Pražský Big Band Milana Svobody

A modern big band featuring leading Czech jazz soloists. The Orchestra plays mostly original music composed by Milan Svoboda, which is the key to its unique sound. The group has performed at many eminent European festivals, gained numerous awards and recorded fourteen albums. The ensemble has featured as guest musicians a long list of well-known personalities of the world jazz scene: Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Jerry Bergonzi, James Moody and Tony Lakatos. So far, Milan Svoboda has been leading and conducting the Orchestra for forty years, spanning whole generations of great Czech jazz musicians who have taken part in the project.

Band website: www.milansvoboda.com