Luděk Hulan

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Luděk Hulan (born October 11, 1929 in Prague ; † February 22, 1979 there ) was a Czechoslovak jazz musician ( double bass , composition) and television journalist who became a "legend" in the jazz scene.

Act

Hulan began his career in 1948 as a founding member of the amateur band Hootie Club . In the early 1950s he performed in various professional jazz groups and organized jam sessions in Prague. Between 1953 and 1957 he was a member of Gustav Brom 's orchestra in Brno ; on his return to Prague he was one of the founders of Studio 5 , which later became part of the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra (TOČR). In 1961, Studio 5 , which quickly developed into one of the most important modern jazz bands in the ČSSR , broke up; Hulan founded Jazzové studio (The Jazz Studio). This group, which included musicians such as saxophonist Milan Ulrich and trumpeter Richard Kubernát , often played Hulan's own compositions. In the late 1960s he continued to work with the TOČR radio dance orchestra and its director Karel Krautgartner . He was also a pioneer of jazz and lyric concerts in the Czechoslovakia.

After the crackdown on the Prague Spring in 1968 by the Soviet Army and its allies, he migrated to Switzerland, where he could not find a job as a musician, so he returned (his wife and daughter stayed there). Because of his escape he was classified as "politically undesirable", which severely restricted his work opportunities as a musician. So he organized night jam sessions in the Viola wine bar and became a mentor for young musicians; a new band was also formed, Jazz Sanatorium with former colleagues from the Jazzové studio . In 1972 the Traditional Jazz Studio invited him to record with Albert Nicholas . He also performed with Tony Scott and was involved in the conception of a television series, Jazzový herbář (Jazz Herbarium). When this series was realized, he was responsible for the jazz film forum and the jazz quiz , for which he also used American films, sound carriers and books that he could only get from the American embassy in Prague.

Hulan died as a result of a tragic fall down a staircase.

The annual Luděk Hulan Award is named after him.

Discographic notes

  • Jazz in My Soul (Supraphon 1965) [LP]
  • Jazz kolem Karla Krautgartnera (Supraphon 1965) [LP]
  • Poezie a jazz I. (1965) [LP]
  • Poezie a jazz II. (1967) [LP]
  • Traditional Jazz Studio & Albert Nicholas: Albert's Blues ( Supraphon 1 15 1420) (1972) [LP]
  • Jazz Sanatorium (Mini jazz club) (P 33 0480) (1976) [EP]
  • Milá společnost (S 1 15 2309) (1977) [LP]
  • Traditional Jazz Studio & Tony Scott :: Boomerang , (1978) [LP]
  • Luděk Hulan: Blues for You (Mlt MCD 005) (1994) [CD]

literature

  • Lubomír Dorůžka: Český jazz mezi tanky a klíči (1968–1989) ( Czech ). Torst, Prague 2002, ISBN 80-7215-167-3 .
  • Lubomír Dorůžka: Panoráma jazzu ( Czech ). Mladá fronta, Prague 1990, ISBN 80-204-0092-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Bratfisch Free tones: The jazz scene in the GDR . Berlin 2005, p. 274
  2. ↑ Ecce Homo - Luděk Hulan ( Czech ) Radio Brno. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Studio 5 - 50. výročí vzniku legendárního československého souboru moderního jazzu ( Czech ) Jazz Club Slaný - archive. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c Dorůžka Panoráma jazzu Prague 1990, p. 265
  5. ↑ Dorůžka Český jazz mezi tanky a klíči (1968-1989) Prague 2002, p. 253
  6. ↑ Dorůžka Český jazz mezi tanky a klíči (1968-1989) , p. 254
  7. ↑ Dorůžka Český jazz mezi tanky a klíči (1968-1989) , p. 260.
  8. ^ A Brief Story of Jazz in the Heart of Europe . Jazz Notes 8/4 1996. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Hulan, Luděk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak jazz musician (double bass player, composer) and television journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1979
Place of death Prague