Radim Hladík

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Radim Hladík (2007)

Radim Hladík (born December 13, 1946 in Prague , Czechoslovakia , † December 4, 2016 ) was a Czech fusion musician (guitar, composition) and music producer. He is considered the leading Czech guitarist of his generation.

Live and act

Hladík received piano lessons as a child. Then he attended the conservatory in his hometown for two years to learn classical guitar. At the age of 15 he played as a guitarist in the beat band Komety . From 1966 he belonged to the band The Matadors . With the group he had numerous live appearances in the ČSSR and the GDR between 1966 and 1968 and produced an LP . In the autumn of 1968, Hladík and Vladimír Mišík left the band and joined the group Blue Effect . At the 2nd Czechoslovak Beat Festival at the end of the year, the band was voted Discovery of the Year and Hladík was voted Musician of the Year.

On her album Coniunctio (1970), Hladík's playing was already similar to that of the early John McLaughlin ; he "played his guitar with a steely, hard sound and with irritating speed." On the following album, Nová syntéza , Blue Effect worked with the Czech Radio Jazz Orchestra . In the 1970s, the group was also successful abroad. When Mišík left the band, Hladík became its leader. His most famous composition is the instrumental Tearoom , which was not only released with Blue Effect , but also appeared in other versions on the album Czech Masters of Rock Guitar or on Na Kloboučku with Michal Pavlíček .

Until the fall of the Wall in 1990, Hladík was active with Blue Effect . He then worked as a producer for a few years and was responsible for the success of a number of younger groups, such as the band Chinaski . He can also be heard on albums with other musicians such as Pavol Hammel or Jaroslav Hutka and with the studio big band Konstelace by Josef Vobruba .

In 2004 Hladík revived the band Blue Effect , which played regularly at festivals and in clubs and concert halls in the Czech Republic. He played his last concert with the band on the Schützeninsel in Prague in September 2016. He died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis .

Radim Hladík (2010)

Discography (selection)

  • The Matadors ( Supraphon 1968)
  • Blue Effect Meditace (Supraphon 1970, also as Kingdom of Life )
  • Blue Effect & Jazz Q Praha Coniunctio (Supraphon 1970, with Jiří Stivín , Martin Kratochvíl )
  • Blue Effect & JOČ Nová syntéza (Panton / Artia 1971)
  • Konstelace Josefa Vobruby a Václav Týfa (Supraphon 1974)
  • A Benefit of Radim Hladík (Supraphon / Artia 1974, also as Modrý efekt & Radim Hladík )
  • Pavol Hammel, Marián Varga , Radim Hladík Na II. Program Sna (OpusOpus 1977)
  • Jaroslav Hutka & Radim Hladík Pánbu Na Poli (Moravské Posvátné Balady) (Reflex 1991)
  • Radim Hladík, Pavel Linhart From KJ Erben's Bunch of Flowers (Hurikán 1993)
  • Dagmar Andrtová -Voňková & Radim Hladík Voliéra (Indies 1997)
  • Pavel Foltán Band & Radim Hladík Howgh (Popron Music 2003).

Web links

Commons : Radim Hladík  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 13. komnata Vladimíra Mišíka - Česká televize . Ceskatelevize.cz. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b c Mathias Bäumel Prague guitarist Radim Hladík died , jazz newspaper
personal data
SURNAME Hladík, Radim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech fusion musician (guitar, composition) and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 2016