Where to go and who to listen to… Prague is full of good music, no matter what time of the year! I’ll give you a few hints about where to go if you’re lost in the surplus of what Prague has to offer, what to do in February. The city of course offers so much more, […]

Meet Jesse Simpson, multi-artist… January will see a well deserved break for Ateliér 57 and its organisers. So instead of the concert you are now offered a special edition concentrating on Jesse Simpson, our host @ A57. For us, the visitors of the best jazz club in Prague, the one in Beroun, Jesse is of course a

Luboš Soukup STANDARD Q @ U Malého Glena 17.1 What a refreshing evening.  Last night I stept out of the box a little and went to U Malého Glena for a session of modern jazz. Being a bit careful I took the safe approach and proceeded to this for me relatively new music form with a established band and musicians, Luboš Soukup STANDARD

Hetty Kate Trio, Jazz Dock 14.1 And it was just as good as it was supposed to be. She charmed, seduced and offered us an absolutely brilliant evening with the music they call jazz. Last night a sold out Jazz Dock, Prague saw the start of Hetty Kate, European tour. This lady who has been praised, glorified so

Nick Haywood Trio @ Jazz Dock 12.1 When three friends meet up, three friends who are all individually world class musicians, Nick Haywood – b; Libor Šmoldas – g; Jesse Simpson – dr., three friends who all also own the mastery of composing and most of all, three friends who have the joy and passion to play together as well as

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