Tribute to late Czech swing and jazz queen Eva Pilarová

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The late Eva Pilarová, one of the legends on the Czech music scene, would have turned 85 this weekend. In the course of her impressive career she sang swing, jazz, rock’n’roll, middle of the road pop and even funk and folk music.

Born in August 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II, Eva Pilarová was already an eager singer during her childhood and went on to study at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in her hometown of Brno.

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