Jakub Doležal is a saxophonist, keyboardist, composer, teacher and radio presenter. He graduated from the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory (2003) and its college, studied for a year at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and today teaches at the Ježek Conservatory himself. He has been active on the Prague scene since 1999 and gained wider attention as a member of the Ondřej Pivec Organic Quartet. He has passed through the bands Jan Kořínek & Groove, Extempore, Žáha, Phishbacher and Benedikta, and today plays in Los Quemados, the Petr Kalfus Sextet, Bucinatores and with Hudba Praha. Since 2007 he has led the Jakub Doležal Quartet (album Village Years, 2016). For Czech Radio he prepares the programmes Big Band Story and Tak to slyším já. Amplión Records released the albums Night Talks (2016) and Perfect Sphere (2025). More at jakubdolezal.bandcamp.com.
