Ed Partyka & Jazz Dock Orchestra

The famous American jazz composer, arranger, conductor and trombonist Ed Partyka will be a rare guest of our big band. During the concert, his compositions and arrangements will be heard, which undoubtedly belong to the world's top big band! Ed has toured and recorded with the Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra, Vienna Art Orchestra, Carla Bley, WDR Big Band, NDR Big Band, Mnozil Brass, Gansch & Roses and the Roman Schwaller Nonet. He currently leads the Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra and was musical director of the Concert Jazz Orchestra Vienna from 1999 – 2006 and the Sunday Night Orchestra from 2000 – 2007. Mr. Partyka has appeared as a guest conductor with the Danish Radio Big Band, HR Big Band, NDR Big Band, RIAS Big Band, RTV Big Band Slovenia, UMO Helsini Jazz orchestra, Summit Jazz Orchestra, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Generations Festival Big Band, Zürich Jazz Orchestra, Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Concept Art Orchestra, Milan Svoboda ́s Prague Big Band, Oslo Workshop Big Band, Graz Composers Orchestra and the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra (“BuJazzO”).
His most extensive collaboration in recent years has been with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band (HR Big Band), where he leads projects in a wide variety of styles and genres. During his tenure with the HR Big Band he has arranged music for and conducted projects with jazz artists Robben Ford, Theo Bleckmann, China Moses, Fay Claassen and Dena Derose, Fado vocalist Ana Moura, electronic jazz group NuBox, Brazilian vocalist Fabiana Cozza, rock-blues artist Chuck Leavell, the pop band Sunrise Avenue and German pop star Tim Bendzko.

The Jazz Dock Orchestra is a modern jazz big band of European level focused on original compositions and interpretations of the classic big band songbook. In the six years of its successful existence, the orchestra has become the "flagship" of the Jazz Dock club and has worked with world class musicians such as Kurt Elling, Richard Bona, Ben Wendel, Niels Klein and others. Precise yet lively interplay, great solos and quality scores have brought the big band great renown in the wider context of the European jazz scene. The orchestra's work focuses on its own original compositions (especially those of Jan Jirucha, Andy Schofield, and Miroslav Hloucal), but also on high-quality arrangements of the world repertoire (Duke Ellington, Gill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer, Charles Mingus, etc.). Following the example of New York's Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (the resident band of the Village Vanguard club, which plays there regularly once a week), they have been performing on the Jazz Dock stage every third Monday of the month. This long-term and regular concert activity has yielded excellent results and today the Jazz Dock Orchestra is rightly ranked among the leading European big bands.

The JAZZ DOCK ORCHESTRA's activities have culminated in the recent release of its first album, Tonight, which was created from the recording of two live concerts at Jazz Dock. It was released by the prestigious Animal Music label in October 2023 to great reviews from the professional and general public!

The Jazz Dock Orchestra consists of elite players from the contemporary Czech, Slovak and British jazz scenes: Saxophones: 1. alto - Andy Schofield, 2. alto - Petr Kalfus; 1. tenor - Marcel Bárta, 2. tenor - Suzanne Higgins, baryton sax - Jakub Cirkl; Trumpets: Jaroslav Kohoutek, Martin Jůzl, Miroslav Hloucal, Miroslav Nováček; Trombones: Jan Jirucha, Štěpán Janoušek, Richard Šanda, Tomas Bialko; Rhythm section: piano - Jiří Levíček; double bass - Tomáš Baroš; drums - Daniel Šoltis.

Admission: seating CZK 580, standing CZK 280. There is no need to reserve a seat when purchasing a seating ticket. No club discounts. Thank you for understanding.

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