Jiří Traxler
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Jiří "George" Traxler (12 March 1912 – 7 August 2011) was a Czech Canadian jazz and swing pianist, composer, lyricist and arranger, and was considered a founder and co-creator of the swing music era in Czechoslovakia. He was the last surviving collaborator of the renowned Czech pre-war composer Jaroslav Ježek. In 1951 he emigrated to Canada, and lived with his wife, Jarmila, in Edmonton until his death in the summer of 2011.
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3by Lenzberg, Julius, 1878-1956, Dvorský, Rudolf Antonín, 1899-1966, Schulhoff, Erwin, 1894-1942, Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959, Ježek, Jaroslav, 1906-1942, Jolson, Al, 1896-1950, Handy, William Christopher, 1873-1958, Traxler, Jiří, 1912-2011, Šíma, Jan, 1911-1983, Běhounek, Kamil, 1916-1948, Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965, Verberger, Jiří, 1918-1973, Ludvík, Emil
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4Published 1973Other Authors: “...Traxler, Jiří, 1912-2011...”
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