KratochvÍl & Ackerman /usa/ at Reduta Jazz Club

The duo of Martin Kratochvil (piano) and Tony Ackerman (7-string guitar) has been a staple of the Prague jazz scene for over 25 years. Their unique sound combines elements of their two native countries (Czech Republic, USA) with the raw energy of jazz improvisation and the easy familiarity of a half a lifetime of playing together.
Kratochvil was the first musician to bring jazz/rock behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1970's, and his jazz/rock group Jazz Q Praha still draws big crowds today. He was also the first Czech to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, the most prestigious jazz university; he now divides his time between live music, trekking in the Himalayas, and making films of his adventurous journeys....

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The duo of Martin Kratochvil (piano) and Tony Ackerman (7-string guitar) has been a staple of the Prague jazz scene for over 25 years. Their unique sound combines elements of their two native countries (Czech Republic, USA) with the raw energy of jazz improvisation and the easy familiarity of a half a lifetime of playing together.
Kratochvil was the first musician to bring jazz/rock behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1970's, and his jazz/rock group Jazz Q Praha still draws big crowds today. He was also the first Czech to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, the most prestigious jazz university; he now divides his time between live music, trekking in the Himalayas, and making films of his adventurous journeys.
Ackerman learned all the current folk and blues styles as a teenager in the Boston area, and honed his guitar skills with several years of classical study. His custom made 7-string guitar provides a rounded, natural sound to complement the grand piano.

In their concert you will hear the three go from sweet, melodic openings to highly charged, rhythmically intricate free passages; because their music is so eclectic and has drawn on so many folk and world music roots as well as jazz, it has a way of speaking to people of all ages and musical tastes.

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