Biography
Big Beat Quintet
Effective period / Period of releases: 1963
Members: Petr Janda, Pavel Chrastina, Jan F. Obermayer, Jan Antonín Pacák, Jan Reiner
Czech instrumental rhythm & blues group, active from late 1962 until summer 1963. Successor to Sputnici, predecessor to (among others) Olympic (2).Misleadingly credited as The Sputniks on export releases for PZO Artia while the original Sputnici group was still performing (but not recording) in parallel with different line-up.