Jazz Q

Jazz Q is a Czech jazz fusion band from Prague. It was established in 1964 in the former Czechoslovakia by musicians Martin Kratochvíl (keyboards) and Jiří Stivín (flute) but didn't gain recognition until the next decade. In 1970, Jazz Q released the jazz-rock album Coniunctio, together with Radim Hladík's Blue Effect. Stivín left the band the same year. Following this, the group took their music in the direction of electric jazz and art rock, with a new lineup that included Luboš Andršt on guitar, Vladimír Padrůněk on bass, and Michal Vrbovec on drums. In 1973, Jazz Q was joined by English blues singer Joan Duggan. Current Martin Kratochvíl – keyboards Past Jiří Stivín – flute Luboš Andršt – guitar František Francl – guitar Vladimír Padrůněk – bass Michal Vrbovec – drums Joan Duggan – vocals Mirka Křivánková – vocals Jana Kratochvílová – vocals Alexandr Čihař – bass Přemysl Faukner – bass Libor Laun – drums Pavel Trnavský – drums Vladimír Tomek – percussion Oskar Petr – vocals Zdeněk Fišer – guitar Jaromír Helešic – drums Coniunctio (1970) Pozorovatelna (1973) Symbiosis (1974) Elegie (1976) Zvěsti (1978) Hodokvas (1979) Hvězdoň (1984) 1974-75 live (1991) The Best of Jazz Q (1995) Martin Kratochvíl & Jazz Q (2007 – 8-CD box set) Znovu (2013) Živí Se Diví: Live in Bratislava 1975 (2013) Talisman (2016) Amulet (2020) "Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" (in Czech) "Jazz Q prujede do Draku" Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech) "Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" [Martin Kratochvíl - Musical Feast with Jazz Q]. muzikus.cz (in Czech). 16 January 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2022. "Jazz Q – Symbiosis". artrock.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 May 2022. "Płyta legendy czeskiego jazz-rocka" [Czech Jazz-Rock Legend Album]. jazzforum.com.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2022. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jazz Q. Jazz Q discography at Discogs