2025 Libor Šmoldas Duo series continued last night at U Staré paní (The Old Lady) when Libor got guitarist and teacher Jakub Duša as a guest. Jakub, a professional musician and music teacher, was a totally new name for me, again! He turned out to be a more than worthy

Adam Tvrdý Trio @ Jazz Dock 9.3.2025 Last night at the Jazzdock we were offered a band with experience, musicians who knew each other well enough without the need to ask “what’s then”, no need for music sheets or guidelines where to go next. A group with self confidence, skills and most of all, the

Ondra Žlábek Blues Band @ U Malého Glena 6.3.2025 It was a while since I saw Ondra and his harpriders (Ondřej Žlábek – harp, voc; Jiří Maršíček – gr,voc; Jan Svorník – b; Marcus Jurkovič – dr.), infact I’m not even sure what’s the bands official name is as for today? In many ways that’s not even important, I can get to

Libor Šmoldas 4 & 3 goes video It shouldn’t be too hard. Libor Šmoldas one of Europe’s best jazz guitarists, with the top of Czech jazz musicians (Jesse Simpson dr; Tomáš Baroš b; Mikuláš Pokorný p; Daniel Šoltis dr; Jakub Zomer org.) inside one of the best recording studios to be found on this continent, SONO Records. The perfect conditions to shoot a couple of straight

Jamie Marshall’s Amplified Acoustic Band @ Jazz Dock 28.2.2025 We are way into 2025 so it was about time that The Amplified Acoustic Band (Jamie Marshall, voc.g., Svatka Štěpánková, voc.b., Radek Hlávka, g., Martin Petrásek, d.) also got their roadshow back to where it belongs, that is of course on the stage!  And this time I know that I’m

Libor Šmoldas & Martin Hrubec @ U Staré paní 26.2.2025 The domestic meeting last night at the Old Lady between guitarists Libor Šmoldas & Martin Hrubec developed into an invigorating and interesting interpretation of mostly old jazz standards. A performance that would have deserved more audience, that high quality, was last night’s concert. Not that I feel sorry for the musicians,

Where to go and who to listen to… Here’s a few hints about where to go and what to do in March, if you’re lost in the musical surplus of what Prague has to offer! The city of course offers so much more, but just as a small guide, and this is very, very subjective

Jan Kyncl & Mikuláš Pokorný @ U Staré Paní 17.2.2025 Last night I completed my extended musical weekend attending a not so usual instrument combination at the Old Lady when, Jan Kyncl – saxophone & Mikuláš Pokorný – piano, stepped out of the regular frame and gave us a very interesting and in all, a very pleasant night. A duo with sax and