Czech saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, band leader, conductor. Born July 20, 1922 in Mikulov (former Czechoslovakia), died September 20, 1982 in Cologne, former West Germany. Founder of the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra (Taneční orchestr Československého rozhlasu) in 1960. Emigrated to Vienna, Austria, on August 21, 1968 – the day of the Warsaw Pact invasion to Czechoslovakia. Later he lived and worked in West Germany.
