Vlasta Průchová Musical artist

Vlasta Průchová (12 July 1926, Ružomberok – 16 June 2006, Prague) was a Czech jazz singer. Since the second half of the 1940s, she gradually built up her leading role on the Czech jazz scene. Průchová is the mother of renowned Czech-American pianist and composer Jan Hammer.

Personal facts

Vlasta Průchová
Birth dateJuly 12, 1926
Birth place
Czechoslovakia , Ružomberok
Date of deathJune 16, 2006
Place of death
Czech Republic , Prague

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Musical artist

Career started1947
Career ended2006
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Vocal jazz
Swing music
record label
Supraphon

Topical connections

Jiří ŠlitrMusical artist
Aneta LangerováMusical artist
Dárius RusnákIce hockey player
Eva OlmerováMusical artist

Vlasta Průchová on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://hudebnirozhledy.scena.cz/www/index.php?page=clanek&id_clanku=363
  2. http://www.aurora.com.uy/enclavedejazz/personajesdetalle.asp?id=23
  3. http://www.cesi.sk/bes/06/78/78pru.htm
  4. http://www.czechmusic.net/jmena/pruchova_e.htm
  5. http://www.czsk.net/svet/clanky/kultura/pruchovazomrela.html
  6. http://www.novinky.cz/kultura/88298-zemrela-jazzmanka-vlasta-pruchova.html
  7. http://www.radio.cz/cz/clanek/80421/limit
  8. http://www.radio.cz/en/article/80221
  9. http://www.radio.cz/en/news/80201
  10. http://www.radioservis-as.cz/archiv01/3001/30titul.htm