Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra

Czech big band. Established in 1960 as the house orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio Prague, led by Karel Krautgartner. Renamed to Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (2) in 1967, until Krautgartner’s emigration in August 1968. 1969–1982 led by Josef Vobruba who was already one of the conductors since 1962. From 1983 until 2001 led by Felix Slováček.

In the early 1990s the orchestra’s name was changed to “Big Band Radio Praha”, during the 1990s to its current name “Big Band Českého rozhlasu” (BB ČRo), since 2002 led by Václav Kozel.
(Not to be confused with Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra Bratislava which was a different subject, albeit with the same employer.)