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Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra

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

Big band of the Czechoslovak Radio, originally established in 1960 in Prague as “Taneční orchestr Československého rozhlasu” (Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra, 1967–1968 also known as Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (2)) and led by Karel Krautgartner until 1968. Having identical personnel as the latter two, this orchestra name was used for jazz recordings and releases from 1962 until 1992, usually conducted by Kamil Hála. In 1993 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”.)

Members

	Ivan Dominák dr 1935-2013
	Josef Vejvoda dr *1945 CZ
	Laco Deczi tr *1938 US
	Karel Krautgartner as, cl 1922-1982 DE
	Rudolf Rokl p 1941-1997 CZ
	Felix Slováček ss, as, cl *1943
	Ladislav Pikart tb 1930-1980
	Václav Týfa tr *1943
	Radim Hladík g *1946 CZ
	Zdeněk Dvořák g *1945
	Michal Pavlíček g, voc *1956 CZ
	Jiří Tomek perc, cng *1949 CZ
	Petr Kořínek eb, b *1943
	Jiří Jelínek tr, voc 1922-1984 CZ
	Zdeněk Pulec tb 1936-2010 CZ
	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
	Vladimír Žižka dr 1927-2009
	Vincenc Kummer b, cb *1941 CH
	Bedřich Kuník ts, sax
	Kamil Hála p 1931-2014 CZ
	Luděk Hulan cb, voc 1929-1979 CZ
	Vladimír Tomek g 1923-1984
	Bedřich Beránek tb
	Václav Král tr
	František Kryka sax, bs *1930
	Karel Turnovský dr *1928 CZ
	Artur Hollitzer tb 1937-1970 DE
	Štěpán Markovič ts, ss *1957
	Jiří Doubrava tb
	Tomáš Křemenák bs, ts *1962