Rudolf Rokl

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Rudolf Rokl

Rudolf Rokl (born December 16, 1941 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou ; † September 23, 1997 in Prague ) was a Czech jazz musician ( piano , composition and arrangement ) who was a long-time collaborator and close friend of the pop singer Karel Gott .

Live and act

Rokl has played the piano since he was 4 years old; As early as 1948, when he won the competition for young pianists in Ostrava , he made his first studio recordings. From 1955 he studied classical music and composition at the conservatory. First he played in a jazz trio with bassist Luděk Hulan and drummer Ivan Dominák, who also accompanied Hana Hegerová and from which (then without Rockl) the band Studio 5 developed. In 1958 he opened the Reduta Jazz Club with Jan Arnet's quartet . Since that year he has played in the Karel Vlach orchestra and since 1959 he has worked in the dance orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio , which was directed by Karel Krautgartner .

In 1966 he won the international jazz competition in Vienna. Then he went with Karel Gott on a guest tour to the USA for half a year, in order to then accompany God permanently as a member of the Ladislav Štaidla orchestra. In addition, he continued to be active with classical and jazz music, among others with Karel Růžička , but also accompanied Miki Volek , Jitka Zelenková and Eva Olmerová . He died of complications from cancer.

literature

  • Osobnosti - Česko: Ottův slovník. Prague: Ottovo nakladatelství, 2008. 823 p. ISBN 978-80-7360-796-8 . Pp. 594-595.
  • Josef Tomeš, Josef (Ed.): Český biografický slovník Vol. XX (III): Q-Ž. Prague; Litomyšl: Paseka; Petr Meissner, 1999. 587 s. ISBN 80-7185-247-3 . P. 47.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karel Gott Between Two Worlds: My Life , Riva 2014, p. 49
personal data
SURNAME Rokl, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech jazz musician (piano, composition and arrangement)
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Rychnov nad Kněžnou
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1997
Place of death Prague