František Uhlíř

František-Uhlíř

František Uhlíř (* 24. July 1950 in Ústí nad Orlicí ) is a Czech double bassist of the Modern Jazz .

Life

Uhlíř, who comes from a musical family and whose father led a jazz band as a pianist, began taking piano lessons at the music school when he was five. He then switched to the trombone and finally switched to the double bass at the age of thirteen . From the age of fifteen he attended the Conservatory in Brno , where he completed his studies in 1971. In essence, he first played in the Moravian Chamber Orchestra, then for a year in the Brno Philharmonic and at the Brno Opera; and he also appeared as a bassist in the group of his father, Swing Q on. He then did his military service in the army ensemble in Prague, where he met Emil Viklický , with whom he took part in various amateur jazz festivals. He was also a member of Luděk Hulan's jazz sanatorium . From 1975 he belonged to the group SHQ of Karel Velebný , but also accompanied the Linha Singers (a Czech equivalent of the Swingle Singers ), and was a founding member of the Baroque Jazz Quintet . He also played jazz rock with Michael Gera in the group Impuls and then belonged to the group of Jiří Stivín and the band of Sid Kucera .

Since 1987 he has been the head of his František Uhlíř team , with whom he also tours abroad and presents himself at numerous European festivals. He regularly performs at the “Jazz na Hradě” (Jazz in the Castle) events at Prague Castle . He is also part of Emil Viklický's trio. He played with musicians as diverse as Dave Weckl , Franco Ambrosetti , Benny Bailey , Scott Robinson , Rudy Linka , Hendrik Meurkens , Barbara Dennerlein , Roberto Magris , Dejan Terzic , Gilad Atzmon , Stefanie Schlesinger or Ines Reiger .

Discographic notes

Bass saga (1984, with Karel Velebný, Emil Viklický, Tony Nahar, Zdenĕk Dvořák, Josef Vejvoda, Zdenĕk Zindel, Ladislav Dlouhý, Jindřich Ptáček, Jaroslav Ondráček)
František Uhlíř Team feat. Claus Stötter (1992)
František Uhlíř Trio feat. Dusko Goykovich Jazz na Hradě (Multisonic 2006)
May be Later (Arta Records 2008, with Darko Jurković , Jaromír Helešic)
František Uhlíř 60 (Multisonic 2011, with Wolfgang Haffner , Wolfgang Lackerschmid , Mark Aanderud, Adam Tvrdý, Eddie Severn, Pius Baumgartner, Michal Wroblewski, Premek Tomšíček)
The MUH Trio - Magris / Uhlir / Helesic Trio - Prague After Dark with Roberto Magris and Jaromir Helesic (JMood, 2017)
The MUH Trio - Magris / Uhlir / Helesic Trio - A Step Into Light with Roberto Magris and Jaromir Helesic (JMood, 2020)

literature

Alexander J. Schneller u. a .: That Jazz of Praha. Fourteen jazz portraits in words and pictures. Vitalis, Prague 2006 (pp. 16-29); ISBN 3-89919-097-1 .

Web links

Commons : František Uhlíř - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Uhlíř, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech modern jazz double bass player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ústí nad Orlicí