a Brief History of Czech Jazz Petr Vidomus Musical dramaturgy and presenter on Czech Radio Jazz www.jazz.rozhlas.cz
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The first Czech book about jazz was written in 1928 by the left-wing intellectual and playwright E. F. Burian, who later, in the name of “socialist realism”, participated in fighting this genre. Another music journalist and anti-regime activist of the so-called Jazz Section later appeared to be a collaborator of the Communist State Security… the history of Czech jazz is full of paradoxes and is closely linked to politics.
