Jazz Q

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Origin	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genres	Jazz fusion, art rock
Years active	1964–1986, 2001, 2003–present
Labels	Supraphon, Panton, Bonton
Members	Martin Kratochvíl
Past members	Jiří Stivín, Luboš Andršt, František Francl, Vladimír Padrůněk, Michal Vrbovec, Joan Duggan, Mirka Křivánková, Jana Kratochvílová, Alexandr Čihař, Přemysl Faukner, Libor Laun, Pavel Trnavský, Vladimír Tomek, Oskar Petr, Zdeněk Fišer, Jaromír Helešic

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Jazz Q je jazz rocková a art rocková skupina spojená především se jménem svého hlavního spoluzakladatele klávesisty a skladatele Martina Kratochvíla. Druhým velmi známým zakladatelem této skupiny byl v roce 1964, kdy skupina vznikla, jazzový hudebník Jiří Stivín. Do širšího povědomí hudbymilovné veřejnosti se skupina dostala až počátkem 70. let 20. století. Bylo to v době, kdy skupina vydala společně s Blue Effectem Radima Hladíka své první album Coniunctio, a také poté, co ji definitivně opustil Jiří Stivín. V té době Martin Kratochvíl díky svému studijnímu pobytu ve Spojených státech a pod vlivem tehdejších zahraničních britských vzorů nasměroval skupinu k tehdy velmi progresivní elektrofonické verzi art-rocku a jazz-rocku. Jednalo se o elektrofonickou hudbu s pevnou rytmickou strukturou, která se počátkem 70. let v době právě probíhající normalizace stala průkopnickým počinem a jedním ze symbolů tehdejší hudební avantgardy. Vlivem normalizace, jež vůbec nepřála socialismu škodlivému rokenrolu a bigbeatu, se tak paradoxně stal jazz-rock a art-rock symbolem tehdejší české moderní hudební progrese a avantgardy. Ovšem velice kontroverzní byla spolupráce M. Kratochvíla a Jazz Q v roce 1978 se zpěvačkou Helenou Vondráčkovou na LP Paprsky. Skupině se, patrně díky názvu, ve kterém se vyskytovalo slovo "JAZZ", vyhnula jak tehdejší vlna hromadného přejmenovávání skupin, tak i vlna zákazů činnosti.

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