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 […]
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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
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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
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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,