Libor Šmoldas ()
Libor Šmoldas is a Czech jazz guitarist.
His concert activity spans four continents and world capitals New York, Washington, Sydney, Beijing, Istanbul, Vienna, Berlin, Denver, Milan, Philadelphia, Brisbane, Melbourne and London. With his quartet, he was the first Czech jazz band to tour the USA and regularly returns there, as well as on annual concert tours to Australia and other countries. Among the world clubs where he performs are the legendary Pizza express, Smalls, Iridium, Blue Note, Dear Head Inn and Bennetts Lane.
In the Czech Republic, he has played over two thousand club concerts, leading festivals such as Prague Spring, Prague Proms, Brno Jazz Fest, Bohemia Jazz Fest, Strings of Autumn and Janáček’s May, and collaborated with top Czech jazz artists including Ondřej Pivec, Robert Balzar and David Dorůžka. He has played and recorded with world-class musicians such as George Mraz, Jeff Ballard, Sam Yahel, Bobby Watson, Adam Nussbaum, Brian Charette and Jay Anderson. Libor has won many awards, such as the Best Jazz Composition of 2014 and the Angel Award for Jazz Record of the Year with the Organic Quartet. He teaches at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague and at international workshops in England, Germany, Greece, Italy and Australia. He has released nine albums under his own name and many more as a collaborator.
Libor Šmoldas Trio ()
In his organ trio, Libor has invited the excellent organist Jakub Zomer, whose popularity with the Czech jazz audience is constantly growing, and drummer Daniel Šoltis, known for example from the bands -123 Minut or Vertigo. The band released the album Lay It Down in 2017.
Libor Šmoldas Organ Trio will surprise you with a surge of positive energy with which he plays his own compositions, based not only on the jazz tradition, but also strongly leaning on the blues, funk and soul of the sixties. The trio's characteristic sound is ensured not only by Liborova's guitar and well-crafted percussion, but also by the authentic Hammond B3 organ, an instrument well known to a wide range of music lovers, but rarely seen or heard in our country.
