Mahagon
years active: 1972 - 1980
jazzrock band founded by students of Prague Conservatory Petr Klapka and Jan Hala. In the beginnings the repertoir consists of cover versions of American jazzrock bands like Chicago or Blood, Sweat & Tears; later Klapka's own composition prevail. The band cooperates with excellent singers: Michal Prokop, Lubos Pospisil or Zdena Adamova (member of C&K Vocal and Klapka's wife). The band's existence ends with Klapka and Adamova's emigration from the communist Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Members:
Jan Hala (1972-1975) , keyboards
Zdena Adamova (1972-1980) , vocal
Petr Klapka (1972-1980) , leader, arrangement, bass guitar, keyboards
Adib Ghali (1976-1976) , guitars
Lubos Pospisil (1976-1977) , vocal
Jiri Jelinek (1976-1977) , guitars
Michal Pavlicek (1979-1980) , guitars
Jiri Hrubes (1979-1980) , drums
Nada Vavrova (1979-1980) , percussion
Vratislav Placheta (1980-1980) , drums
Zdenek Dvorak "Sarka" (1980-1980) , guitars
Jan Hruby, violin
Jaroslav Solc, flute
Michael Kocab, keyboards
Stepan Koutnik, clarinet
Ladislav Malina, drums, vibraphone, percussion
Jiri Niederle, saxophones
Bohuslav Volf, trombone
Jindrich Parma, trumpets
Zdenek Sedivy, trumpets
Jan Zizka, drums
Discography:
Mahagon , Supraphon 1978 , 
Slunecnice pro Vincenta van Gogha ( Sunflowers For Vincent Van Gogh ) , Supraphon 1980 , 
samplers etc.:
Skupiny a zpevaci ( Bands And Singers ) , Supraphon 1977
SP / EP:
Pulnocni bal / Cervene korale ( Midnight Ball / Red Beads ) , Supraphon 1976
Ve svetle petrolejky / Motyli kridla , Supraphon 1976
Dopisu stranku / Kvuli nam ( Sodoma, Viktor ) , Panton 1978
Na dovolenou / Oci ( Cernoch, Karel ) , Panton 1978
Hektolitr lasky / Svet je citit clovecinou ( Adamova, Zdena ) , Supraphon 1979
participation:
Signal casu ( Signal Of Time ) ( Spaleny, Jan ) , Supraphon 1979
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