Real name: Alexej Fried

Effective period / Period of releases: 1972 - 2019

Czech composer, arranger and conductor.

Born October 13, 1922 in Brno (former Czechoslovakia), died 19 June 2011. Cofounder and 1954–1968 artistic director of the International Jazz Festival Prague. His best known works belong to the “third stream” genre, merging elements of classical music with jazz and even jazz-rock, particularly compositions recorded by the Gustav Brom Orchestra.