Originální pražský synkopický orchestr

The Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra (Czech: Originální Pražský Synkopický Orchestr or OPSO) is a Czech band formed in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia, in 1974. They are best known for performing American music popular in the 1920s and 1930s, such as jazz, blues, and swing. The initial lineup of OPSO was a five-man band consisting of three wind instruments, a piano, and a banjo, under the artistic direction of musicologist Pavel Klikar, who also founded the ensemble. Three more members joined in 1976: a second saxophone, a violin, and vocalist Ondřej Havelka. A year later, the band's roster expanded to twelve members, consisting of three reed instruments, three trumpets, a sousaphone, a banjo, a piano, two violins, and a drum kit. OPSO went on to release five studio albums and a live record in this lineup. In 1995, Havelka departed and formed his own group in Berlin, initially titled Golden Prague Syncopated Orchestra and eventually renamed Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers, also taking with him several members of OPSO. The Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra continues to perform, and they have released four more studio albums and one compilation. Source: Michal Chomiszak – trumpet Jan Pospíšil – saxophones, clarinet Vojtěch Pospíšil – saxophones, clarinet Matěj Šmíd – trombone, vocals Antonín Dlapa – banjo, guitar Tomáš Mika – banjo Jan Brabec – banjo Pavel Jurečka – double bass, sousaphone Jiří Gilík – piano Iva Blažková – piano Alice Bauer – vocals 1974–1977: Pavel Klikar – cornet, mellophone, piano; bandleader Jan Štolba – clarinet, alto saxophone František Rubáš – clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone Tomáš Velínský – trombone Zbyněk Malý – violin, Stroh violin Jura Gilík – piano, clarinet Jiří Šícha – banjo Ondřej Havelka – vocals 1978–1987: Pavel Klikar – cornet, trumpet, mellophone, piano; bandleader Oleg Petruš – cornet, trumpet Michal Krása – trumpet Tomáš Velínský – trombone, vocals Jan Štolba – clarinet, alto saxophone František Rubáš – clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass saxophone Pavel Jordánek – clarinet, alto saxophone Jan Burle – clarinet, alto saxophone Luboš Hajný – clarinet, tenor saxophone Václav Harmáček – clarinet, alto saxophone Zbyněk Malý – violin, Stroh violin, vocals Zuzana Ondřejčková – violin, Stroh violin Kateřina Trnavská – violin Radim Sedmidubský – violin Jura Gilík – piano, clarinet, harmonica, vocals Jiří Šícha – banjo Jaroslav Pospíšil – guitar Jiří Malý – guitar Michal Pospíšil – sousaphone, double bass Michal Hejna – drums, xylophone, marimba Ondřej Havelka – vocals 1987–onward: Jan Šimůnek – violin, Stroh violin Petr Vyoral – violin Pavel Jordánek – clarinet, soprano saxophone Tomáš Jirák – clarinet, soprano saxophone Tomáš Černý – clarinet, alto saxophone Roman Novotný – clarinet Petr Kroutil – clarinet, alto clarinet Michal Zpěvák – clarinet, soprano saxophone, tárogató Vojtěch Pospíšil – clarinet, bass clarinet Jakub Šnýdl – clarinet Jan Tříska – clarinet Zbyněk Dobrohruška – banjo Petr Tichý – guitar Antonín Šturma – guitar Petr Wajsar – guitar Jiří Šícha – guitar Marek Rejhon – guitar Antonín Šturma – double bass Ondřej Landa – double bass Ondřej Balcar – double bass Martin Zpěvák – double bass Josef Šťastný – double bass, sousaphone Jiří Gilík – piano Alice Bauer – vocals Adéla Zejfartová – vocals Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra at Breda Jazz Festival (live, 1979) Originální Pražský Synkopický Orchestr (1979) Stará, Natoč Gramofon (1982) Jazz & Hot Dance Music 1923–31 (1984) Sám s Děvčetem v Dešti (1989) Hello Baby (1994) Walking and Swinging (1996) Blues pro Tebe (1998) Goin' Crazy with the Blues (2002) Sweet Like This (2006) Legendární Gramofonové Snímky Z Let 1976–89 (compilation, 2019) "Prague Post, May 17, 2000". Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2009. "Havelka a Melody Makers: něco starého i zcela nového" [Havelka and Melody Makers: something old and completely new]. brnensky.denik.cz (in Czech). 1 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2025. "Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra". original-prague-syncopated-orchestra.com (in Czech). Retrieved 1 November 2025. "Alice Bauer". alicebauer.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 November 2025. Official website Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra discography at Discogs v t e v t e