Jiří JelíNek
Biography
Jiří Jelínek (6 July 1922 – 16 October 1984) was a Czech painter, illustrator, jazz trumpeter, and popular singer, one of the music legends of the Semafor Theatre in 1960s. His hoarse singing voice – similar to Louis Armstrong's – earned him the nickname "The Czech Satchmo".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
98 releases · 28 albums · active 1957–2024
- Performance · 162
- Other credits · 15
Studios: Studio Dukla · Studio Mida · Divadlo Semafor · Československý Rozhlas
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Josef Kainar
- Karel Vlach
- Taneční Orchestr Čs. Rozhlasu
- Karel Vlach And His Orchestra
- Judita Čeřovská
- Karel Vlach Se Svým Orchestrem
- Slide Hampton