{"id":6156,"date":"2026-07-31T20:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2026-08-01T19:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:43:34","slug":"jakub-safr-swing-trio-avalon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/jakub-safr-swing-trio-avalon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakub Safr &amp; Swing trio Avalon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.normanrothsteintheatre.com\/\"><strong>The Norman &amp; Annete Rothstein Theatre<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>950 West 41st Avenue, Vancouve<\/strong>r, <strong>BC V5Z 2N7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 4, 202<\/strong>7 <strong>at 8pm,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" src=\"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jakub.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6159\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3293983740567368;width:460px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jakub.jpg 900w, http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jakub-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jakub-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jakub Safr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"635\" src=\"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Safr.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6160\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4172999074944723;width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Safr.jpeg 900w, http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Safr-300x212.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Safr-768x542.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jakub Safr\/Avalon Trio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Jakub \u0160afr<\/em><\/strong> is a prominent Czech jazz and swing pian<mark>i<\/mark>st<mark>, <\/mark>composer, arranger, and bandleade<mark>r<\/mark>. He is recognized as one of the leading figures on the contemporary Czech swing revival scene. Born on November 7, 1975, in \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, \u0160afr began classical piano training at six years old. While studying at the Prague Conservatory, he shifted his focus specifically to 1930s jazz. At age 20, he joined <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ond%C5%99ej_Havelka_a_jeho_Melody_Makers\">Ond\u0159ej Havelka&#8217;s Melody Makers<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, famous swing orchestra as a pianist, later serving as its bandleader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">He currently leads several groups, including <em>Shaffer&#8217;s Riffers<\/em>, <em>Swing Trio Avalon<\/em>, and the <em>Jakub \u0160afr Quartet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em><strong>Collaborations<\/strong>:<\/em> He frequently collaborates with jazz vocalist <strong>Petra Ernyeiov\u00e1 <\/strong>and performs regularly with the <strong>Semafor Theatre.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swing Trio Avalon .Jakub \u0160afr v  Salmovsk\u00e1 liter\u00e1rn\u00ed kav\u00e1rna\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/elQPaAOeK8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Norman &amp; Annete Rothstein Theatre 950 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2N7 June 4, 2027 at 8pm, Jakub \u0160afr is a prominent Czech jazz and swing pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He is recognized as one of the leading figures on the contemporary Czech swing revival scene. Born on November 7, 1975, in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/jakub-safr-swing-trio-avalon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jakub Safr &amp; Swing trio Avalon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jazz","category-upcoming-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6181,"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions\/6181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.97.3.93\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}