Michal Hejna

Michal Hejna is a Czech drummer, percussionist, and composer whose recorded work includes Hot Line, the AghaRTA Band, and Prague jazz-fusion groups.

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Photo source · Performance photo via CS Music's Michal Hejna artist record

Career Overview

About Michal Hejna

CzechMusic's artist record identifies Hejna as a Czech drummer and follows his work across Hot Line, the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra, Transjazz, and other rock and jazz projects. Its recording chronology distinguishes those ensemble credits from guest appearances and drum-machine work.[1]

ARTA's catalog documents a later Prague jazz-fusion chapter: Hejna plays drums and contributes compositions to AghaRTA Band's Live at Home, joins Luboš Andršt's Moment in Time, and appears with pianist and singer Petr Kroutil on Another Day in AghaRTA. Those pages provide personnel and full-album listening rather than relying on name-only database matches.[4][3][5]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Drummer

Hot Line

CzechMusic documents Hejna across Hot Line singles and albums from the late 1980s through the ARTA releases Energy and Lizard.[1][2]

Drummer and composer

AghaRTA Band

Live at Home credits Hejna on drums and identifies two of his compositions in the band's 2014 live set.[4]

Drummer

Luboš Andršt Group

Moment in Time places Hejna in Andršt's electric group with Ondřej Kabrna and Zdeněk Tichota, plus guests on selected tracks.[3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2000 · ARTA Records

Lizard

Drummer with Hot Line

ARTA and CzechMusic identify Hejna as the drummer and percussionist in Hot Line's electric jazz-fusion lineup.[2][1]

Release details

2008 · ARTA Records

Moment in Time

Drummer with the Luboš Andršt Group

The label page credits Hejna throughout the eight-track album alongside Andršt, Kabrna, and Tichota.[3]

Release details

2014 · ARTA Records

Live at Home

AghaRTA Band drummer and composer

The live club recording features Hejna on drums and includes his compositions Kolovrátek and Colombier.[4]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Live at Home

Hear ARTA's complete stream of the AghaRTA Band's 2014 club recording and review its personnel and composer credits.

Moment in Time

Stream the Luboš Andršt Group album through ARTA's authorized track player and personnel page.

AghaRTA Jazz Centrum · Prague

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

[1] Czech artist, band, and recording chronology
CzechMusic
[2] Hot Line Lizard release and personnel
ARTA Records
[3] Moment in Time release, audio, and personnel
ARTA Records
[4] Live at Home audio, compositions, and personnel
ARTA Records
[5] Another Day in AghaRTA release and personnel
ARTA Records