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Miroslav Vitouš

Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
Person human Q558162

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
December 6, 1947
Place of birth
Prague
Country of citizenship
Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia[8][9]
Occupation
jazz musician, university teacher, composer, musician, double-bassist
Employer
New England Conservatory[10]
Educated at
Berklee College of Music[11]
Sibling
Alan Vitouš[30]
Genre
jazz, cool jazz[14][15]
Official website
www.miroslavvitous.com[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Czech[26]
Described by source
Records of persons of interest[25]
Family name
Vitouš[19]
Given name
Miroslav[20]
Instrument
double bass, bass, acoustic bass guitar[22][23][24]
Member of
Weather Report[12]
Name in native language
Miroslav Vitouš[28]
P14750
EEAD-9830-3C41-149B-C35B
Record label
ECM Records, Freedom Records[16][17]
Start of work period
1962[29]
Topic has template
Template:Miroslav Vitouš[27]
Unmarried partner
Magdalena Dietlová[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš en Miroslav Vitous en Miroslav Vitouš da Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš de Vitouš de Miroslav Vitous de Vitous es Miroslav Vitous fi Miroslav Vitous fi Miroslav Vitoush fr Miroslav Vitous he מירוסלאב ויטוס it Miroslav Vitouš it Miroslaw Vitous it Vitouš ja Mirosrav Vitous ja Mirosrav Vitouš ja ミロスラフ・ヴィトウス ja ミロスラフ・ビトウス ko 미로슬라프 비토우시
🔖 Identifiers · 64
ISNI
000000008128130X
VIAF cluster ID
49409692
Library of Congress authority ID
n82020005
GND ID
134547616
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Miroslav Vitouš.jpg ↗
AbART person ID
118371
Acharts.co artist ID
miroslav_vitous
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
305139
All About Jazz musician ID
11088
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000499683
BAnQ authority ID
0000340186
BBC Things ID
1fc850c4-3fab-4cca-97f0-8eca193f8fec
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BIBSYS ID
2038946
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13900892t
Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands ID
74683
CBDB.cz author ID
191295
CONOR.SI ID
57581923
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0055A8388
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10237463
Carnegie Hall agent ID
70322
CiNii Research ID
1140563741518352384
DDB person (GND) ID
134547616
DR music artist ID
30735
Databazeknih.cz author ID
146429
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134547616
Discogs artist ID
128396
Europeana entity
agent/base/50021
Facebook username
miroslavvitousartist
Film.ru person ID
miroslav-vitous
Filmportal ID
179c22daebbf4038baba15d3b30065dd
Freebase ID
/m/01n5k81
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Miroslav_Vitous
Grove Music Online ID
J468400
IDU person ID
46154
IMDb ID
nm1008417
IdRef ID
140825657
JRC Names ID
740825
Kinobox person ID
924282
Libraries Australia ID
35321982
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
12717
MusicBrainz artist ID
d214235c-cf6f-4c8a-bf68-be027b7bb16e
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000093644
Myspace ID
miroslavvitous
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10004664
NE.se ID
miroslav-vitous
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002157931
NLA Trove people ID
911164
NSK (VIAF) ID
000555565
NSK ID
981005688197809366
NUKAT ID
n2011052800
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004263910
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007339652005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810631629605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072332964
Obálky knih ID
ola2002157931
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803120119109
RERO ID (legacy)
A003945703
SVKKL authority ID
p0079042-Vitous-Miroslav-1947
SecondHandSongs artist ID
41057
Songkick artist ID
472840
TMDB person ID
2021458
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/4384303a-87b0-4f8a-9356-611e4dd14e43
ČSFD person ID
41584

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 5
Mountain Call, Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette, Trio Music, Trio Music Live in Europe, Universal Syncopations
Occupation 4
composer, musician, university teacher, jazz musician
Instrument 3
double bass, acoustic bass guitar, bass
Country of citizenship 2
Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
Genre 2
jazz, cool jazz
Record label 2
ECM Records, Freedom Records
Educated at 1
Berklee College of Music
Employer 1
New England Conservatory
Given name 1
Miroslav
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Czech
Mb:member of band 1
Weather Report
Member of 1
Weather Report
Place of birth 1
Prague
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Miroslav Vitouš was born on December 6, 1947[1], in Prague[2]. He has worked as a jazz musician[3], university teacher[4], composer[5], musician[6], and double-bassist[7].

FAQs

Where was Miroslav Vitouš born?

Miroslav Vitouš's place of birth was Prague[2].

What did Miroslav Vitouš do for work?

Miroslav Vitouš worked as a jazz musician[3], university teacher[4], composer[5], musician[6], and double-bassist[7].

Where did Miroslav Vitouš go to school?

Miroslav Vitouš was educated at Berklee College of Music[11].

Related Entities

Czechoslovakia Czech Republic

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . svazky.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Records of persons of interest. svazky.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . svazky.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . svazky.cz. svazky.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
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  2. 10w ago · Frettie · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Vitouš
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Family name: Vitouš, Added with [[User:Bargioni/QuickNames|QuickNames]]"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → EEAD-9830-3C41-149B-C35B
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  4. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0079042-Vitous-Miroslav-1947
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  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Miroslav
    Instance of → human
    Sex or gender → male
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