Jeremy Chapman ()
Jeremy Chapman is a British saxophonist and flautist. He grew up in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to England at the age of 11. From 1997 to 2014, he was based between Lebanon and the UK and has performed throughout the Middle East and Europe. He moved to the Czech Republic in the summer of 2014 to teach music at the International School of Prague.
Libor Šmoldas ()
Libor Šmoldas is a Czech jazz guitarist.
His concert activity spans four continents and world capitals New York, Washington, Sydney, Beijing, Istanbul, Vienna, Berlin, Denver, Milan, Philadelphia, Brisbane, Melbourne and London. With his quartet, he was the first Czech jazz band to tour the USA and regularly returns there, as well as on annual concert tours to Australia and other countries. Among the world clubs where he performs are the legendary Pizza express, Smalls, Iridium, Blue Note, Dear Head Inn and Bennetts Lane.
In the Czech Republic, he has played over two thousand club concerts, leading festivals such as Prague Spring, Prague Proms, Brno Jazz Fest, Bohemia Jazz Fest, Strings of Autumn and Janáček’s May, and collaborated with top Czech jazz artists including Ondřej Pivec, Robert Balzar and David Dorůžka. He has played and recorded with world-class musicians such as George Mraz, Jeff Ballard, Sam Yahel, Bobby Watson, Adam Nussbaum, Brian Charette and Jay Anderson. Libor has won many awards, such as the Best Jazz Composition of 2014 and the Angel Award for Jazz Record of the Year with the Organic Quartet. He teaches at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague and at international workshops in England, Germany, Greece, Italy and Australia. He has released nine albums under his own name and many more as a collaborator.
Daniel Šoltis ()
Daniel "Dano" Šoltis is a drummer and occasional vibraphone player of Slovak origin.
He has a broad understanding and complex view of music, and is a very flexible but also sensitive player who is as comfortable on big stages with pop-rock bands as he is on the club scene. He also performs solo with his project Drum Song. He plays his own brand of drumsticks, Balbex Danodrum, which he personally co-designed with Zildjian Cymbals. He performs in the super trio Šoltis–Charette–Štveráček.
Jakub Zomer ()
Jakub Zomer is a Czech pianist.
His repertoire is built on a solid foundation of jazz, blues and bossanova. Jakub is a graduate of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory. His musical projects include Jakub Zomer Organ Trio, Bio Trio, Blues Band, Famous Swing Melodies.
