Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra

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The concert of the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra at the night concert of the Oude Stijl Jazz Festival in Breda ( The Netherlands) on the 6th of May, 1978, was a great event. The concert took part in one of the large concert halls in Het Turfschip in Breda. On stage eight persons dressed as if they were dropped here as a part of an exhibition about the Roaring Twenties. The band, its official Czech name is ORIGINALNI PRAZSKY SYNKOPICKY ORCHESTR, was unknown to most people in the audience. When the concert started everybody was amazed by the 1920s sound the band produced. I still remember the thrill the moment the tune Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue was played and Pavel Klikar, the leader and vocalists started singing the first lines of the theme. It was as if everybody in the audience got the same experience on the same time: this band were the California Ramblers alive, a rebirth from 1925. The screaming and yelling of the audience has been saved on the LP that was released of this event. Each tune they performed gave the same thrill. Sweet Henry, as played by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake was such another thrill and when the band played I'm Not worrying it was as if Clarence Williams in person entered the stage. The enthusiasm of the audience was overwelming. The end of the concert was rather chaotic. When Pavel Klikar announced that the band would play its last number, the audience didn't except that and it had to play two or three extra tunes. You can hear the desp

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Sweet Like This

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Goin' Crazy With The Blues

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Jazz & Hot Dance Music 1923-31

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Jazz And Hot Dance Music 1923-31

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Walking And Swinging

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CD " Hello Baby " 1994

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Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra

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Walking & Swinging

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Hello Baby

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Jazz & Hot Dance Music 1923-31 - Panton 8115 0331

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LP Live Breda 6-5-1978

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Stara Natoc Gramofon (Woman, Crankthe Phonograph)

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