Miroslav Vitous

Miroslav Vitous is a Czech double bassist, born in Prague in 1947, who studied at the Prague Conservatory before moving to the United States on a Berklee scholarship won in 1966. He worked in the New York jazz scene from the late 1960s and is best known as a founding member of Weather Report, formed in 1970 with Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul. Vitous played on Chick Corea's Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) with Roy Haynes and made his debut as leader with Infinite Search, recorded in 1969. He left Weather Report after disputes with Zawinul.