Energit is a Czech

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

band from

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founded in 1973 by guitarist

Luboš Andršt Luboš Andršt (26 July 1948 – 20 December 2021) was a Czech jazz fusion, rock, and blues guitarist, composer, producer, and guitar teacher. Known primarily for his electric rock-influenced guitar playing, he frequently played acoustic guitar ...

, singer Ivan Khunt, drummer

Jaroslav Erno Šedivý Jaroslav Erno Šedivý (born Jaroslav Šedivý on 15 October 1947, Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rock drummer. He was member of The Primitives Group, thereafter Flamengo (Czech band), Flamengo (''Kuře v hodinkách'') and also Energit (band) ...

, and bassist

Vladimír Padrůněk Vladimír Padrůněk (17 February 1952 – 30 August 1991) was a Czech jazz and rock bass guitarist. He is known for his work with the groups Jazz Q, Energit, Etc..., Abraxas, and others. Biography Padrůněk began playing bass guitar at the ...

. The band's first lineup was short-lived, as that year, Šedivý and Khunt emigrated. In the mid 1970s, their sound was strongly influenced by fusion bands such as the

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, while also incorporating a horn section. Over the following years, the band featured a number of other musicians, including well-known Czech fusion and rock musicians such as singer

Vladimír Mišík Vladimír Mišík (born 8 March 1947) is a Czech musician and politician. He is the founder or co-founder of the bands The Matadors, Matadors, Blue Effect, and Etc (band), Etc.... Career Music Mišík founded his first band, Uragán, as a teena ...

, drummer Anatoli Kohout, and pianist

Emil Viklický Emil Viklický (born 23 November 1948) is a Czech Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. Career Viklický was born in Olomouc. He graduated from Palacký University in 1971 with a degree in mathematics. As a student, he devoted a lot of time ...

, before disbanding in 1980. In the 2000s, Energit regrouped for live performances under the name Energit Luboše Andršta, with Andršt on electric guitar (until his death in 2021), drummer Jiří Zelenka, bassist Vladimír Guma Kulhánek, and keyboardist/singer Jan Holeček.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Energit'' (1975) * ''Piknik'' (1978) * ''Time's Arrow'' (2017) EPs * ''Mini Jazz Klub 6'' (1976) * ''Jazzrockova Dílna 2'' (1977)

References

External links

* * Czech jazz-rock groups Musical groups from Prague Musical groups established in 1973 Musical groups disestablished in 1980 Musical groups reestablished in 2006 Musical groups reestablished in 2012 {{rock-band-stub