Karel Vlach
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Karel Vlach was a Czech
dance orchestra conductor and arranger.
He founded his first orchestra in 1938. Many important composers, instrumentalists and arrangers of the Czech jazz scene gradually went through his band. In 1947-48 Vlach's orchestra cooperated with the V+W Theatre (former Osvobozené divadlo
). He recorded prolifically with Supraphon
and his output includes both light classical and orchestral as well as jazz and pop arrangements for big band with strings. He also arranged and conducted many Czech film scores from 1940 to 1980. He launched the singing careers of Czech artists Yvetta Simonová (whom he married) and Milan Chladil in 1958. He and his musical colleagues Dalibor Brazda
and Gustav Brom
also arranged and recorded many titles for British singer Gery Scott
in the late 1950s, mostly from what is now termed the American Songbook series. Many of these titles are now collectors items.
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dance orchestra conductor and arranger.
He founded his first orchestra in 1938. Many important composers, instrumentalists and arrangers of the Czech jazz scene gradually went through his band. In 1947-48 Vlach's orchestra cooperated with the V+W Theatre (former Osvobozené divadlo
Osvobozené divadlo
Osvobozené divadlo was a Prague avant-garde theatre scene founded as the theatre section of an association of Czech avant-garde artists Devětsil in 1926. The theatre's beginnings were strongly influenced by Dadaism and Futurism, later by Poetism...
). He recorded prolifically with Supraphon
Supraphon
Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, it is oriented mainly towards publishing classical music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers.- History :...
and his output includes both light classical and orchestral as well as jazz and pop arrangements for big band with strings. He also arranged and conducted many Czech film scores from 1940 to 1980. He launched the singing careers of Czech artists Yvetta Simonová (whom he married) and Milan Chladil in 1958. He and his musical colleagues Dalibor Brazda
Dalibor Brazda
Dalibor Brazda , was a Czech/Swiss music composer, arranger, and conductor.Born in Fryšták, Moravia, he studied at the conservatory in Brno and the Academy of Music in Prague...
and Gustav Brom
Gustav Brom
Gustav Brom, was a Czech big band leader, arranger, clarinettist and composer. He achieved fame in Europe and abroad from the 1940’s right through to his death in 1995...
also arranged and recorded many titles for British singer Gery Scott
Gery Scott
Gery Scott was a jazz and cabaret entertainer and teacher, whose performing career spanned 26 countries and over 60 years...
in the late 1950s, mostly from what is now termed the American Songbook series. Many of these titles are now collectors items.