Jan Hrubý
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 Hrubý performing with Etc... in 2007 | |
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| Born | 3 December 1948 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Violin, bass guitar |
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Jan Hrubý (born 3 December 1948[1]) is a Czech rock violinist known primarily for playing with the bands Etc..., Framus Five, and Kukulín.
Life and career[edit]
Hrubý was born in Prague in 1948. Between 1964 and 1968, he studied violin at the Prague Conservatory,[2] then went on to play bass and later violin in the group Reciprocity.[3] From 1975 until Vladimír Mišík's performance ban by the Communist government in 1982, he played with the singer's band Etc....[2][4][5] In 1983, he joined Luboš Andršt's Blues Band and a year later, he became a member of Michal Prokop's Framus 5 and significantly influenced the album Kolej Yesterday.[6] When Mišík was able to return to the stage in 1985, Hrubý rejoined Etc..., though only for a year and a half, before returning to Framus 5. Since 1987, he has also played with Prokop and Andršt in an acoustic trio formerly known as Nu-Trio.
Hrubý has also been a member of Čundrgrund with Mišík, Vladimír Merta, and Petr Kalandra, as well as collaborating with Dagmar Andrtová-Voňková and recording with Jazz Q, Marsyas, C&K Vocal, Hana Hegerová, and others. In the 1990s, he was influenced by celtic music and founded the group Kukulín.[2]
In 2012, Hrubý took part in Merta's revived project Dobrá úroda, recording the album Nikdo v zemi nikoho.[7]
In January 2014, he released the album Společné světy with English harpist Sean Barry.[8]
Partial discography[edit]
- Cesta na severozápad (1992)
- Arthur's Stone (Jan Hrubý, Peter Mustill, and Kukulín – 1993)
- Burning Rose (Jan Hrubý, Peter Mustill, and Kukulín – 1994)
- Černý ovce (Jan Hrubý, Michal Prokop, Petr Skoumal, Peter Mustill – 1997)
- Středozem (Jan Hrubý and Kukulín – 1998)
- The Best of… (Jan Hrubý and Kukulín – 2000)
- Stará vlna (Pastorální svita) (2000)
- Cesty… (2001)
- Mezidobí (2002)
- Silmarillion (Jan Hrubý and Kukulín – 2003)
- Unplugged – Live (Michal Prokop, Luboš Andršt, and Jan Hrubý – 2005)
- The Habit of Perfection (Maria Hoffman and Jan Hrubý – 2006)
- Včerejší Vydání (Vladimír Merta and Jan Hrubý – 2011)
- Nikdo v zemi nikoho (Dobrá úroda – 2012)
- Společné světy (Jan Hrubý and Sean Barry – 2014)
- 7 (Jan Hrubý and Kukulín – 2015)
- Příběhy v čase (2017)
- V rozpitých barvách (Radim Hladík, Jaroslav Hutka, Jan Hrubý, Petr Přibyl – 2017)
- S nebem to mám dobrý (Vladimír Mišík, Radim Hladík, and Jan Hrubý – 2017)
References[edit]
- ^ "Jan Hrubý". Discogs.
- ^ a b c "Biografie - Jan Hrubý - Kukulín". Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Houslista Jan Hrubý: Mám štěstí, že mě živí to, co mě baví" [Violinist Jan Hrubý: I'm Lucky to Be Fed by What I Enjoy]. idobnet.cz (in Czech). 17 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Nová Vlna Se Starým Obsahem (23.3.1983)" [New Wave with Old Content (23.3.1983)]. moderni-dejiny.cz (in Czech). 28 November 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Vladimír Mišík". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Jan Hrubý - housle bigbítové i dudácké". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Dobrá úroda: Nikdo v zemi nikoho". supraphonline.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "AUDIO: Klasik rockových houslí Jan Hrubý ke knize přidává nové album" [Audio: Classic Rock Violinist Jan Hrubý Adds a New Album to His Repertoire]. idnes.cz (in Czech). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Jan Hrubý (violinist) at Wikimedia Commons
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