One of the most ‪‎successful‬ ‪‎czech‬ ‪‎jazz‬ ensemble under the direction of its longtime founder, bandleader, clarinetist, composer, arranger and diplomat Pavel Smetáček. The band, which recorded with a lot of ‪top‬ czech and ‪foreign‬ soloists, is considered to be one of the best Czech jazz bands since the time of their founding in 1959.