Effective period / Period of releases: 1962 - 1981

Members: Karel Velebný, George Mraz, Josef Vejvoda, Laco Deczi, Jiří Stivín, Milan Vitoch, Karel Vejvoda, Milan Pilar, Milan Máder, Rudolf Dašek, Jaromír Helešic, Jaromír Honzák, Jiří Tomek, Rudolf Ticháček, František Uhlíř, Petr Kořínek, Zdeněk Pulec, Miroslav Krýsl, Václav Hoza, Jan Arnet, Karel Růžička, Petr Král, Emil Viklický, Pavel Staněk, Stanislav Sulkovský, Laco Tropp, Luděk Švábenský, Ivan Smažík, Josef Pavelka, Vladimír Tymich, Antonín Julina, Jan Konopásek, Paul Polansky, Eva Svobodová, Vincenc Kummer, Antonín Viktora, František Kryka, František Krtička, Petr Beneš

Czech jazz combo, founded by Karel Velebný and Jan Konopásek in 1961 after both musicians quitted the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra. The group name is an abbreviation of “Spejbl + Hurvínek Quartet/Quintet”; the Spejbl & Hurvínek Theatre in Prague was the group’s original employer.
Note: Many group name variations have been used on releases or quoted in publications, but with the exceptions of a brief mid-1960s period without Karel Velebný (a combo also known as the Reduta Kvintet), all releases should be filed under this artist. That includes name variations like: S+HQ, SH kvartet, SH kvintet, SH/Jazz Quintet, Sága rodu SHQ, Happy Music SHQ, and others.