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Biography
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Jiří Šlitr
Real name: Jiří Šlitr
Effective period / Period of releases: 1964 - 1999
Czech composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, actor, comedian, designer and illustrator. Born February 15, 1924 in Zálesní Lhota near Jilemnice, died December 26, 1969, in Prague (former Czechoslovakia). Co-founder of the Czechoslovak Dixieland Jazz Band in 1948 which later evolved to Pražský Dixieland. Founding member of the Semafor Theatre in Prague (1959).