ArtistInfo

Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra

Band,
Pop and Jazz
A.k.a. Taneční orchestr Československého rozhlasu Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra Karel Krautgartner Orchestra Konstelace Josefa Vobruby Orchestr Josefa Vobruby Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (2)

Czech big band. Established in 1960 as the house orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio Prague, they were initially led by Karel Krautgartner. They split into the Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra in 1963, with an essentially identical lineup. The orchestra was temporarily renamed to Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (2) in March 1967 until Krautgartner’s emigration in August 1968. Between 1969–1982 the orchestra was led by Josef Vobruba, who had already been one of the conductors since 1962. From 1983 until 2001, the orchestra was led by Felix Slováček. In the early 1990s the orchestra’s name was changed to “Big Band Radio Praha” and eventually to “Big Band Českého Rozhlasu” (BB ČRo), still featuring František Kryka as the longest active member since 1961, and led by Václav Kozel since September 2002 until December 2012. (Since January 2013 until December 2014 the new Czech Radio “resident” big band is the former Gustav Brom Orchestra, presently led by Vladimír Valovič as “Rozhlasový big band Gustava Broma”.) Note: This artist should not be confused with the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra Bratislava which was a different ensemble, albeit with the same employer.

Members

	Karel Velebný vib, ts 1931-1989 CZ
	Ivan Dominák dr 1935-2013
	Josef Vejvoda dr *1945 CZ
	Laco Deczi tr *1938 US
	Karel Krautgartner as, cl 1922-1982 DE
	Josef Vobruba 1932-1982 CZ
	Rudolf Rokl p 1941-1997 CZ
	Felix Slováček ss, as, cl *1943
	Ladislav Pikart tb 1930-1980
	Václav Týfa tr *1943
	Pavel Větrovec key *1949
	Radim Hladík g *1946 CZ
	Zdeněk Dvořák g *1945
	Michal Pavlíček g, voc *1956 CZ
	Petr Kořínek eb, b *1943
	Jiří Jelínek tr, voc 1922-1984 CZ
	Tomáš Trapl voc *1964
	Karel Vágner eb *1942 CZ
	Pavel Zbořil dr, perc *1964
	Miroslav Koželuh tb
	Jan Čapoun tr
	Jiří Hlava tr *1945
	Miroslav Krýsl cl, as 1928-1988
	Karel Růžička ep, p 1940-2016 CZ
	Václav Hybš tr *1935
	Svatopluk Košvanec tb 1936-2013
	Petr Král ts, sax *1947 DE
	Richard Kubernát tr 1924-1981 CZ
	Pavel Vitoch tr, voc *1934
	Josef Pavelka tb *1944
	Milan Ulrich ts, sax *1924
	Jan Konopásek bs, fl, ts *1931 DE
	Jiří Hrubeš perc, dr *1958
	Vladimír Žižka dr 1927-2009
	Vincenc Kummer b, cb *1941 CH
	Bedřich Kuník ts, sax
	Vladimír Popelka *1931
	Ota Petřina 1949-2015 CZ
	Kamil Hála p 1931-2014 CZ
	Luděk Hulan cb, voc 1929-1979 CZ
	Vladimír Tomek g 1923-1984
	Miroslav Rücker sax, ts
	Bedřich Beránek tb
	Václav Král tr
	František Kryka sax, bs *1930
	Karel Turnovský dr *1928 CZ
	Artur Hollitzer tb 1937-1970 DE
	Jiří Doubrava tb
	Jiří Lahoda voc, g
	Bharata Rajnošek tr, fl