where he studied jazz teaching and the different approaches of European and American jazz. He organized and led the Summer Jazz Workshop in Frýdlant until his death in 1989. As a teacher, Velebný emphasised knowledge of techniques which could be broadly applied on jazz standards. He also wrote the specialist jazz textbook Jazzová praktika (The Jazz Practical). Velebný contributed significantly to Czech theatre. He co-founded the Jára Cimrman Theatre, under the pseudonym dr. Evžen Hedvábný (actually, Karel Velebný has invented Jára Cimrman as a polyhistor and a Greatest Czech of all centuries), and made occasional onstage appearances - as an actor - during its early days. Discography untitled LP (DV 10 164, SH Quintet, Supraphon). Poezie a jazz II (Supraphon 1965). (Poetry and Jazz II) SHQ a přátelé (Supraphon 1965). (SHQ and Friends) SHQ (Supraphon 1966). Jak hrál SHQ (Supraphon 1966). (How SHQ played) Československý jazz 1966 (Supraphon 1967). (Czechoslovak Jazz) Karel Velebný Nonet, SHQ & Woodwinds (SABA 1968). SHQ Karel Velebný (ESP 1969). Motus (Supraphon 1971). Týnom tánom (Supraphon 1971). Jazzové nebajky (Panton 1973). Parnas – Karel Velebný & SHQ s hosty (Supraphon 1981). (Parnas - Karel Velebný and SHQ with Guests) Jazzman Cimrman (Panton 1985). S+HQ Karel Velebný & Company (Radioservis CR0398-2) Notes References P 2688 External links Český hudební slovník osob a institucí (Czech Music Dictionary) Karel Velebný at All About Jazz Karel Velebny and SHQ at ESP-Disk Česká hudba (Czech music) Reflex.cz 1931 births 1989 deaths Czech film score composers Male film score composers Czech jazz musicians Czech jazz pianists Czech musicians Czech saxophonists ESP-Disk artists 20th-century pianists 20th-century composers 20th-century saxophonists Male pianists 20th-century Czech male musicians Male jazz musicians Musicians from Prague