UP-COMING PERFORMANCES:

David Dorůžka Trio with Michal Barański (bass) & Martin Novák (drums)
July 3 - Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, www.jazznica.sk

Piotr Wylezol Quintet feat. David Doruzka (guit.) & Adam Pieronczyk (sax) (with Piotr Wylezol - p, Adam Kowalewski - b, Krzysztof Dziedzic - dr)

July 24 - festival "Jazz w Lesie", Suleczyno, Poland
July 25 - "Muzyczna Owczarnia", Jaworki, Poland
July 26 - festival "Pod Baranami" Krakow, Harris, Poland

For a complete list, visit the Appearances section.

SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN LESZNO AND BRATISLAVA
This summer David Dorůžka will again teach at two exciting summer workshops for young and aspiring musicians.

The 5th INTERNATIONAL LESZNO JAZZ WORKSHOP - LESZNO, POLAND - August 14th – 22nd
Lecturers: Piotr Baron (PL) – saxophones, artistic director, Miriam Bayle (SK) – voice, Hans Peter Salentin (D) – trumpet, David Dorůžka (CZ) – guitar, Klaudius Kováč (SK) – piano, Juraj Griglák (SK) – upright bass, bass guitar, Marcin Jahr (PL) – drums, Andrzej Schmidt (PL) - jazz history;
more information at: www.pro-musica.org.pl
www.baron.cba.pl

SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOP BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA – July 6th – 10th

DAVID DORŮŽKA ON MYSPACE.COM
David Dorůžka has joined the MySpace network. To look at his profile, listen to music, view videos, etc..., visit www.myspace.com/daviddoruzka

David Dorůžka was guest in the radio program STUDIO ČESKO on July 23rd. The whole program can be heard in the archive here (in Czech): www.rozhlas.cz/radio_cesko/press/_zprava/598384

NEW RECORDINGS FEATURING DAVID DORŮŽKA
In recent months David has been busy recording as a sideman on new CDs by several different artists. He will appear on the new album of Polish vocalist Aga Zaryan (together with Michal Tokaj – piano, Michal Baranski – bass, Lukasz Zyta – drums & Munyungo Jackson – percussion) and he also wrote several compositions for this album. Furthermore he will be featured on the debut album of bassist and bandmate Tomáš Liška (with bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura), on the new album of bassist Jaromír Honzák (with Chris Cheek – sax, Michal Tokaj – piano, Lukasz Zyta – drums) and on new CD by saxophonist Cyrille Oswald (with Tomáš Liška – bass & Dano Šoltis – drums). All CDs are scheduled for release in 2009 or 2010 and further information will be provided soon.

CD Silently Dawning receives the award Anděl – CD of the Year 2008 in the Jazz&Blues category in the Czech Republic
The “Anděl” awards (awards of the Czech academy of popular music) have been given out on Saturday March 14th in a live broadcast in the program “Noc s Andělem” on Czech TV 2. This is already the second “Anděl” that David Dorůžka receives, the first one was awarded to him in the same category for his first CD Hidden Paths, released in 2004.
More details about CD Silently Dawning a few paragraphs below.

DAVID DORŮŽKA / JOSEFINE LINDSTRAND Quartet on CZECH TV 2
On Sunday November 30th at 0:45 a concert of the David Dorůžka / Josefine Lindstrand Quartet with Michal Baranski (bass) and Lukasz Zyta (drums) was broadcast on the 2nd channel of Czech Television. The concert took place in April 2008 at the International festival JazzFest Brno 2008 in theater Husa na provázku. The program can still be watched over the internet here.
Further info here.
An interview with David Dorůžka and Josefine Lindstrand was also part of the program NOTES on ČT2 on Tuesday November 25th at 11:45pm. It can be watched here. (The interview starts at 14:35.)
Program info

New CD “SILENTLY DAWNING” out now!
David Dorůžka’s new CD was recorded in October 2007 in Studio Svárov. It features Swedish singer Josefine Lindstrand and Polish bassist Michal Baranski and drummer Lukasz Zyta, and consists of 10 of David’s originals written on poems or texts by Emily Dickinson, Jiří Orten and Josefine Lindstrand. Included is a 16-page booklet with photos by Magda Slezarová and English-Swedish-Czech translations of all poems and lyrics sung on the CD.
"Silently Dawning" was released on March 28th on label Animal Music (www.animalmusic.eu)
Several tracks can be heard here: www.myspace.com/daviddoruzka and samples of the music can also be found here
The CD is available worldwide at CD BABY (www.cdbaby.com/doruzka ) and iTunes and is distributed in the Czech and Slovak Republics exclusively by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. It can also be ordered in the Animal Music e-shop.
For the official press release click here: pdf or MS Word.

DVD „Iva Bittová & Ida Kelarová – JAZZ“ available now
The live DVD with the concert of Iva Bittová & Ida Kelarová from the Lucerna hall in Prague was released at the end of October. Bittová and Kelarová are accompanied by Ondrej Krajňák, Tomáš Baroš, Marián Ševčík, David Dorůžka, Julius Baroš, Radovan Tariška, Ivan Herák, Miloš Dvořáček, Lamborghini String Quartet and the vocal trio of Desiderius Dužda. Miriam Bayle also performs as well as special guest George Mraz. The DVD is distributed by INDIES Records and can also be ordered here.

NEW ALBUM BY JAROMÍR HONZÁK
Jaromír Honzák’s new CD A Question to All Your Answers, featuring David Dorůžka on guitar, Michal Tokaj on piano and Lukasz Zyta on drums, was released on October 1st on the label Animal Music. For more details visit:
www.animalmusic.cz
www.jaromirhonzak.com
www.myspace.com/jaromirhonzak

CZECH TRANSLATION OF JIM HALL’S BOOK EXPLORING JAZZ GUITAR
A Czech translation of this groundbreaking book on the art of jazz guitar and improvisation was published in September by Edition Bärenreiter. David Dorůžka provided a foreword. Further information can be found at:
www.ebp.cz/novinky1/pruvodce-jazzoveho-kytaristy.html
To order, visit:
http://noty-knihy.inshop.cz/inshop/shop.asp?kat=H%207981