Showing posts with label Ondřej Havelka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ondřej Havelka. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Ondrej Havelka - Sing, Sing, Sing



I discovered Ondřej Havelka pretty much one year ago when he sang Beat Me Daddy Eight To he Bar and later on with Jingle Bells.

Today I have a clip where Ondřej Havelka performs Sing, Sing, Sing from his show "How jazz was born and reached Bohemia". As I said bfore: who wouldn't like to be multi-talented like him: singer, dancer, comedian, actor and director. Wow.

Apparently there is a DVD where all his short movies are collected: "Ondrej Havelka uvadi Temer kompletni almanach filmovych pisni".

If someone would give me this DVD, I would be so happy. If I have a fan of the blog in the Czech Republic: if you really like this blog, send me a copy, please.

What do you think of Ondřej Havelka and the Melody Makers playing Sing, Sing, Sing? Please comment.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Ondrej Havelka sings Jingle Bells

If you want to get into the Christmas mood then watch this terrific video clip with Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers singing "Jingle Bells". There are lots of funny sequences. Enjoy.




If you missed Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers in my previous post where they performed Beat me, daddy eight to the bar, then watch it right away.

What do you think of Ondřej Havelka singing Jingle Bells? Tell me.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Ondrej Havelka - Beat me, daddy eight to the bar

Once in a while, you come across these absolutely fabulous video clips, this is one of them. The video clip is Ondrej Havelka and His Melody Makers playing "Beat me, daddy eight to the bar".




Ondřej Havelka and His Melody Makers is a band from the Czech Republic who like to play early jazz music. Besides being a musician and band leader, Ondřej Havelka is also an actor and director and you can tell that by the good cinematic quality of the video clip: the angles, the cutting and the acting.

The clip has such energy and humour that it's impossible not to be infatuated by it. Don't we all dream about being swept away to another time and place, where you can dance and enjoy yourself as much as you like and not having to care about a boring job?

Ondřej Havelka is multi-talented and is a good tap dancer, at least those half breaks looks really really good. To find out more about him, read this interview with Ondřej Havelka by Radio Prague.

In the video you can hear and see the vocal group The Swings.

A big thank you goes to band leader and trumpet player Peter Lind who told me about this clip after his concert on Saturday.

What do you think of this video clip with Ondrej Havelka and His Melody Makers playing "Beat me, daddy eight to the bar"? Do you find it as fantastic as I do? Tell me.