Band of a singer/organist/piano player Jakub Zomer. Come to listen Blues and Funky! Songs from Ray Charles, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson or The Meters!

This band - Hammond organ/vocal , saxophone, guitar and drums will bring You some huge energy!

Eric Stanglin is a blues guitarist and vocalist from Oklahoma. Heavily influenced by classic blues artists such as Muddy Waters, Elmore James and Hound Dog Taylor, as well as classic blues-based rock, Eric's current band, The Juke Joint Heroes, takes a “keep it simple” approach to their music. With a deep connection to roots music garnered through many years with the blues, Eric Stanglin and The Juke Joint Heroes play what can only be called the real stuff.

Eric Stanglin Rhythm/Lead/Slide Guitar and Vocals, Jan Cisař Bass, Jiří Maršíček Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Jan Podzimek Drums

Charlie Slavík is the most highly regarded harmonica player in the Czech Republic. His ability to play the harmonica crosses genres and has contributed to his playing as a soloist on numerous recordings.He has played with a wide range of foreign bands not only in Europe, but also in the USA.Original compositions are interspersed with blues standards. 

www.charlieslavik.cz

The band showcases stars from the next generation of musicians:
Vocal, harmonica - Charlie Slavík
Guitar, vocal - Steve Walsh (USA)
Drums - Marcus Jurkovič
Bass - Milan Schmidt

The Simpson Trio is a soul blues band that swings. The blues is the foundation of everything the Trio plays, and whether the Trio is playing Otis Redding, Van Morrison, or Nat King Cole, the blues can always be heard. Singer and guitarist Ryan Simpson grew up in Memphis, where he was exposed to a variety of great music, from blues to rock-a-billy to Memphis soul to jazz. The Trio is made up of guitar, bass/keyboards, and drums.

In 2022, Peter Zeman Quartet proudly celebrates the 23rd anniversary of its existence. Petr Zeman, the central figure of this ensemble is a well renown Czech modern jazz guitarist. Peter plays his own compositions and those of his colleagues inspired by jazz & fusion genre.

Peter Zeman Quartet is composed of prime musician in the jazz and reck scene of Prague. Petr Zeman guitar, Pavel Fanta piano, trumpet, Štěpán Eliáš piano, French horn, FilipSpálený, Jáchym Bašek, Zdeněk Wimpy Tichota bass, Pavel Razím, Jan Červenka, Filip Jeníček drums.

Young generation blues, funk and shuffles - el. guitar, Key., bass, drums, trumpet.

This band plays in a fusion style, i.e. a sharp mixture of jazz with the funk, latino, afro, and bop elements. 

Quartet - tenor sax, keyboard, bassguitar, drums.

The band started of as a Guitar - Hammond – Drums trio giving a tribute to Jack McDuff/George Benson repetoire from the 1960' crossover era. The Hammond organ is now often altered by an Electric Bass which gives more room for Adam Tvrdy's rich harmonical guitar playing. This group combines variety of musical styles and eras including tunes by Jack McDuff, Sting, Led Zeppelin, Bob Berg, Lalo Schifrin, and others. With their original arrangements and virtuous improvisations some well known songs get a unique face you never heard before.

Quartet - Gt, B, D

Taste real jazz from a band with New Orleans experience!

Jiri Masacek - cornet
Josef Pospisil - trombone, vocal
Zdenek Kalhous - piano
Jan Greifoner - bass
Milos Kejr - drums

Prague based blues guitar player and singer. Hammond organ trio consisting of experienced musicians goes beyond the blues revivals. New  ingoing generation bluesmen who honour the roots of electric blues heritage. Marcel Flemr `s original expression, strong blues feeling and authentic sound is strongly printed into his original songs from brand new upcoming CD…

“Marcel Flemr belongs to the most convincing stars of the young czech blues generation” (Ondřej Bezr)

"One of the best contemporary czech guitar players" (iDNES.cz)

Gt, Voc, Org, b, D

Repertory comes from blues roots. The great show of the frontman guitarist and singer Martin Ketner is the best preference of MKB, which is completed by the pulsating rhythm of bass and drums. Their own repertory is usually completed by bluesrock standards, so it is possible to receive mesage of S.R. Vaughan, J. Hendrix, G. Moore, J. Bonamassa, K. W. Shepherd and others. The musicians played blues in other bands before, even they were support of B. B. King concert.

