b, US
Musician / Composer of Classical
American classical and jazz contrabassist and composer, who lived and performed in Czechoslovakia from the mid-1950s until the early 1960s. Husband of vocalist and dancer Jacqueline Ward. As an American “political refugee”, in the 1950s Ward had a significant influence on the Czechoslovak communist authorities concerning the acceptance of jazz music as an art form in Czechoslovakia.
The Prague Symphony Orchestra |