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Jazz Q

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This article is about the jazz band. For the jazz festival called Jazz Q between 2005 and 2007, see Petro Jazz.

Jazz Q
Jazz Q performing in 2011
Jazz Q performing in 2011
Background information
OriginPrague, Czechoslovakia
Genres
Years active1964–1986, 2001, 2003–present
Labels
MembersMartin Kratochvíl
Past members
  • Jiří Stivín
  • Luboš Andršt
  • František Francl
  • Vladimír Padrůněk
  • Michal Vrbovec
  • Joan Duggan
  • Mirka Křivánková
  • Jana Kratochvílová
  • Alexandr Čihař
  • Přemysl Faukner
  • Libor Laun
  • Pavel Trnavský
  • Vladimír Tomek
  • Oskar Petr
  • Zdeněk Fišer
  • Jaromír Helešic

Jazz Q is a Czech jazz fusion band from Prague.[1] It was established in 1964 in the former Czechoslovakia by musicians Martin Kratochvíl (keyboards) and Jiří Stivín (flute) but didn't gain recognition until the next decade. In 1970, Jazz Q released the jazz-rock album Coniunctio, together with Radim Hladík's Blue Effect. Stivín left the band the same year.[2] Following this, the group took their music in the direction of electric jazz and art rock, with a new lineup that included Luboš Andršt on guitar, Vladimír Padrůněk on bass, and Michal Vrbovec on drums. In 1973, Jazz Q was joined by English blues singer Joan Duggan.[2][3]

Band members

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Current

Past

  • Jiří Stivín – flute
  • Luboš Andršt – guitar
  • František Francl – guitar
  • Vladimír Padrůněk – bass
  • Michal Vrbovec – drums
  • Joan Duggan – vocals
  • Mirka Křivánková – vocals
  • Jana Kratochvílová – vocals
  • Alexandr Čihař – bass
  • Přemysl Faukner – bass
  • Libor Laun – drums
  • Pavel Trnavský – drums
  • Vladimír Tomek – percussion
  • Oskar Petr – vocals
  • Zdeněk Fišer – guitar
  • Jaromír Helešic – drums

Discography

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  • Coniunctio (1970)
  • Pozorovatelna (1973)
  • Symbiosis (1974)[4]
  • Elegie (1976)
  • Zvěsti (1978)
  • Hodokvas (1979)
  • Hvězdoň (1984)
  • 1974-75 live (1991)
  • The Best of Jazz Q (1995)
  • Martin Kratochvíl & Jazz Q (2007 – 8-CD box set)[3]
  • Znovu (2013)
  • Živí Se Diví: Live in Bratislava 1975 (2013)[5]
  • Talisman (2016)
  • Amulet (2020)

References

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  1. ^ "Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" (in Czech)
  2. ^ a b "Jazz Q prujede do Draku" Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
  3. ^ a b "Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" [Martin Kratochvíl - Musical Feast with Jazz Q]. muzikus.cz (in Czech). 16 January 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Jazz Q – Symbiosis". artrock.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Płyta legendy czeskiego jazz-rocka" [Czech Jazz-Rock Legend Album]. jazzforum.com.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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