Martin Ketner (guitar & vocals)
Miro Eagleson (bass)
LS:Freedom (drums)

Young guitarist and singer Jan Truneček playing on the melodies of Louisiana, Delta & Chicago blues, on electric, acoustic and resophonic guitars, accompanied by a Czech-British-American trio. The signature play of Milan Trunecek (upright bass, bass guitar), sophisticated rhythmics delivered by Kamil Nemec, and stylish harmonica under control of Kevin Hawkins, makes the Chance encounter an unforgettable musical experience.

Jan Smigmator is a jazz and swing singer, who has adopted the legacy of easy listening vocalists such was Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Mel Tormé and the living legend Tony Bennett.

Mostly Blues Classics and from Muddy Waters, BB King, Elmore James, T-Bone Walker but also Eric Clapton and John Mayall are interpreted in a powerful way, sometimes very close to the original but also modern up-to-date. They have been described as traditional Blues Band playing classics from the cotton fields to Chicago.

Johnny Judl (bass guitar, lead vocal) — graduate at Prague Conservatory Of Music, multiinstrumentalist, as a musician traveled and performed through the Europe. He is a member of a famous band called Jablkoň (The Apple) with which he recorded over 11 CD´s and traveled through Europe, USA or Africa.

Michal Nosek (drums, vocal) – graduate at KJJ and Jazz intepretation at JAMU. His style of playing is very versatile and he plays in many different projects such as Personal Highway, eggnoise, Jana Lota, Maraca, Mario Bihary etc. With Michael we have put up some weight again, because he makes a great benefit for us and our playing.

Excellent blues act and perfectly enjoyable live performance! Big-time recommendation to blues lovers in Prague!

Csaba Csendes Trio feat. Elena Sonenshine is an international formation of jazz musicians from Czech, Slovak and Hungarian music scene. The repertoire of the band consists mainly of well-known jazz standards, creatively interpreted under the influence of various musical styles (swing, blues, latin, world, pop ... ). The beautiful voice of talented singer, accompanied by piano, bass and drums, caress ears not only to lovers of jazz music.

International Music Project Helping Children of Refugees

Musicians from America, France and Germany get together on stage to perform the music they grew up with. From blues and country, to polka and waltz – this is a unique opportunity to see and hear twenty professional artists with a diversity of styles and national backgrounds never heard before in this combination. From places as far apart as Nashville and Philadelphia, Toulouse, Paris, and Baden-Württemberg come alphorn, electric guitar, washboard, harmonica – each a core instrument of its genre – and they are joined by many more, to create an exceptional sound experience. Four concerts will take place in Gemmingen and Prague this summer and all the proceeds will go to benefit refugee children from all over the world in the Heilbronn area. The aim is to support their integration and provide materials and lessons for cultural activities such as music and sport. The project has been set up with the help of charitable donations from companies and private persons.

Jakub Dolezal is a sideman for many well-known Prague bands. His quartet came to existence in 2007. If you're interested in jazz with elements of rock or funk, you might like Jakub's arrangements of popular songs or his original compositions.

Legendary czech guitarist Luboš Andršt with his seasoned Blues Band feauturing Dani Robinson, Pavel Razim on drums and Pavel Novak on bass guitar. Luboš with his Blues Band has been opening show of B.B. King allready twice. For the first time on the year 1998 at the Prague - "Kongresové centrum" and in the year 2000 at Zlín city - "Golem club". On the both concerts was Luboš even as the part of the own show B.B. King´s, because he invited him on the stage as the guest.

Luboš Andršt - guitar, Pavel Razim - drums, Pavel Novák - bass, Marek Hlavica harp, vocal.

Powerfull groove, soul, blues and somehow completely different singer.Would you like to know about this band? Come and have some fun. Experience is vital :-)

Quartet (Voc, Gt, B, D)

Tune in to the wavelength of Hanelle Blue. Blue is an elementary colour in the colour spectrum 
and similarly blues is the basis of various music styles. Powerful singer Hanka Rihova can employ all shades of blue:
From deep indigo through lighter soul hues, turqoise tint of spiritual to robin’s egg blue.
The repertoire of the dynamic Hanelle Blue band features songs by Robert Johnson,
Etta James or Koko Taylor as well as originals inspired by Hanka’s travels around the blue planet.

Quartet - Lead. vocal, el. guitar, bass, drums.

The musicians who play with March15 are all experienced instrumentalists and a „who‘s who“ in the swiss and international music scene.

Jazz-Pop-Rock.

