Ondřej Havelka And His Melody Makers
Ondřej Havelka and his Melody Makers ( cs, Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers) or simply The Melody Makers, is a Czech retro-band, playing American " jazz standards" and Central European jazz and swing music of the 1920s and 1930s. Carefully studied renditions of the original recordings are interspersed with solos improvised in a style authentic to the period. They are one of very few European big band formations in continual existence over more than a decade, and have been a considerable presence on the swing scene of post-Communist Central Europe. History The Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra split in 1995, actor and singer Ondřej Havelka with his colleague Karel Majer leaving to form their own ensemble, with Havelka as artistic director and lead vocalist, and Majer initially as bandleader but leaving after a year. This group eventually adopted the name "Melody Makers". In recent years the group has performed a number of songs best known from Ella Fitzgerald's recor ...
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Ondřej �ondr̝ɛjis a Czech given name, similar to English Andrew. * Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier * Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Čelůstka (born 1989), Czech footballer * Ondřej Cverna (born 1990), Czech footballer * Ondřej Fiala (born 1987), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Havelka (born 1954), Czech singer * Ondřej Hejma (born 1951), Czech singer * Ondřej Herzán (born 1981), Czech footballer * Ondřej Hotárek (born 1984), Czech skater * Ondřej Hutník (born 1983), Czech kick boxer * Ondřej Hyman (born 1986), Czech luger * Ondřej Kraják (born 1991), Czech footballer * Ondřej Kratěna (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player * Ondřej Kučera (born 1987), Czech footballer * Ondřej Kúdela (born 1987), Czech footballer * Ondřej Kušnír (born 1984), Czech footballer * Ondřej Liška (born 1977), Czech politician * Ondřej Mazuch (born 1989), Czech footballer * Ondřej Murín (born 1991), Czech footballer * O ...
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