MILAN SVOBODA

about

Milan Svoboda is one of the leading personalities on the Czech musical scene. He gained international renown as a jazz pianist and band leader. His composing and conducting skills span a wide range of styles, including modern jazz, musicals, film, theater and contemporary classical music. Milan Svoboda was born in 1951 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (former). He graduated from the organ class at the Prague Conservatory, studied musicology at Charles' University in Prague and composition at the Prague Academy of Music and at the Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA. In 1974 he founded his first jazz orchestra, the PRAGUE BIG BAND, which made a name for itself in the history of both Czech and European jazz. As a conductor and arranger Svoboda later led the combined Czech/Polish Big Band, which featured the finest soloists of both nations. In 90´th he led succesfull young jazz orchestra CONTRABAND. He currently conducts again a creative Milan Svoboda Jazz Orchestra - Prague Big Band and his own Milan Svoboda Quartet. Svoboda has performed throughout Europe as well as overseas with his big bands, his quartet, his duo and as a soloist, he played at numerous jazz festivals and has an extensive discography to his credit (27 albums). He worked with many important jazz figures, including James Moody, Tony Lakatos, Aaron Scott, Phil Wilson, Sonny Constanzo, Victor Mendoza, Sigi Finkel, Jiří Stivín and many others. As a composer, Svoboda also works for theater, film and television.

top songs

albums

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Night Of Dance Vol. 1

Milan Svoboda - Merging

Milan Svoboda Quartet - Moment´s Notice

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Praque Big Band The Best

Milan Svoboda Q & Tony Lakatos

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Dedication

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April Orchestra (CBS APR 32)

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Nejvýznamnější skladatelé české populární hudby Bohuslav Ondráček 2 (1969 - 1971)

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Gregorian Pure Chants Volume 1

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Gregorian Pure Chants Volume 2

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The Boston Concert

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