Jazz Q is a Czech jazz fusion band from Prague."Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" It was established in 1964 in the former Czechoslovakia by musicians Martin Kratochvíl (keyboards) and Jiří Stivín (flute) but didn't gain recognition until the next decade. In 1970, Jazz Q released the jazz-rock album Coniunctio, together with Radim Hladík's Blue Effect. Stivín left the band the same year."Jazz Q prujede do Draku" Following this, the group took their music in the direction of electric jazz and art rock, with a new lineup that included Luboš Andršt on guitar, Vladimír Padrůněk on bass, and Michal Vrbovec on drums. In 1973, Jazz Q was joined by English blues singer Joan Duggan.
Band members Current Martin Kratochvíl – keyboards
Past Jiří Stivín – flute Luboš Andršt – guitar František Francl – guitar Vladimír Padrůněk – bass Michal Vrbovec – drums Joan Duggan – vocals Mirka Křivánková – vocals Jana Kratochvílová – vocals Alexandr Čihař – bass Přemysl Faukner – bass Libor Laun – drums Pavel Trnavský – drums Vladimír Tomek – percussion Oskar Petr – vocals Zdeněk Fišer – guitar Jaromír Helešic – drums
Discography Coniunctio (1970) Pozorovatelna (1973) Symbiosis (1974) Elegie (1976) Zvěsti (1978) Hodokvas (1979) Hvězdoň (1984) 1974-75 live (1991) The Best of Jazz Q (1995) Martin Kratochvíl & Jazz Q (2007 – 8-CD box set) Znovu (2013) Živí Se Diví: Live in Bratislava 1975 (2013) Talisman (2016) Amulet (2020)
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