Freshmen's Hop Prague Orch 1993

Freshmen's Hop Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra 1993
The Czech singer Ondrej Havelka fronts the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra and does faithful and charming versions of jazz and popular songs from the 1920s and 30s.
Ondrej Havelka has quite an artistic background: his mother Libuse Havelkova was a well known actress, while his father Svatopluk was a composer.
Ondrej Havelka is a real renaissance man: he is an accomplished actor and director. And, as his career in music began to take off, and he found himself playing at ever bigger venues, he also became a very impressive tap-dancer.
In 1995 he started his own group the Melody Makers.
In the 1980's he sang in English but during the communist days they couldn't perform on Television or on the radio with their English repertoire.
Ondrej said "we could play only Czech songs (laughs) on official television or radio. We played concerts for people in theatres and halls and jazz clubs, and then we could sing in English."
The music they play is from inter-war period, an era many Czechs regard as the greatest in their history. Ondrej Havelka says some people tend to idealise the First Republic, as it's called, but argues that in some ways it really was a golden era.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classic
• jazz
• Freshmen's
• Hop
• Original
• Prague
• Syncopated
• Orchestra

[TheMartinrie1]

To je neskutečně krásné i rytmické zároveň! Škoda, že v současné době už Originální Pražský Synkopický Orchestr nedělá takové vystoupení po republice, jako Melody makers s Ondřejem Havelkou.

[skajmi]

The ARTIST !!!!!

[tellingthetruthagain]

thanks you Czech friends for your great music.

[tellingthetruthagain]

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[MattMurdockCZ]

Can you please write lyrics? I can understand him just a few words

[2reeler]

Fabulous new addition! Thankyou for this wonderful new (to you tube) performance that shows the reniassance genius of Paul Klikar and his unsurpassed OPSO, and their growing legacy world wide! Every song is a perfect jazz age re-creation, and joy to behold! I really love the college songs they do! Your liner notes are excellant to read! We hope they get together again!

[MattMurdockCZ]

Magnífico!!!

[santopec]

The unsurpassed nostalgic atmosphere and sound of the band was the merit of Pavel klikar IMO.

[barneybigard]

Merci pour cette vidéo.

Cet orchestre avait fait l'objet d'une émission télé et j'avais pu l'enregistrer.

Il était dit que ces excellents musiciens tchèques jouaient sur des instruments d'époque.

Il y avait notamment un étrange vilon avec un cornet accoustique en métal.

Il y aussi des danseuses de talent qui partageainet la scène avec Ondrej Havelka.

En tout cas le son de cet orchestre est savoureux et tout à fait dans l'ambiance des années vingt !

Beautiful !