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Kristina Barta: Endless Questions and Answers

Read "Endless Questions and Answers" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Czech pianist/composer Kristina Barta's Endless Questions and Answers opens on a rather ominous tone. Drummer Marek Urbánek plays on his toms a shadowy, esoteric rhythm. Tenor Jure Pukl flares in. Barta enters slowly, barely audible with bassist Peter Korman riding shotgun. But soon she controls the barely controllable rush that embodies “Breaking Through Some Border," the breakthrough opener to a fine, fine recording. Barta--a graduate from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and a finalist in the ...

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Frantisek Uhlir: Story of my life

Read "Story of my life" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Story of My Life is a seven-part suite (plus prologue) written by the outstanding and well-traveled Czech-born bassist Frantisek Uhlir to appraise his life as a musician and evoke in musical terms memories of his boyhood home, his love as a teenager of music and sports, his studies at the Brno Conservatory, his life as a working musician, raising children of his own, the vicissitudes of life, and his gratitude for the good fortune that has come his way. Uhlir ...

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Frantisek Uhlir: Story of my life

Read "Story of my life" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Recognized as one of the finest bassists in all of Europe, Czech Republic-born Frantisek Uhlir, presents Story of My Life, a self-produced personal project in celebration for turning seventy years-young in 2020. He does so in swinging fashion. The album booklet contains photographs with details of many proud moments throughout his life. An intentionally designed aspect of the album is the importance of the number seven to the leader. He composed a seven-part suite full of swing and swagger supported ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Endless Questions and...

Alessa Records Jazz & Art, Second Records
2023

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Stopa snu

Self Produced
2022

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Story of my life

Self Produced
2020

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Loving Season

Self Produced
2018

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