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Miroslav Ladislav Vitous (surname originally Vitouš, born 6 December 1947) is a Czech jazz bassist who was born in Prague. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. He began the violin at age six, and started playing the piano at age ten, and bass at fourteen. As a young man in Europe, Vitouš was a competitive swimmer. One of his early music groups was the Junior Trio with his brother Alan on drums and fellow Czech luminary-to-be Jan Hammer on keyboards. Jan Hammer (jan hamɘ (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, today part of the Czech Republic) is a He studied music at the Prague Conservatory (under F. Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated Posta), subsequently winning an international music contest in Vienna, earning him a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945 is an independent music College in Boston Massachusetts.

Vitous' virtuoso jazz bass playing has led critics to place him in the same league as Scott LaFaro, Dave Holland, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Christian McBride. A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus meaning skill manliness excellence is an individual Rocco Scott LaFaro ( April 3, 1936 – July 6, 1961) was an influential jazz bassist. Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British Jazz Bassist and Composer who is a significant representative Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (nils'hɛneŋ 'ɶɐ̥sd̥əð̥ 'pʰɛð̥ɐ̥sn May 27, 1946 &ndash April 19, 2005) was a Danish Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972, Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Jazz Bassist. A representative example of Vitous's double bass playing is Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968), with Chick Corea on piano and Roy Haynes on drums. Now He Sings Now He Sobs is a highly influential Jazz Piano trio album by Chick Corea, released March 14, 1968 Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American Jazz Pianist The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Roy Owen Haynes (born on March 13 1925, in Roxbury, Massachusetts) is an American Jazz Drummer and bandleader A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells This album shows his strong rhythmic sense, innovative walking lines, and intensity and abandon as an improviser.

His first album as a leader, Infinite Search, re-released with minor changes as Mountain in the Clouds featured several key figures from the then-budding jazz fusion movement: John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, and (slightly) elder statesman Joe Henderson. John McLaughlin (born January 4 1942 also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin is a Jazz fusion Guitarist and Composer from Doncaster, Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American Jazz Drummer, pianist, and composer Joe Henderson ( April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist.

A founding member of the group Weather Report, he has worked with Jan Hammer, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, and Jan Garbarek. Weather Report was an influential Jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s combining Jazz and Latin jazz with Art music, Jan Hammer (jan hamɘ (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, today part of the Czech Republic) is a Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American Jazz Pianist Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Josef Erich Zawinul ( July 7 1932 &ndash September 11 2007) was a Jazz keyboardist and Composer. Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 1947 in Mysen, Norway) a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the Jazz Vitous has since discussed his contentious departure from Weather Report with journalists, specifically regarding his relationship with Zawinul. Alphonso Johnson, who replaced Vitous, was himself replaced by the highly innovative and influential bassist Jaco Pastorius. Alphonso Johnson (born 1951 is a American Jazz bassist who has been influential since the early 1970s John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1 1951–September 21 1987 was a American Jazz Musician and Composer widely In 1988 Vitous moved back to Europe to focus on composing, but nonetheless continued to perform in festivals.

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