Jiří Stivín

Jiří Stivín (born November 23, 1942 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia). Czech flutist, saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, band leader, originally cinematographer. From 1961–1962, one of the pioneers of Czechoslovak rock music as a member of Sputnici. Cofounder of Martin Kratochvíl’s, Jazz Q, in the mid-1960s. Father of Adam Stivín, Jiří Stivín, Markéta Stivínová and Zuzana Stivínová; cousin of Milan Svoboda.