Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers
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Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers | |
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 Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers performing in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Melody Makers |
| Origin | Prague, Czech Republic |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spinoff of | Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra |
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| Website | melodymakers |
Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers (lit. 'Ondřej Havelka and his Melody Makers'), or simply Melody Makers, is a Czech big band formed by Ondřej Havelka in 1995 in Prague. They primarily play American jazz standards and Central European jazz and swing music of the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
History
[edit]After leaving the jazz group Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra in 1995,[2] actor and singer Ondřej Havelka, son of actress Libuše Havelková and composer Svatopluk Havelka,[3] with his colleague Karel Majer, formed a 14-member big band, which they called Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers; Majer left after a year.[citation needed]
Band members
[edit]Current
- Ondřej Havelka – vocals
- Juraj Bartoš – trumpet, bandleader
- Michal Krása – trumpet
- Jiří Patócs – trumpet
- Michal Plecitý – trombone
- Petr Tichý – guitar
- David Maxa – drums
- Miroslav Lacko – piano
- Petr Vlášek – double bass
- Pavel Jordánek – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Martin Tříska – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Jan Tříska – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Bedřich Šmarda – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, clarinet
- Martin Zbrožek – violin
- Jiří Sládek – violin
Past
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Mě to tady nebaví (1998)
- Šťastný nový rok '98 (1998)
- Jen pro ten dnešní den (1999)
- Rhapsody in Blue: Pocta George Gershwinovi (1999)
- Swing It (2000)[citation needed]
- Sing, Sing, Sing featuring Sestry Havelkovy (2001)
- Vzpomínky na hvězdný prach (2002)
- Nejlepší kusy z repertoiru Ondřeje Havelky a jeho Melody Makers (compilation, 2003)
- Tentokrát zcela rozvrkočení (2005)
- Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers vám přejí veselé vánoce. Bílé a oranžové (2005)
- Rhapsody in Blue Room (2007)
- Saturnin (2010)
- Dávají perly swingu (2012)
- Kríze sem, kríze tam... (2014)
- Nás to tady furt baví (2015)
- Cole Porter with Magdalena Kožená (2017)
- Swing nylonového věku (2021)
- Nebe Na Zemi with Adam Plachetka (2023)
DVDs
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Ondrej Havelka – keeping 1920s jazz popular in the Czech Republic". english.radio.cz. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "Havelka a Melody Makers: něco starého i zcela nového" [Havelka and Melody Makers: something old and completely new]. brnensky.denik.cz (in Czech). 1 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ↑ "Ondrej Havelka – keeping 1920s jazz popular in the Czech Republic". radio.cz. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ↑ "Zemřela zpěvačka Věra Gondolánová" [The singer Věra Gondolánová died]. novinky.cz (in Czech). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ↑ "Premiéra: Pocta Věře Gondolánové" [Premiere: Tribute to Věra Gondolánová]. romea.cz (in Czech). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ↑ "Ondřej Havelka uvádí téměř kompletní almanach filmových písní". csfd.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ↑ "Potkal jsem svůj sen". csfd.cz9 (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
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