Vít Beneš
He has a dark blue master diploma of jazz guitar from JAMU in Brno. In addition to Brno, he also studied in other world capitals such as Accra in Ghana and Gothenburg in Sweden. He plays in the experimental bands Endemit and PAN, in a band with an accordion "Ondřej Zámečník Quintet" and in a blues group of swing musicians "Prime Minister Benny & his Clumsy Fingers", which he leads under the false name of Prime Minister Benny. And he would almost forgotten the swing band The Dudes of Ellington! He deals with a relatively wide range of genres and styles. From Congolese soukous to dream pop to free improvisation. He is convinced that it is needed and someone has to do it...
He taught briefly at the Art School in Rtyně in the Krkonoše Mountains at several jazz workshops in Trutnov, Jelenia Góra and Tashkent in Uzbekistan, and he also taught privately. In Kohutek he tends to the guitars and ukuleles.
Janek Čarek
Singer, rhythm guitarist and chronic founder of dance bands. He is currently actively involved in the projects "Heart of Dixie", "Django Jet" and "Prime Minister Benny and His Clumsy Fingers". He also worked on the Django Sisters project, and was a co-founder and arranger for the jazz vocal quartet FourWayClose. He has many years of private education in the field of popular and jazz singing, including prestigious workshops in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and the USA. During the years 2018-2020 he worked as a lecturer at the Private School of Popular Singing in Brno. He teaches singing and choir in Kohútek. He will occasionally play rhythm guitar in a big band.
Petr Svoboda
Even before studying at the Jan Neruda Grammar School with a musical focus, the song No banana boogie woogie blues won his heart:
After graduating, which he successfully passed in 2011, he was a student of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in the field of piano playing for 3 years. He focuses on funk and fusion, but he is also attracted to jazz and blues. He currently works in the bands Fanfán Tulipán (fusion), Veronika & The Band (jazz / pop) and The Bazalcas (live-experiment). He performs keyboard tricks in Kohutek.
Géraldine "G" Schnyder
After having finished her Master Studies in Bern, the Singer Géraldine Schnyder moved to Brno – out of love (not only) for czech liquids. The versatile singer is known for her professionalism and for her curiosity, with which she explores different genres. She works in various Bands as a Side-Woman, for example in the swiss-german quartet schnyder&schnyder&schnyder&schnyder spielen Eggimann, in a Duo project with Vincenc Kummer, and every now and then with the Swiss Pianist Mélusine Chappuis.
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