Photo: Dan Materna, MFDNES + LN / Profimedia
Vlasta Průchová was one of the defining figures of Czech jazz. She was the singer who brought the spirit of American swing and jazz into Czechoslovak homes at a time when the Iron Curtain separated the country from the West. She performed alongside a young Karel Gott, welcomed music legends into her home, and raised a son who would become an international icon. This year marks the centenary of her birth.
In the early 1960s, viewers of the television programme Studio A witnessed a duet that quickly became a sensation: Až nám bude dvakrát tolik.
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Author: Romana Grajcarová