Jazz Q
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Jazz Q | |
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 Jazz Q performing in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1964–1986, 2001, 2003–present |
| Labels | |
| Members | Martin Kratochvíl |
| Past members |
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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]
Current
- Martin Kratochvíl – keyboards
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
