Real name: Jazzový orchestr Československého rozhlasu (JOČR) ‎

Effective period / Period of releases: 1962 - 1985

Members: Ivan Dominák, Josef Vejvoda, Laco Deczi, Karel Krautgartner, Rudolf Rokl, Felix Slováček, Ladislav Pikart, Václav Týfa, Radim Hladík, Zdeněk Dvořák, Michal Pavlíček, Jiří Tomek, Petr Kořínek, Jiří Jelínek, Zdeněk Pulec, Miroslav Koželuh, Jan Čapoun, Jiří Hlava, Miroslav Krýsl, Karel Růžička, Václav Hybš, Svatopluk Košvanec, Petr Král, Richard Kubernát, Pavel Vitoch, Josef Pavelka, Milan Ulrich, Vladimír Žižka, Vincenc Kummer, Bedřich Kuník, Kamil Hála, Luděk Hulan, Vladimír Tomek, Bedřich Beránek, Václav Král, František Kryka, Karel Turnovský, Artur Hollitzer, Štěpán Markovič, Jiří Doubrava, Tomáš Křemenák

Big band of the Czechoslovak Radio, originally established in 1960 in Prague as “Taneční orchestr Československého rozhlasu” (Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra, 1967–1968 also known as Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (2)) and led by Karel Krautgartner until 1968. Having identical personnel as the latter two, this orchestra name was used for jazz recordings and releases from 1962 until 1992, usually conducted by Kamil Hála.

In 1993 the orchestra’s name was changed to “Big Band Radio Praha” and eventually to “Big Band Českého Rozhlasu” (BB ČRo), still featuring František Kryka as the longest active member since 1961, and led by Václav Kozel since September 2002 until December 2012. Since January 2013 until December 2014 the new Czech Radio “resident” big band is the former Gustav Brom Orchestra, presently led by Vladimír Valovič as “Rozhlasový big band Gustava Broma”.