Photo: Jana Matznerová, Czech Radio
For more than two decades, guitarist Rudy Linka has brought some of the world’s finest jazz musicians to Czech town squares through Bohemia JazzFest. In an inteview with Vít Pohanka, he looks back on his journey from communist Czechoslovakia to New York and explains why making great music accessible to everyone remains his life’s mission.
When Rudy Linka left communist Czechoslovakia as a 19-year-old, he was driven by a simple desire: to experience the world and hear the musicians he admired in person.
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Author: Vít Pohanka