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Jaroslav Šindler Quartet @ Jazz Dock 10.1 There’s is no glamour when Jaroslav brings his quartet to the stage (Jaroslav Šindler (guitar), Jan Štolba (tenor sax), Vít Švec (double bass) and Pavel Plašil (drums)), they bring their instruments and equipment them self, there are no roadies to be found, no hang arounds or groupies either, […]

Where to go and who to listen to… Again, this is very, very subjective information but since I only like good or very good music you should maybe give it a try! 😉 Prague is full of good music, no matter what time of the year, and if you follow my blog you’ve seen that

Petra Vlková and Libor Šmoldas charms the Old Lady It’s sensitive, it’s relaxing, it’s skillful but most of all it’s the joy that charms us when Petra Vlková (voc.) and Libor Šmoldas (g.) take the stage with their old jazz standards performed in a way that “you never know what’s coming!”. Last night (4.1) at

The Old Lady goes world class, 3.1.2025! Yes, they  kept all the expectations that were laid on them, and with a little plus. With a three set evening, continuing mostly tunes from the Great American Songbook, this absolutely fabulous duo made the old jazz standards sound like something really new and fresh on the music front, even

Libor Šmoldas, Milan “Angelo” Novák A small photographic pot-pourri of my music in the republic… Lucky us… I often feel blessed living in the Czech Republic—a country with an incredible amount of skilled musicians for its size. Many aren’t Czech by birth but are drawn here by the creative environment.Just like everywhere else, these artists

The culmination of a great music year The best jazz club in Prague, the one in Beroun, had its end of the season concert last night and in what way! An almost sold out A57 saw Kelly Green (voc.p) & Luca Soul (b) with guest and host Jesse Simpson (dr) give a concert that held more

(Black and White photo by Urzula Las) Michelle Nicolle fulfills the expectations I will not repeat myself from the last time, I’ll just state that this time I had expectations and they all came true. The feeling after the concert was like Santa gave you the top of your wishlist. I probably looked very stupid

The Sophisticated Lady from Australia Bastion Prague last night, Michelle Nicolle – voc; Ronny Ferrella – dr; Libor Šmoldas – g; Tomáš Baroš – b. Four absolutely top musicians in the world called jazz and yet… Sorry guys, this night belonged to The Lady of Jazz. Michelle Nicolle, what an absolutely new, exatings and pleasant experience

Time to start recording… Take your favorite song, learn it really well, so good that if somebody wakes you up in the middle of the night, you can perform it without any problem. When this is in your possession, get yourself into the bathroom, sing your song about ten times in a loud voice, like

Petra Vlková and Sonic Playground goes recording It’s an early morning hour in Svárov, a village about 20 km. from Prague. From Wikipedia we can learn that “Svárov is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.”It doesn’t sound very impressive, on