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Karel Růžička
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Czech music educator, composer, jazz musician and pianist (1940–2016)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Organizace a metodika vědeckotechnických informací ve zdravotnictví
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Film & TV
Known for
- Člověk z půdy — Musician (piano)1961
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 2016
Discography
- Nikdy nejsi sám1995
Member of
- SHQ1972–1974
- Karel Růžička Trio
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- 1,108
Czech pianist, drummer (studied at Prague Conservatory 1955–1959), composer, arranger, bandleader and educator. Born 2 June 1940 in Prague (former Czechoslovakia), died 26 September 2016 in Prague. Father of saxophonist Karel Růžička. Member of the Ferdinand Havlík Orchestra / Orchestr Divadla Semafor 1960–1962 and 1964–1966, Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra / Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra 1966–199?, Jazz Celula (a.k.a. Jazz Cellula) 1968–1980, SHQ 1972–1974. President of the Czech Jazz So
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Karel-Růžička-starší.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-06-02
- date of death
- 2016-09-26
- Commons category
- Karel Růžička
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