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"If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up." - Anna Akhmatova

Miroslav Vitous

Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague in the year 1947, is in fact a "European Jazz Legend". He started playing the violin at age 6, the piano at age 10 and switched to bass at age 14. He studied at Prague conservatory and at Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. 1967 he performed with Miles Davis and soon after joined Chick Corea´s group to record the album "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs". 1970 he was a founding member of the legendary super group "Weather Report", but replaced already in 1973. In his ongoing carreer he play with Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jan Garbarek, to name just a few. In recent years he returned to Prague and is still performing, conducting, composing, and arranging.

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