Miroslav Bukovsky

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Miroslav Bukovsky (born Czechoslovakia) is one of Australia's leading jazz trumpeters and composers. He has won the Jazz Action Society's Jazz Composers Competition several times and also teaches and does session work. Currently Miro is a Lecturer in Jazz Trumpet at the Canberra School of Music, Australian National University. He is a former student of famed American trumpeter teacher and pedagogist Bill Adam.

Bukovsky formed Ten Part Invention with John Pochee and Roger Frampton, and has been active as a composer for this band. He has also composed for his other bands, including Major Minority, which he formed in 1987, and Wanderlust which he formed in 1991. Wanderlust then went on to win the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album of 1994 with their 1993 self-titled first release, Wanderlust (Rufus Records/Universal).

He has had a long and established career, and has performed with many groups including:

  • Bob Bertles' Moontrane
  • The Bruce Cale Orchestra
  • Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra
  • KMA Orchestra
  • The Freeboppers
  • Renée Geyer
  • The Daly-Wilson Big Band
  • Monica and the Moochers
  • Carl Orr
  • The Mighty Reapers
  • The Australian Art Orchestra

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