Active from 1995 | Genre Pop | |
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Albums Nas to tady furt bavi, Mě to tady nebaví Members Ondřej Havelka, Martin Zbrožek, Miroslav Lacko Record labels Parlophone Czech Republic, WM Czech Republic Similar Original Prague Syncopat, Melody Boys, Bratislava Hot Serenaders, Jaroslav Ježek, Rudolf Antonín Dvorský Profiles | ||
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Ondřej Havelka and his Melody Makers (Czech: Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers) or simply The Melody Makers, is a Czech retro-band, playing American "jazz standards" and Central European jazz and swing music of the 1920s and 1930s. Carefully studied renditions of the original recordings are interspersed with solos improvised in a style authentic to the period. They are one of very few European big band formations in continual existence over more than a decade, and have been a considerable presence on the swing scene of post-Communist Central Europe.
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History
The Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra split in 1995, actor and singer Ondřej Havelka with his colleague Karel Majer leaving to form their own ensemble, with Havelka as artistic director and lead vocalist, and Majer initially as bandleader but leaving after a year. This group eventually adopted the name "Melody Makers".
In recent years the group has performed a number of songs best known from Ella Fitzgerald's recordings, with Gypsy singer Věra Gondolánová as guest vocalist.
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Mám život hrozně rád2012
Rhapsody in Blue1999
Bugatti Step2007