Vlasta Průchová [SEP] place of death
Vlasta Průchová
Vlasta Průchová (12 July 1926, Ružomberok – 16 June 2006, Prague) was a Czech jazz singer. From the second half of the 1940s, she gradually built up her leading position in the Czech jazz scene. Průchová was the mother of the renowned Czech-American pianist and composer Jan Hammer.
Biography.
Průchová was born to Czech parents who worked in Ružomberok, Slovakia at that time. She was baptised by the Slovak priest Andrej Hlinka. At the end of 1938, the family was
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- O bytostném hudebním zápalu Vlasty Průchové
- Interview with Vlasta Průchová
- Interview with Vlasta Průchová
- Život v jazzu (A Life in Jazz) - Rytmus podle Vlasty Průchové (Rhythm according to Vlasta Průchová) - Televize.cz
- Singer Vlasta Průchová died (LIDOVKY.CZ, ČTK)
- Novinky.cz
- První dáma českého jazzu (The First Lady of Czech Jazz) - Czech and Slovak Club
- Article in "Hudební rozhledy"
- Hold Vlastě Průchové (Tribute to Vlasta Průchová