František Uhlíř Team (F.U.T.)

After the world opened to Eastern Europe, the jazz scene and less known groups appeared on the jazz scene, whose skills could have entered wider acquaintance and application. One of them is the quartet of musicians appearing under the title František Uhlíř Team (F.U.T). The first group of musicians under this name was compiled in 1987 by double bass player František Uhlíř, who belongs to the generation of players in the world called the "Czech bass school" (M. Vitouš, G. Mraz). It is carefully balanced and arises from the interaction of individual players who offer surprising possibilities of changing colors and expression. Figuratively speaking, the music of this group is a living organism, when František Uhlíř is his soul, Andy Schofield (UK) voice, Standa Mácha and Pavel Pain with heart. Group F.U.T. It interprets with great understanding and sense of jazz standards, often "spiced" by its own modifications and its own compositions that come from the position of jazz standards.