Bands

DoubleFish

My first jazz project was found last months of the year 2008. It's based on fusion-jazz with use of loops and samples.

Members:
Milan Potoček - Hammond organ,keyboards,loop station
Karel Bárta - guitar
Jáchym Bašek - bass
Tomáš Makovský - drums

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Šavle Meče

The band was found in the autumn of 1994, its main target was to play jazz and rock fusion. It means rock rhytmics and quinary jazz woodwind section – at the beginning it was clearly instrumental. Then the harmonica player and vocalist Ondrej Konrad was invited to cooperate, with his coming was repertoire extended by blues. Konrad was later changed with vocalist Martin Stresko, with whose coming started the band played funk, fusion and pop-jazz, jazz- rock and jazz in the instrumental part of its work. During its existence many of musicians passed through the band, it appeared on many concerts, festivals and gigs in Czech Republic and abroad.

Members:
Jiří Hála - leader, baritonsax, flute
Rostislav Fraš - altosax
Radek Zapadlo - tenorsax
Jan Šatra - trombone
Radek Němec - trumpet
Milan Potoček - keyboards
Jiří Milota - guitar
Filip Spálený - bass
Filip Jeníček - drums
Martin Streško - vocals

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Blues Wave

This band was found in 2004, playing fusion-jazz and it makes gigs at Prague's and all-country jazz clubs.

Members:
Jiří Hála - leader, tenorsax, flute
Milan Potoček - keyboards
Jiří Milota - quitar
Ondřej Podhajský - bass
Jiří Stivín jr. - drums

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Big Easy

This band was found in 2010. We play mostly songs by Jiří Hála and it's oriented to today new-orleans jazz.

Members:
Jiří Hála - leader, tenorsax, flute
Milan Potoček - keyboards
Jiří Milota - guitar
Ondřej Podhajský - bass
Markéta Podhajská - drums

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