Portal:Jazz/Did you know/19

May 2009
 * ... that vibraphonist Karel Velebný is considered one of the founders of modern Czech jazz?
 * ... that Czech singer and pianist Jiří Šlitr died from coal gas poisoning? (grave pictured)
 * ... that Czech jazz double-bassist Luděk Hulan co-founded Studio 5, one of the most important modern jazz ensembles in Czechoslovakia?
 * ... that The Orckestra`s debut performance was at the Moving Left Revue, a Communist Party benefit concert in London in 1977?