Real name: Gustav Brom se svým orchestrem

Effective period / Period of releases: 1946 - 1996

Members: Jaromír Hnilička, Gery Scott, Ivan Dominák, Stanislav Veselý, Gustav Brom, Josef Audes, Miloš Machek, Jarmila Veselá, Karel Krautgartner, Milan Pilar, Oldřich Blaha, Hellmut Sickel, Josef Blaha, Jan Formánek, Helena Blehárová, Milan Řežábek, Zdeněk Novák, Mojmír Bártek, Alfa Šmíd, Bronislav Horák, Artur Pavlíček, Václav Skála, Jaromír Honzák, Cyril Zeleňák, Milan Vidlák, Dušan Húščava, Jan Slabák, Lubomír Novosad, Vladimír Valovič, Milan Ulrich, Antonín Julina, Igor Vavrda, Luděk Hulan, Josef Hruška, Miroslav Rücker, František Malát, Jan Kulíšek, Emil Janeček, František Navrátil, Bill Moody, Josef Pelc, Gustav Brom Jr., Imre Móži, Ivan Inochovský, M. Janoš, Vítězslav Vavrda, Jan Hubáček, Jindřich Šmek, Václav Holub, Lubomír Řezanina, Günter Kočí, Ladislav Hudeček, Eduard Vizváry, Milan Černohouz, Miloslav Petr, Štefan Šimo, Václav Dadák, Zdeněk Procházka, Hans-Ulrich Brandt, Věra Martinová

Czechoslovak big band. Formed in 1940, led and conducted by Gustav Brom until his death in 1995. First recordings for Esta label in 1945.
See also Combo Orchestru Gustava Broma for a related discography.

In 1995 the orchestra has been officially renamed to Gustav Brom Big Band, and since then it is led by Vladimír Valovič. According to their official web site, the orchestra is still considered the very same subject, featuring Jaromír Hnilička as the longest active member since 1956. The orchestra has celebrated their 70th anniversary in 2010.
Since January 2013 until December 2014 the Gustav Brom Big Band performs as the new Czech Radio “resident” big band under the name Rozhlasový big band Gustava Broma.