Karel Vlach is a Czech composer, conductor and arranger. He founded his Orchestra in 1938.

Many important composers, instrumentalists and arrangers of the Czech jazz scene gradually went through his band[1]. In 1947-48 Vlach's orchestra cooperated with the V+W Theatre (former Osvobozené divadlo). He also arranged and conducted many Czech film scores from 1940 to 1980. He launched the singing careers of Czech artists Yvetta Simonová (whom he married) and Milan Chladil in 1958. He and his musical colleagues Dalibor Brazda and Gustav Brom also arranged and recorded many titles for British singer Gery Scott in the late 1950s, mostly from what is now termed the American Songbook series. Many of these titles are now collectors items.
Supraphon Music Publishing is the record label Karel Vlach used most frequently. His repertoire includes jazz, light classical and orchestral, as well as pop arrangements. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.