Miroslav Vitous
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About
Founding member of Weather Report and long-time collaborator with an array of jazz musicians from the United States.
Before fame
He learned how to play jazz at the age of fourteen and went on to win a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music.
Trivia
The album Rendezvous in New York, on which Vitous played bass, won a Grammy Award in 2003.
Family life
He was born and raised in Prague.
Associated with
Vitous released his first album as a leader in 1969; it featured Herbie Hancock, among others.