More at www.march15.ch

Canadian guitarist, singer and songwriter Jonathan Gaudet brings a new twist to the Blues. Three instruments, three languages, one voice. On his resonator, guitar or ukulele, in English, French or Spanish, he delivers originals and standards alike with the same high adrenaline energy. Delta Blues with a new groove.

Adriano Trindade comes from the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre and is one of the most acclaimed performers of contemporary modern samba. Adriano participated in major festivals in Europe and played in renowned jazz clubs. Instrumental prowess, energy and overall chemistry of the band is at a really high level. Adriano Trindade - vocals, guitar Jakub Dolezal - tenor saxophone Jan Bálek - Burnt key Filip - bass Ondřej Pomajsl - drums

Singer with an unusually captivating voice and extraordinary genre overlap. With her voice, do not be afraid to cut through all the bays of jazz music in the whole range of its development from Dixieland and swing to modern composition.

Charlie Sawyer is renowned for his blues harmonica and his chronicles of blues greats. He's coming to Europe again, in 2014, leading a great ensemble of Czech bluesmen, "Jakub Zomer, Jiří Hokeš and Martin Šulc.

In the USA Sawyer leads his own ensemble "2120 South Michigan Avenue," named after the address of Chess Record in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1960's. Sawyer played with BB King in 2004 when the King of the Blues was Sawyer's guest at Harvard University and his band also invited to open for B.B. King.

Sawyer held sold-out audiences in rapture during his European tours of 2000 and 2002. The manager turned off the sound system after Sawyer's fifth encore at a leading jazz venue in Prague's Old City--otherwise he might still be playing encores there.

Blue Mood quartet is the bend who plays song of Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, B.B King, Mark Knopfler, Johny Lang, Gary Moore and more.

• Jaromír Hůla - voc. gt. harp.
• Michal Beneš - voc. gt.
• Jan Marek - drums.
• Tomáš Siegl - bas.

The band brings to Prague blues platforms famous music experience bonded by pulsating rhythm of Kamil Němec drums and Martin Zpěvák bass with meticulously and richly sophisticated playing by Jan Kysela (lead guitar) and Jaromír Hůla´s warmhearted singing and melodious blues harp. Repertoire of the program consists of movie melodies, swing classics and popular jazz and blues songs.

Jaromír Hůla, the band leader, harmonica player and singer, started out as a musician, although early, but with the game on his beloved instrument relatively late, at thirty-five years. Today he is one of the best harmonica players in Prague. He has performed in many folk and country groups, but then changed to the blues, which remains true to this day.

Bio - Lady I Trio

The blues group "Lady I" was founded in 1995. The main person was and still remains a singer and harmonica player Ivana Novotna (Lady I = Lady Ivana),in Czech known under the nickname "Erzika". Another important face was an excellent blues guitarist Milan Spacek. Excellent rhythm section was formed by the bassist Miroslav Vorlicek and the drummer Lubos Hnat. In this composition, the group successfully operated for almost 15 years and has performed in clubs and open air festivals in Czech, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. In the Czech Republic they played as the support band for famous blues stars such as B.B.King and Duke Robillard. After the death of guitarist Milan Spacek in 2013, the band stopped their activities. Now,"Lady Ivana" comes on the stage with a new  project "Lady I Trio - Acoustic" with a more intimate sound, but still full of energy!

Daniel Bulatkin is one of the most talented pianists and organists under 20y/o in the Czech Republic. Despite his age he cooperates with world-famous players such as Ulf Wakenius and Gary Husband. Kirill Yakovlev is a skilled crossover guitarist and composer well-known from his previous project CIRILIC. This duo cooperates with highly in-demand European drummers such as Utsi Zimring or Petr Nohavica. Balancing between piano and organ; guitar, duduk and balalajka; drums, exotic percussion and electronics; Organism seeks to create unforgettable music textures and powerful rhythms. Inspired by world music, americana, ambient, blues and jazz traditions, Organism pioneers a new synthesis of genre and sound in the organ trio paradigm.

DANIEL BULATKIN – hammond organ & synth 
KIRILL YAKOVLEV – e. guitar, duduk & effects 
UTSI ZIMRING / PETR NOHAVICA – drums & percussion

Mario's Bros is a power trio contained of guitar (Libor Šmoldas), Hammond organ (Jakub Zomer) and drums (Marek Urbánek), that plays jazz, blues and funk arrangements of computer games music. It doesn't matter if You're jazz fan, or a vintage games enthusiast. Come to listen to the famous (and also less known) compositions from computer games.

