Blue Effect (band)
Encyclopedia
Blue Effect is a Czech
progressive rock
band, also operating under the names M. Efekt and Modrý efekt since their formation in 1968. The line up included Radim Hladík, formerly of The Matadors
. They changed several times their style from rhythm and blues
, across jazz fusion
to art rock
.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
progressive rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band, also operating under the names M. Efekt and Modrý efekt since their formation in 1968. The line up included Radim Hladík, formerly of The Matadors
The Matadors
The Matadors were a beat band from Czechoslovakia. The members were Otto Bezloja , Radim Hladík , Jan "Farmer" Obermayer , Miroslav "Tony Black" Schwarz as well as Karel Kahovec and Vladimír Mišík . The latter two have been replaced in late 1966 by ex-Flamengo Viktor Sodoma jr...
. They changed several times their style from rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, across jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
to art rock
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...
.