Czech pianist, composer, arranger, conductor. Born 1 August 1931 in Most (former Czechoslovakia), died 29 October 2014 in Prague. Leader of his own orchestra in the late 1950s. Member of the Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra since 1960, originally as pianist, later as arranger and conductor. After the orchestra split in 1963 conductor of the Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra until the 1990s. Brother of Vlastimil Hála, uncle of Jan Hála.