Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera

Czech big band. This orchestra name was used 1967–1968 only. Also credited as “Karel Krautgartner se svým orchestrem” when conducted by Krautgartner personally. Successor to the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra / Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra, with basically identical personnel. Renamed back to Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra (Taneční orchestr Čs. rozhlasu/TOČR) after Karel Krautgartner’s emigration in August 1968.

Note: Please use this name only for the 1967–1968 recordings. Not to be confused with Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (1956–1959, aka “Karel Krautgartner se svým orchestrem” or “Septet/Nonet Karla Krautgartnera”, a predecessor to Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra), or with the 1960–1966 alias Karel Krautgartner Orchestra as used on some export or foreign releases.

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