GEORGE MRAZ
Post Bop / World Fusion / Swing • Czech Republic
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Czech-American jazz bass player, composer, also occasional saxophonist. He was a U.S. resident since the late 1960s, and became an American citizen in 1973.
Born: September 9, 1944 in Písek (former Czechoslovakia).
Died: September 16, 2021 in Prague
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George Mraz was a greatly in-demand bassist for straight-ahead dates after he emigrated to the United States in 1968. After a brief time playing violin and alto, Mraz studied bass at the Prague Conservatory and gigged at a club in Munich for a year. In 1968, he attended Berklee and he soon toured with Oscar Peterson, from 1970 to 1972. After moving to New York, Mraz became a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1973 to 1976), worked with Stan Getz (1974 and 1975), and went on to work with most of the top jazz players, including Walter Norris, Pepper Adams, Roland Hanna, Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, John Abercrombie, Carmen McRae, Jimmy
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Post Bop
1996
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2001
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