Who Are Those Singers & Musicians ~ Jamila Vesela

 

Born Jarmila Slabá, she was the daughter of the composer and conductor Jan Slabý, who attended grammar school in Brno, and graduated from the conservatory in Brno as a flautist.

 She then worked in the former Yugoslavia for a long time and returned to Czechoslovakia only in 1946 where she became famous mainly as a singer in the Gustav Brom Orchestra in 1956-1963. Later she collaborated with other well-known musical ensembles such as the Studio Brno Orchestra, the Karel Vlach Orchestra and the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra (TOČR). She also recorded several solo albums, such as “Sluneční Ostrov” (1958).

As an actress, she drew the most attention to herself as Dana Ouredičková in the film “Prague Blues” (1963), she starred in the television production ‘Homemade Food is Home Food’ (1978) or the cashier in the film “Eliška Likes it Wild” (1999). She also sang the song of Olga Schoberová in the famous parody “Lemonade Joe” (1964).

Her husband was trombonist Stanislav Veselý, with whom she had a son, Petr.

VESELA, Jarmila (Jarmila Slabá) [1/2/1933, Susak, Rijeka, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 4/12/2017, Brno, Czech Republic] – film, TV actress, singer, musician (flautist), actress, daughter of composer, conductor Jan Slabý [1904–1991], married to musician Stanislav Veselý [1928-1985] mother of Petr Veselý, member of the Kohoutovice Hall of Fame.

Lemonade Joe – 1964 [sings “Arizona]