Rudolf Dašek

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Rudolf Dašek (born August 27, 1933 in Prague ; † February 1, 2013 ) was a Czech jazz guitarist .

Live and act

Rudolf Dašek studied guitar at the Prague Conservatory and worked in various jazz groups during the 1960s, including as a guest soloist in Karel Velebný's SHQ combo . He played in the Prague jazz club Redute with, among others, Laco Déczi's Cellula Quintet . In 1964 he founded his first own formation, a trio with the bassist Jiři Mraz (later George Mraz ) and changing drummers, like Laco Tropp . Furthermore, Dašek worked in the jazz orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio , in the big bands of Václav Zahradník and Slide Hampton as well as various all-star line-ups. From 1968 to 1970 he played in West Berlin in the house band of the Blue Note jazz club and in the trio of the organist Lou Bennett . He also came to work with Benny Bailey , Carmell Jones , Tony Scott and Leo Wright . In 1970 Dašek recorded his first own album Jazz On Six Strings . In the early 1970s he worked in a duo with the flautist Jiří Stivín , with whom he played at many concerts and festivals in Europe. Since 1977 he has appeared increasingly as a solo guitarist and has led guitar workshops at the Reduta jazz club in Prague . He played in a duo with Christian Escoudé , Uwe Kropinski and Philip Catherine . A long-term collaboration arose with the guitarist Toto Blanke , which was reflected in albums such as Kirchenmusik I, Meditation, talking hands, two much guitar, Tramontana, Silhouettes, Mona Lisa (all with Aliso Records), between the bridge and the silence . Dasek and Blanke played together at numerous international guitar and jazz festivals up to 2005 (Prager Frühling, Gitarras del mundo, LeMan, International Guitar Festival, Paderborn, etc.) and completed numerous tours throughout Europe, North Africa and Latin America, some for the German Goethe Institute. You were the first jazz musician to appear at the RUDOLFINUM in Prague. In 1985 the duo with Jiří Stivín was revived, which - supplemented by the drummer Günter "Baby" Sommer - has lasted up to the present day. Dašek also performed as an interpreter of contemporary compositions with symphony and chamber orchestras.

According to his own statements, Rudolf Dašek combined in his music suggestions from bebop and free jazz , the classical guitar tradition and its sound extensions in contemporary music, flamenco, as well as Bohemian and Moravian folk music and the music of Leoš Janáček . Dasek also used the sonic possibilities of a full resonance guitar with pickups. Rudolf Dašek died on February 1st, 2013 after a long and serious illness in Prague.

Discography

As a leader

With Jiří Stivín

  • 1975: System Tandem ( JAPO Records ), recorded in May 1974
  • 1976: System Tandem: Koncert v Lublani (Supraphon), live from the 15th International Ljubljana Jazz Festival on June 14, 1974
  • 1991: System Tandem: Reunion (Supraphon)

With Toto Blanke

  • 1988: Tramontana (Aliso)
  • 1989: Talking Hands Live (Aliso)
  • 1991: Two Much Guitar! (Aliso)
  • 1992: Meditation (Aliso, live in the Bartholomäuskapelle, Paderborn)
  • 2000: Mona Lisa (Aliso)

Literature and Sources

  • Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001.
  • Lubomír Dorůžka : Jazz in Czechoslovakia . In: That's Jazz. The sound of the 20th century . Exhibition catalog, 1988.
  • Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993.
  • Tony Matzner: Liner Notes for Jazz On Six Strings (Supraphon).

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Jazzclub Paderborn: Rudolf Dašek is dead
  2. ↑ Velebný, represented a musical direction in his orchestra that integrated the cool jazz à la Modern Jazz Quartet or Gerry Mulligan . Quoted from Dorůžka
  3. ↑ with this, in what was then Czechoslovakia very popular orchestra played Rudolf Dašek the albums Jazz Goes to beat and Inter Jazz a
  4. ^ Aliso Records
  5. ↑ quoted from M. Kunzler, p. 272
personal data
SURNAME Dašek, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH 1st February 2013