Good Morning Blues Band is a Czech-American trio, playing acoustic music inspired by Mississippi blues, country-blues and bluegrass. The band has been on the music scene since 2012 and has played over 1000 concerts throughout Europe.

Good Morning Blues Band concerts are known for their energy-filled show, playfulness and great instrumental performances.

Allison Wheeler is a jazz/contemporary vocalist,educator, and composer from Monterey, California(USA). She is a versatile singer with a heavy focus on improvisation and a love for creative challenge. In Europe, she is accompanied by the trio of the young Czech jazz pianist Daniel Bulatkin, which features Max Makagonov on double bass and Petr Nohavica on drums.Allison Wheeler is a jazz/contemporaryvocalist,educator, and composer from Monterey, California(USA). She is a versatile singer with a heavy focus on improvisation and a love for creative challenge. In Europe, she is accompanied by the trio of the young Czech jazz pianist Daniel Bulatkin, which features Max Makagonov on double bass and Petr Nohavica on drums.

Charlie Slavík and The Rhythm Girls. This time he will be accompanied by the women's vocal trio The Rhythm Girls. This trio consists of exceptional singers Tereza Nálevková, Radka Říhová and Karolína Otvlová. The listeners also know them well from solo performances called The Sisters of Ježek. The reliable and imaginative accompaniment of this musical connection is underlined by a rising star of the Czech music heaven, the exceptionally talented guitar player Jakub Červinka.

We wish you a wonderful musical experience.

Open Mic in Ungelt!
Come and play in the jazz club Ungelt near Old Town Square and present your work of any genre in front of the audience, we are open to everyone!
For the audience we have a unique opportunity to get to know a number of unseen authors and performers of various musical genres, and for the musicians we have the opportunity to meet their friends and colleagues from the field on one stage.
Perhaps it is not necessary to add that Admission is free :-)

INFORMATION FOR PERFORMERS:
The club has basic sound (mixer, active speakers, microphones and stands).
You can come and play directly from the street, or secure a place via SMS on the number 607 979 985 (Honza).

FREE-RIDE is a rock band based Prague, Czech Republic founded by Italian guitar player Dario Sand and American singer Brynn Stephens in 2011.

The band is made up of professional musicians living in Prague who toured in the past with Cheap Trick, Great White, Doro, Apocaliptyca, etc. currently playing in clubs, company parties, festivals across the Czech Republic (headliner for DrevoRockFest, VecnaJizda biker fest, American Day, Hradecka V8, etc.).

FREE-RIDE is playing a mix of rock classic covers and originals, their style is a mix of blues, hard rock and funk,  playing songs from Free, Bachman Turner Overdrive, ZZ Top, Grand Funk Railroad, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.
The band took their name from the classic Edgar Winter song. So everyone..... come on and take a FREE-RIDE!

The band:
Brynn Stephens - Lead vocals, harmonica
Dario S - Guitar, vocals, keyboards
Michal Zdansky - Bass, vocals
Hugo Lindaur - Drums

This exciting new international project consists of a seasoned rhythm section: Norwegian bassist Per Mathisen & Israeli drummer Utsi Zimring; and a new discovery on the Czech jazz scene – young lion Daniel Bulatkin. 

The qualities of the Mathisen-Zimring rhythm section are proven by the long list of world-renowned jazz stars that have been accompanied by it over the years – for example Ulf Wakenius (Oscar Peterson, Michael Brecker); Mike Stern (Billy Cobham, Miles Davis); Dave Kikoski (Grammy award winner for an album with the Mingus Big Band) and many others. The last musician mentioned – Dave Kikoski – has released a very critically acclaimed album with Mathisen and Zimring in 2016 called "New York City Magic" at the European label Alessa Records.  

This ensemble mainly presents original compositions of all its members, which oscillates on the edges of modern mainstream jazz (with elements of world music) & high-energy fusion – the classical acoustic trio paradigm and modern electric bands. The repertoire is topped off with creatively arranged jazz standards from the post-bop period.

DANIEL BULATKIN (CZ/RU) – piano, fender rhodes & synth 
PER MATHISEN (NO) – double bass & bass guitar 
UTSI ZIMRING (ISR) – drums

Podzimní pražské jazzové dny Starého města a Malé Strany - ONLINE STREAM (16-17 prosinec 2020)

https://www.facebook.com/UngeltProdukcni/live/

Středa 16.12

18:30 Milan Svoboda Quartet www.milansvoboda.com

Hudba kvarteta Milana Svobody navazuje na tradici moderního jazzu 60. a 70. let. Objevují se zde však také vlivy rocku, folklóru a soudobé vážné hudby. Milan Svoboda řadí často své kompozice do větších tématických celků a vznikají tak příznačné suity, které umožňují dostatek prostoru pro kreativní improvizace všech členů skupiny.

