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Jan Byrczek
Jan A. Byrczek (15 June 1936 – 10 November 2019) was a jazz musician (double bass), jazz critic, and jazz magazine editor. He was born in Chelmek, and until the age of 41, worked as a musician in Poland, performing with artists that include the Trio Komeda Quartet Kurylewicz. Due to illness, Byrczek stopped playing. He then managed the Kraków Jazz Club and Polish Jazz Federation. He was a co-founder of the European Jazz Federation in 1956 and founded ''Jazz Forum (magazine), Jazz Forum'' in 1964. In 1977, he moved to the United States and was granted citizenship in 1987. Selected discography * ''Andrzej Trzaskowski Trio, Concert in Warsaw'', Polskie Nagrania Muza, Muza Records L0291 : Recorded 8 June 1959 : Andrzej Trzaskowski (piano), Jan Byrczek (bass), :pl:Jan Zylber (drums) # "Metamorphosis" * ''Somnabulists,'' Andrzej Kurylewicz Trio with Wanda Warska, Polskie Nagrania Muza, Muza Records L0348 : Recorded in Warsaw, 23 February 1961 : Wanda Warska (vocal), Andrzej Kury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Stępień
Jerzy is the Polish version of the masculine given name George. The most common nickname for Jerzy is Jurek (), which may also be used as an official first name. Occasionally the nickname Jerzyk may be used, which means "swift" in Polish. People *Jerzy, ''nom de guerre'' of Ryszard Białous, Polish World War II resistance fighter * Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish writer * Jerzy Bartmiński, Polish linguist and ethnologist * Jerzy Braun (other), several people * Jerzy Brzęczek, Polish footballer and manager * Jerzy Buzek, Polish politician and former Prime Minister * Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer * Jerzy Fedorowicz, Polish actor and theatre director * Jerzy Ficowski, Polish poet and translator * Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director and theorist * Jerzy Hoffman, Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer * Jerzy Jarniewicz, Polish poet, literary critic, translator and essayist * Jerzy Janowicz, Polish tennis player * Jerzy Jurka, Polish-American computational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |