Jazz Articles about Frantisek Uhlir

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Frantisek Uhlir Trio: Jazz at Prague Castle 2006

by Jerry D'Souza
October 28, 2006

Jazz at Prague Castle is a series of concerts launched in February 2004 by the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus. The series has presented several bassists, including Avishai Cohen, and Miroslav Vitous is slated to perform as well. Frantisek Uhlir was among those who were at the venue. If he does not have wide recognition now, this recording should change that situation.

This trio is a class act. Uhlir has impeccable technique and a deep sense ...

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Frantisek Uhlir Trio: Jazz at Prague Castle 2006

by Jack Bowers
October 9, 2006

With the possible exception of guest trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, chances are you've not heard (or even heard of) these gentlemen before--and if that is indeed true, as I suspect it is, perhaps it's time you were introduced. Frantisek Uhlir, who leads this excellent trio, is a truly phenomenal bassist, and his colleagues--guitarist Darko Jurkovic and drummer Jaromir Helesic--are no less accomplished. Any time a jazz group is introduced to concert-goers by the president--not of the local musicians' union, but of ...