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Gustav Brom Orchestra

Band,
Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Gustav Brom se svým orchestrem

Czechoslovak big band. Formed in 1940, led and conducted by Gustav Brom until his death in 1995. First recordings for Esta label in 1945. See also Combo Orchestru Gustava Broma for a related discography. In 1995 the orchestra has been officially renamed to Gustav Brom Big Band, and since then it is led by Vladimír Valovič. According to their official web site, the orchestra is still considered the very same subject, featuring Jaromír Hnilička as the longest active member since 1956. The orchestra has celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2010. Since January 2013 until December 2014 the Gustav Brom Big Band performs as the new Czech Radio “resident” big band under the name “Rozhlasový big band Gustava Broma”.

Members

	Jaromír Hnilička tr 1932-2016 CZ
	Gery Scott voc *1923 GB
	Ivan Dominák dr 1935-2013
	Stanislav Veselý tb 1928-1985
	Gustav Brom voc 1921-1995
	Josef Audes bs 1931-1993 CZ
	Miloš Machek vn 1923-1999
	Jarmila Veselá voc 1933-2017 GB
	Karel Krautgartner as, cl 1922-1982 DE
	Milan Pilar b, eb *1934 CZ
	Oldřich Blaha p *1930
	Hellmut Sickel eb DE
	Josef Blaha p, org, ob 1943-1973 CZ
	Jan Formánek tb CZ
	Helena Blehárová voc *1943 SK
	Milan Řežábek cb, b
	Zdeněk Novák ts *1938
	Mojmír Bártek tb *1942 CZ
	Alfa Šmíd tr, vib
	Bronislav Horák ts, sax
	Artur Pavlíček tr
	Václav Skála dr *1936 CZ
	Jaromír Honzák as, cl *1929
	Cyril Zeleňák dr, perc *1951 SK
	Milan Vidlák key, p CZ
	Dušan Húščava cl, ts, ss *1940
	Jan Slabák tr *1941
	Lubomír Novosad p 1922-1991
	Vladimír Valovič key *1945
	Milan Ulrich ts, sax *1924
	Antonín Julina g 1922-2006 US
	Igor Vavrda g 1948-2013 CZ
	Luděk Hulan cb, voc 1929-1979 CZ
	Josef Hruška bs, sax
	Miroslav Rücker sax, ts
	František Malát p
	Jan Kulíšek bj, fh *1927 FR
	Emil Janeček tu
	František Navrátil as, ss *1928
	Bill Moody dr US
	Josef Pelc tb
	Gustav Brom Jr. tb CZ
	Imre Móži cb, b
	Ivan Inochovský sax, ts
	M. Janoš tr
	Vítězslav Vavrda perc CZ
	Jan Hubáček b, eb CZ
	Jindřich Šmek tr
	Václav Holub tr CZ
	Lubomír Řezanina tr, fh *1932
	Günter Kočí fl, ts *1940 CZ
	Ladislav Hudeček dr
	Eduard Vizváry b
	Milan Černohouz voc *1943
	Miloslav Petr ts, as
	Štefan Šimo tb
	Václav Dadák dr
	Zdeněk Procházka p 1924-1977
	Věra Martinová voc, acg *1960 CZ