Miroslav Bukovsky
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Miroslav Bukovsky is one of Australia
's leading jazz
trumpet
ers and composer
/arranger
s.
He has won the Jazz Action Society's Jazz Composers Competition several times and also teaches and does session work. He won an ARIA
Award for Best Jazz Album of 1994 with his band Wanderlust
, formed in 1991, which has released five albums to date. Miroslav has been lecturer in Jazz Trumpet at the Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
since 1999. He is a former student of famed American trumpeter teacher and pedagogue Bill Adam
.
Bukovsky co-founded Ten Part Invention with drummer John Pochee
and pianist Roger Frampton
in 1986, and has been active as a composer for this band. He has also composed for his other bands, including Major Minority, which he formed in 1987, and Wanderlust, formed in 1991. Wanderlust then went on to win the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album of 1994 with their 1993 self-titled first release, Wanderlust (Rufus Records/Universal).
Due in part no doubt to his classical training, Bukovsky has great technical control of the instrument. However, his initial focus for students is predominantly on the sound and tone produced. He has been teaching at a university level since the mid-seventies, first at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
and currently at the Canberra School of Music. Influenced by a wide variety of musicians including Louis Armstrong
, Freddie Hubbard
, Blue Mitchell
, Clifford Brown
, Dizzy Gillespie
, and Miles Davis
, Bukovsky incorporates aspects from all jazz styles into his playing. He feels that jazz is an ever-changing fusion of influences, and his successful experiments with the music highlight the truth of this belief.
He has had a long and established career, and has performed with many groups including:
Australia
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's leading jazz
Jazz
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trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
ers and composer
Composer
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/arranger
Arranger
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s.
He has won the Jazz Action Society's Jazz Composers Competition several times and also teaches and does session work. He won an ARIA
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
Award for Best Jazz Album of 1994 with his band Wanderlust
Wanderlust (jazz band)
Wanderlust is an Australian contemporary jazz band led by trumpeter Miroslav Bukovsky that formed in 1991. The original lineup comprised Bukovksy, James Greening , Carl Orr , Alister Spence , Adam Armstrong and Fabian Hevia .Their self-titled debut CD won the Best Jazz Album ARIA award in 1994...
, formed in 1991, which has released five albums to date. Miroslav has been lecturer in Jazz Trumpet at the Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
Australian National University
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since 1999. He is a former student of famed American trumpeter teacher and pedagogue Bill Adam
William Adam (trumpeter)
William Adam is an American trumpeter, respected pedagogue, and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. He was highly analytical as a teacher, but always avoided discussing the mechanical aspects of trumpet playing with a student. Instead he "taught" by demonstration and by explanation in terms...
.
Biography
Born in Czechoslovakia, Bukovsky grew up listening to jazz on illegal 'Voice of America' late-night broadcasts. Originally classically trained, he joined various big bands while still living in Czechoslovakia. When the Soviet army invaded his homeland in 1968, Bukovsky, who was then on tour, decided not to return. He migrated to Australia and soon found a place for himself in the Sydney jazz scene. Despite then having only a basic grasp of English, Bukovsky met a number of musicians and quickly made a name for himself jamming with them. It wasn't long before he was playing in such groups as the Daly-Wilson Big Band and Bob Bertle's Moontrane.Bukovsky co-founded Ten Part Invention with drummer John Pochee
John Pochee
John Pochée, is a Jazz Drummer and Bandleader.John Pochée was born in Sydney, Australia in 1940.His career as a professional musician began in 1956. He formed The Last Straw in 1974 and also played with the Judy Bailey Quartet from 1974 to 1979...
and pianist Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton was an Australian jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, and educator. Based in Sydney, he played a major role in shaping the evolution of Australian jazz...
in 1986, and has been active as a composer for this band. He has also composed for his other bands, including Major Minority, which he formed in 1987, and Wanderlust, formed in 1991. Wanderlust then went on to win the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album of 1994 with their 1993 self-titled first release, Wanderlust (Rufus Records/Universal).
Due in part no doubt to his classical training, Bukovsky has great technical control of the instrument. However, his initial focus for students is predominantly on the sound and tone produced. He has been teaching at a university level since the mid-seventies, first at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
and currently at the Canberra School of Music. Influenced by a wide variety of musicians including Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
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, Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
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, Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell
Richard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...
, Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown , aka "Brownie," was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. He died aged 25, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings...
, Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
, and Miles Davis
Miles Davis
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, Bukovsky incorporates aspects from all jazz styles into his playing. He feels that jazz is an ever-changing fusion of influences, and his successful experiments with the music highlight the truth of this belief.
He has had a long and established career, and has performed with many groups including:
- Bob Bertles' Moontrane
- The Bruce Cale Orchestra
- Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra
- KMA Orchestra
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' Freeboppers - Renée Geyer
- The Daly-Wilson Big Band
- Monica and the Moochers
- Carl Orr
- The Mighty Reapers
- Jump Back Jack
- Hungarian Rapsadists
- The Australian Art Orchestra
See also
- 20th century brass instrumentalists
- List of trumpeters
- List of jazz trumpeters