THE BAND LINE UP 2012 / SLOZENI KAPELY 2012

Laco Deczi - Trumpet
Brian Charette - Keyboards (MySpace, Facebook)
Nob Kinukawa - Bass (Official Website)
Vaico Deczi - Drums (Official Website, Facebook)

BIO

Trumpet player, composer and band leader Laco Deczi was born in Bernolakovo (close to Bratislava, Slovakia) in 1938. In 1960's he was a member of Karel Velebny's SHQ. In 1970 he recorded his solo album "Sentimental Trumpet" with strings. As soloist he took part on the famous big band recording "Jazz Goes To Beat" by Vaclav Zahradnik.

In the end of 1967 he founded his own Jazz Celula ensemble and since the beginning of 1970 he was a member of d the Czech Radio Jazz Orchestra (JOCR).

He also made some duo recordings with the guitarist Sarka Dvorak and composed a lot of music for film and TV productions.

Since 1985 he lives in United States where he is a leader of the "Jazz Cellula International".

Laco has performed throughout the United States with a roster of jazz the finest musicians, among them: Elvin Jones, Bill Watrous, Junior Cook, Dave Weckl, Sonny Costanzo, just to name a few.

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Trumpetista, skladatel a kapelnik Laco Deczi se narodil v roce 1938 ve vesnici Bernolakovo (kousek od Bratislavy), na Slovensku. V sedesatych letech byl clenem kapely S+HQ Karla Velebneho. V sedmdesatych letech nahral svoje solove album "Sentimental Trumpet" se smyccovymi nastroji. Jako solista byl clenem orchestru pri nahravani desky "Jazz Goes To Beat" Vaclava Zahradnika.

Na konci roku 1967 zalozil vlastni soubor Jazz Celula a od zacatku sedmdesatych let byl clenem JOCRu - Jazzoveho orchestru Ceskoslovenskeho rozhlasu.

Nahral take duety s kytaristou Zdenkem Sarkou Dvorakem a slozil velke mnozstvi muziky pro filmy a filmovou produkci obecne.

Od roku 1985 zije ve Spojenych statech americkych, kde je lidrem kapely Celula New York.

Laco vystupoval ve Spojenych statech s velkou radou skvelych jazzovych muzikantu, jako jsou Elvin Jones, Bill Watrous, Junior Cook, Dave Weckl, Sonny Costanzo a dalsi..


INTERVIEWS / ROZHOVORY

Laco's slovakian radio interview

Nob's slovakian interview for Rock.sk music portal

Laco's short CzechTV interview for the "Czechs in Crisis" show

Laco in a Czech TV's show "Dobre rano s CT" - 3.5.2011 (contains the other parts of video and Laco's chat with viewers)

Laco's interview in Czech TV's show "Pred pulnoci" (Before the midnight) - 5.5.2011

Report from Jazzinec 2012 festival with Laco's interview

Czech TV show "Krasny ztraty" from 16.6.2011 with Marketa Irglova