Mistři - Nejvýznamnější romští představitelé klasické hudby a jazzu v Čechách a na Slovensku – Ščuka Emil (2020)

Another book by Emil Ščuka, founder and director of the International Conservatory in Prague, titled "Masters," presents in an almost encyclopedic manner the most significant representatives of classical and jazz music among the Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. I read it with genuine interest and must say that I was surprised in several ways. I have not yet read a more comprehensive overview in a single book, in one single place, and I actually consider that its greatest contribution. Of course, it does not contain all the names, nor can it, but it creates the most coherent basic overview of the names of musicians who have transformed their talent, often honed and perfected through generations of musical family backgrounds and studies at prestigious schools, into successes of a global nature and have achieved the highest recognition even in genres where it was not possible or at least common two generations ago for various reasons. Yes, we are primarily talking about classical music, but also about jazz, which was most influenced by the musical genius Django (Jean) Reinhardt, a Belgian-born jazz guitarist and composer of Franco-Romani descent. He was the first significant jazz talent to emerge from Europe, whose skill was admired and...