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Libor Šmoldas Organ trio @ U Malého Glena   There were no discounts given on the quality of the music last night at U Malého Glena jazz club, Black Friday or not! Libor Šmoldas Organ trio (Libor Šmoldas – g; Jakub Zomer – org; Tomáš Zelený – dr.) made sure that the concert held the […]

Libor Šmoldas and Milan “Angelo” Novák Those of you who follow these pages are aware that I had a musical experience a short time ago that’s very unusual, under the headline “When Two Becomes One”, with Libor Šmoldas and Milan “Angelo” Novák, was one of this year’s highlights in the Czech world of music. If you haven’t read it or

The Czech soul… U Staré paní (The Old Lady) last night, full to the brim, there was even a queue outside and not everybody got in. The reason was to be found in the Czech soul… named Soul ožil (Markéta Chladová, Ondřej Nechvátal, Kateřina Vlastová, Anna Šteklová, Kristýna Kanická, Martin Jozífek, Michal Havlíček, Jan Korba,

The culmination of Independence Day And again! Atelier 57, that’s the best jazz club in Prague, the one in Beroun, stayed faithful to their chosen direction and offered us a very high classed music experience to end the Czech national day (Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day.). Under the name Yuriy Seredin Quartet, Yuriy Seredin

Petra Vlková and Sonic Playground U Staré paní (The Old Lady) last night,  Petra Vlková and Sonic Playground, a new name to an old recipe, fortunately only the name has changed, the ingredients still holds the same high quality with Petra Vlková (voc), Mikuláš Pokorný (p) & Libor Šmoldas (g),  It’s been awhile since I saw this

Soulmate’s that found each other. I’d like to know the feeling when you as an artist go up on the stage, when you have a performance with a fellow colleague who you have never even seen or met before. You make up a setlist when you meet, about 30min. before the gig starts. You have a

Party time! 🥳 U Staré Paní or The Old Lady, celebrated its 7th birthday in this form last night, and in style. The sophisticated stylish jazz club as we know went totally wild. This was really a night of dancing and partying. If you were there, you know what I’m talking about, if you were

Jazz Dock goes To the Roots Last night the absolutely packed Jazz Dock was honored by legends in Czech music life, Jan Spálený & A.S.P.M. (Jan Spálený (p.,tr), Filip Jeníček (dr), Michael Gera (tr), Filip Spálený (tu.b.) and special guest Ondřej Kabrna (ac)). Jan himself who is among many considered to be one of the

They did it again! For those of you who follow yhalinen.com, you are aware that not very long ago I was at a concert with a group called Bohemia After Dark. And if, then you are also aware that I was quite impressed with what I heard and saw. If you need to refresh your memory go back and

What a night… 2x Wilkins, 1x “Kaštan” Baroš and 1x J.Simpson (Skip Wilkins (piano), Dan Wilkins (saxophone), Tomáš “Kaštan” Baroš (bass), Jesse Simpson (drums)) that’s what it takes to make a successful night. This quartet finished their four gig mini European tour @ Atelier 57 last night. This was again a night of laid back,