20:00 O.J. Žlábek & His Harpriders

O.J Žlábek & His Harpriders- Vycházející hvězda na místní bluesové scéně- mladý hráč na foukací harmoniku hrající autentické Chicago blues, inspirováno velikány jako je Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, BB a Freddie King, ale i spoustou dalších bluesových legend. Měl Příležitost hrát s Chicagským bluesovým zpěvákem Lorenzo Thompsonem na jeho nedávno vydaném albu I Got Your Back.

Čtvrtek 17.12

18:00h Petr Zeman Quartet

Soubor, který v letošním roce oslavuje 22 let trvání a v jehož popředí stojí jeden z předních kytaristů české moderní jazzové scény. Petr Zeman hraje zejména vlastní kompozice a skladby svých kolegů na pomezí jazzu a fusionu.

19:30h Ryan Simson Trio 

Ryan Simpson

The Simpson Trio je swingující soul-bluesová kapela. Poctivý základ ukotvený v blues je patrný a všudypřítomný - ať už trio hraje písně Otise Reddinga, Van Morrisona nebo Nat King Colea. Její zakladatel, zpevák a kytarista Ryan Simpson pochází z Memphisu, kde vstřebal různé vlivy od blues, přes rock-a-billy, memphiský soul až po jazz. Toto uskupení hraje ve složení kytara, basová kytara/klávesy a bicí, na které exceluje Jan Prchal.

"Děkujeme Magistrátu Hlavního města Prahy, bez jehož pomoci by tento festival nemohl vzniknout“

Listopad
indie folk

The launch of the album November will take place on April 29 at 6 pm in the Ungelt Jazz Club, Týnská 10, Prague 1.
At the same time, with this event, we will seal the legendary Ústí - Lovosice - Prague tour with the bands Fridrich & Fridrich and Šavlozubý ponožky.
Admission is voluntary!

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https://nesnasimlistopad.cz

Chupacabras is a band mostly playing their original material, ranging from pure rckn'roll to more complicated ballads.   The lyrics are written by film architect, singer and guitarist Petr Kunc, the music he composes together with keyboardist Zuzana Bonish and guitarist Felipe Machado. Felipe is an excellent Brazilian guitarist who has been playing with the band's drummer Vlad Knížek since high school in Florianopolis.   The band is releasing their first album this year, recorded over four years at Sono studios.  During the lockdown, they self-recorded the song and music video Bird Song .

The music group CZ Band has been performing concerts in this five-member composition since 2021. It characterizes its own music as acoustic, folk rock and blues rock. Musically, the band is characterized by an emphasis on strong violin and guitar performance, which makes the band characteristic.

Among other things, the group cites the modern American Southern rock band Zac Brown Band or the British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons as its model.

Míla Černý – vocals, electro-acoustic guitar
Pavel Sadílek – vocals, electro-acoustic guitar, harmonica
Míra Thera – violin, vocals
Martin Jelínek – bass guitar, vocals
Steve Schneider - drums, congas, cajon

The Blue Hats group was formed to interpret compositions by Yellowjackets, Steps Ahead, Michael Brecker Band, Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Joshua Redman and other authors of "contemporary jazz and smoothjazz music".

Marek Buble - sax., Michal Doležal - key., Jan Heřman - b., Jan Bárta - d.

Bharata Rajnošek is a graduate of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and Berkley College of Music. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing various types of saxophones, trumpet, flute, trombone and keyboards.

As a musician, he is active in the bands Rajnošek B.and, Alvik, Vesna Cáceres and Ánima, Atarés, Latin Wave, Fresh Uncles. He is a member of Felix Slováček Big Band, Czech Radio Big Band and Golden Bigband Prague. Previously he played with Švihadlo, Tandem plus, Agon Orchestra, Richter Band, Jazz Heads, Marek Šmaus Quartet, Dubonet, Jazz Efterrätt, Jana Koubková and Guru Band, Babalet, Jeff Biograf Band, Wooden Toys, Petit trio, Return to Silence (New Silence), Sajkedelik šraml Band and Extempore.