
Czech music educator, composer, jazz musician and pianist (1940–2016)
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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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