Petr Tichý is a jazz double bassist. He also plays an electro-acoustic double bass of his own design, built by the luthier Jiří Petlach. He studied at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and in the jazz department of HAMU with Petr Kořínek, Jaromír Honzák and Jiří Slavík, and attended courses with Miroslav Vitouš. He is active on the Prague jazz scene and in many cross-genre projects, including the bands Alvik and Floex, Sylvie Krobová, Pavol Hammel and Petr Nikl. He develops his own compositional and sonic work in the duo HLASkontraBAS with Ridina Ahmedová, which was nominated for the Anděl award 2016 in the world music category. Amplión Records released the albums Leland Dream (2013) with the Marek Novotný Quintet and Zapporno (2017) with the NTS trio, in which he plays with Michal Nejtek and Štěpán Smetáček. More at tichykontrabas.cz.
