Real name: Karel Krautgartner se svým orchestrem

Effective period / Period of releases: 1957 - 1959

Members: Karel Velebný, Ivan Dominák, Karel Krautgartner, Sláva Kunst, Alfa Šmíd, Jiří Jelínek, Zdeněk Pulec, Václav Hybš, Richard Kubernát, Ivo Preis, Vladimír Tymich, Milan Ulrich, Antonín Julina, Jan Konopásek, Jiří Jirmal, Luděk Hulan, Vladimír Tomek, Miroslav Rücker, Vítězslav Voborník, Karel Turnovský, Artur Hollitzer, Míša Polák

Czech jazz and dance orchestra, led by Karel Krautgartner. Active 1956–1959, also known as “Septet/Nonet Karla Krautgartnera”. Predecessor to the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra and Studio 5 (2). In the 1970s also credited as Studiový orchestr Čs. rozhlasu due to censorship.
Note: not to be confused with Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (2) and Karel Krautgartner Orchestra which were completely different subjects.