Pavel Fajt
Pavel Fajt (born December 25, 1957 in Brno ) is a Czech jazz and rock drummer.
Fajt began as a composer of drama and dance music in the early 1980s. In 1983 he was one of the founders of the band Dunaj , which shaped the development of rock music in Czechoslovakia. In 1985 he started working with Iva Bittová , with whom he recorded several albums in the late 1980s and toured Europe, America and Japan. In 1988 they appeared at the MIMI Festival in France with Fred Frith , and in 1989 with Ferdinand Richard .
In the first half of the 1990s he worked a. a. with Vladimír Václavek ( Joseph Boys ), Anna Homler and Geert Waegeman ( The Birds of Europe ) and in duos with Mikolás Chadima and Jim Meneses . In 1995 he founded the group Pluto with singer Václav Bartos , guitarist Petr Zavadil and bassist Tomás Fröhlich , with whom he recorded several albums.
In the late 1990s he worked with the Danubians (with Amy Denio ) and the Hungarian rock group Kampec Dolores . In the early 2000s he performed with the Sakha singer Stepanida Borisova .
Discography
- Bittová & Fajt , 1987
- Svatba , 1988
- Dunaj a Iva Bittová , 1989
- Rosol , 1991
- Songs for the Drums , 1993
- Anna Homler , Pavel Fajt, Geert Waegeman Macaronic Sines , 1995
- Pustit musíš , 1996
- Pavel Fajt & Pluto with Iva Bittová, Rajesh Mehta , 1996
- Anna Homler, Pavel Fajt, Geert Waegeman, Koen Van Roy Corne de Vache , 1997
- Pluto: Tri , 1998
- Pruhlední lidé ( Transparent People ) with Mikolás Chadima , Tomás Fröhlich , 1998
- The Danubians with Amy Denio, Csaba Hajnóczy , Gabi Kenderesi , 2000
- DrumTrek , 2001
- Rosol & 5x Life Bonus with Iva Bittová, Josef Ostransky , Vladimír Václavek , 2002
- Ladakh 567 with Jirí Hradil , Václav Korínek , David Kormos , Olga Kuthanová , Marcelka Michalková , Jirí Paska , Radim Sychra , 2002
Filmography
- 1990: Step Across the Border (documentary)
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Pavel Fajt in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Pavel Fajt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pavel Fajt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fajt, Pavel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech improvisation and rock drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1957 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |