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Ondrej Pivec Organic Quartet
9+ albums
Czechjazz
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www.ondrejpivec.com A new Czech project was launched in the spring of 2005. This exciting new group is composed by young but well respected and established musicians. Organic Quartet plays original music inspired by contemporary giants such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Sam Yahel, Peter Bernstein, Brad Mehldau, and Wayne Shorter. The band is also influenced by great icons from other musical genres including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Ray Charles, and The Beatles. Organic Quartet’s musicality stems from traditional roots but definitely carries a modern taste. Even though Organic Quartet has been together for a little under two years, they have established themselves as one of the favorite uprising jazz bands with their energetic live shows selling out clubs across the Czech Republic and beyond (FIAP Jean Monnet Paris, Jazz Club St. Germain Paris, Kunstfabrik Schlott Berlin and more). Most of the band members are students of the Jaroslav Ježek Jazz College. The band members are: Tomáš Hobzek on drums which also is a member of the city Opera Orchestra, Libor Šmoldas on guitar who recently received a grant to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jakub Doležal on saxophone a popular instrumentalist also touring with the European jazz youth orchestra. And finally the heart of Organic Quartet led by Ondřej Pivec on Hammond, the 24 year old charismatic and promising talent who in his young age has caught the attention of National and International critics. In 2005 Pivec was named “