Portal:Jazz/Did you know/19

... that vibraphonist Karel Velebný is considered one of the founders of modern Czech jazz?
... that Czech singer and pianist Jiří Šlitr died from coal gas poisoning? (grave pictured)
... that Czech jazz double-bassist Luděk Hulan co-founded Studio 5, one of the most important modern jazz ensembles in Czechoslovakia?
... that The Orckestra's debut performance was at the Moving Left Revue, a Communist Party benefit concert in London in 1977?

May 2009