Tmavomodrý Ježek is the nickname of Jaroslav Ježek (1906-1942), a Czech composer, pianist and conductor who served as musical director of the avant-garde Liberated Theatre (Osvobozené divadlo) from 1928 to 1938, writing over 120 numbers for twenty productions alongside Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich. He also led his own swing band, whose recordings for the Ultraphon label were among the most original jazz output in interwar Europe. Despite near-blindness and impaired hearing, he was a celebrated improviser, often called the Czech Gershwin. He fled to New York in January 1939 and died there on 1 January 1942 of kidney failure, aged 35.
Ballet Prague Junior 2 presented a full-length performance in Prague to the music of Jaroslav Ježek, Antonín Dvořák, and Václav Trojan as part of the Year of Czech Music.
The Big Band of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory High School performed at Lucerna Music Bar in Prague at a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Prague Big Band.
Bugatti Step was performed by three pianists playing six-handed at a festive concert in the Dietrichstein Palace in Brno.
Wikipedia updated the article about Ježek's Blue Room, which remains accessible as part of the National Museum on Kaprova Street in Prague.
