Jan Hrubý


Jan Hrubý is a Czech rock violinist known primarily for playing with the bands Etc..., Framus Five, and Kukulín.
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Life and career

Hrubý was born in Prague in 1948. Between 1964 and 1968, he studied violin at the Prague Conservatory, then went on to play bass and later violin in the group Reciprocity. From 1975 until Vladimír Mišík's performance ban by the Communist government in 1982, he played with the singer's band Etc.... In 1983, he joined Luboš Andršt's Blues Band and a year later, he became a member of Michal Prokop's Framus 5 and significantly influenced the album Kolej Yesterday. When Mišík was able to return to the stage in 1985, Hrubý rejoined Etc..., though only for a year and a half, before returning to Framus 5.
Since 1987, he has also played with Prokop and Andršt in an acoustic trio formerly known as Nu-Trio.
Hrubý has also been a member of Čundrgrund with Mišík, Vladimír Merta, and Petr Kalandra, as well as collaborating with Dagmar Andrtová-Voňková and recording with Jazz Q, Marsyas, C&K Vocal, Hana Hegerová, and others. In the 1990s, he was influenced by celtic music and founded the group Kukulín.
In 2012, Hrubý took part in Merta's revived project Dobrá úroda, recording the album Nikdo v zemi nikoho.
In January 2014, he released the album Společné světy with English harpist Sean Barry.

Partial discography

Cesta na severozápad Arthur's Stone Burning Rose Černý ovce Středozem The Best of… Stará vlna Cesty… Mezidobí Silmarillion Unplugged – Live The Habit of Perfection Včerejší Vydání Nikdo v zemi nikoho Společné světy 7 Příběhy v čase V rozpitých barvách
  • ''S nebem to mám dobrý''