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Jelínek
Jelínek (feminine Jelínková) is a Czech surname that means "little deer". Notable people include: *Antonín Jelínek, Czech wrestler *Arthur J. Jelinek (1928 – 2022), American anthropologist specializing in the Eurasian paleolithic * Bohumil Jelínek, Czech footballer * David Jelínek (born 1990), Czech basketball player * Dora Jelínková, Czech volleyball player * Ellen Marianne Mattson Jelinek (born 1973), Swedish actress *Eloise Jelinek (1924–2007), American linguist *Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), Austrian writer * František Cína Jelínek, Czech painter *Frederick Jelinek (1932–2010), American information theorist *Hanns Jelinek (1901–1969), Austrian composer *Jan Jelinek (born 1949), German musician * Jan Jelínek (legionary) (1893–1974), Czech writer * Jiří Jelínek (ballet dancer) (born 1977), Czech ballet dancer * Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter) (1922–1984), Czech musician * Josef Jelínek (born 1941), Czech football player * Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825), Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter)
Jiří Jelínek (6 July 1922 – 16 October 1984) was a Czechs, Czech painter, illustrator, jazz trumpeter, and popular singer, one of the music legends of the Semafor Theatre in 1960s. His hoarse singing voice – similar to Louis Armstrong's – earned him the nickname ''"The Czech Satchmo"''. Biography Jelínek was born at Tis u Blatna. He studied painting and illustration as a pupil of František Tichý, but also showed early promise as a talented and skilful trumpeter. At first he worked as a professional painter and illustrator, and played in various amateur jazz ensembles, but in 1945 he began a part-time professional career as a trumpeter with the ''Karel Vlach Orchestra'' and the ''Gustav Brom Orchestra'' and began to use the distinctive, hoarse singing voice which later became one of his most notable characteristics. Jelínek left the ''Karel Vlach Orchestra'' and joined the ''Taneční orchestr Československého rozhlasu'' (Dance Orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |