Articles by Kevin Dean

Jazz in Prague

by Kevin Dean
August 24, 2004

Vit Svec (right) eerily opens up his last set with bass chords that flutter like bat wings in a dark cave.To his right, the head of pianist Matej Banko begins to dip and bob and, just before his nose touches the piano keys, he begins to play quick, staccato notes that bounce around the tourists seated in U Stare pani, a jazz club located just blocks from bustling Wenceslas Square.By the time the Vit Svec trio ...