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

A full St. Nicholas Church bid a final farewell to Vladimir Pinta.

The musical location has changed… 😢 This week we will honor Vladimir Pinta who sadly passed away Saturday the 9th November, 2024 at the age of 91 years.  A street musician by his own choice, an Old Town legend for the inhabitants and tourists in Prague. Vladimir Pinta was not only a saxophone and trombone player,

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