Felix Slováček – The Velvet Sound Of Felix Slováček

Reedman Felix Slováček (b. 1943 in Gottwaldov) holds a special position among Czechoslovak instrumental soloists for two reasons he is uncompetively the most popular of them and is appreciated invarious musical genres, as well. After graduating from Kroměříž Conservatory and Janáček Academy of Musical Arts in Brno, where he studied clarinet, he had practically attained such a musical versatility. He became a laureate of young interprets'competition in Brno, he inter preted Clarinet Concerto composed by old master of Czech origin Karel Stamitz on Prague Spring Festival and guest appeared as a soloist of saxophone and clarinet literature with leading Czechoslovak orchestras. Slováček became a much sought for interpreter of the compositions of the "third stream", especially of its leading composer Alexej Fried, his recordings of Fried's compositions Moravian Wedding (with Gustav Brom big band). Fried's two clarinet concertos, Quintet for Soprano Saxophone and string quartet, inspired by…