Often lauded as one of the leading figures of the Czech jazz scene, David Doružka has been active as a professional musician from the age of 14, having played concerts all over the world, collaborated with many of today’s leading musicians, and having spent extensive periods in the cities of New York and Paris. After recent collaborations with jazz icons Lizz Wright, Jeff Ballard or Hilmar Jensson, Doružka teamed up with flutist Robert Fischmann and drummer Martin Novák to explore a sound which is less jazz-centered and more world-oriented. The core of this unusually sounding ensemble is the legacy of Jewish music with its many facets that have evolved on various continents over the centuries.

However the trio takes great liberties in incorporating all of these elements and so it easily happens that traditional Chassidic chants are followed by metalcore passages and melodies from Medieval Spain are heard next to sounds inspired by the contemporary New York downtown scene. Their present debut album is entitled Gilgul, meaning "cycle" in Hebrew. Jewish music is nothing new to members of the band as they have previously collaborated with Israeli musician Yair Dalal and American multi-instrumentalist Alan Bern among others and Doružka’s earlier CD Autumn Tales (2016, Animal Music) awarded the Czech Music Academy Angel Award for the best jazz album of the year bears influences of both Ashkenazi and Middle-Eastern music.

The album of the talented drummer and composer contains Nohavica's own compositions; influenced by African rhythms or Nordic jazz; capturing the joys and moments of life and trying to honestly tell a story that is hard to describe in words. David Doružka; Jaromír Honzák; Jirí Levícek and Cyrille Oswald contributed to the creation of the album and its final form. "When selecting my bandmates; I tried to find the ideal combination of their playing style and the character of the album; so that the story and atmosphere of the individual songs would stand out as much as possible," Nohavica explains. "I think that was successful. Despite the fact that some of the compositions can be challenging for players; we managed to create an interesting musical world full of discovery; joy and many other feelings." The guest vocalist on Glance is Allison Wheeler; an accomplished vocalist; lyricist and Nohavic's life partner. "Sharing a musical life with a partner is an extremely interesting thing; especially when we share it in a small musical community like the jazz community," says Nohavica. "I think on the one hand; we motivate each other; discover new things and learn together every day; but on the other hand; over time; our views on music; our bandmates and our musical development start to merge and it becomes harder and harder to say where the original boundaries of each of us actually are."