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Polish Jazz
Polish jazz has a history that spans periods of both acceptance and political repression. Before communism (1930–39) The beginning of jazz in Poland is difficult to determine. As early as the 1930s, clubs in Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów or Poznań would play some jazz. This tended to be swing and some of it was influenced by the traditional classical music. American popular music (particularly songs by George Gershwin) was in great demand. Eddie Rosner is considered to be the first Polish jazz musician of significance. Stalinist repression (1945–58) After the Communist takeover, jazz was initially repressed. Although groups like Melomani existed, jazz was officially condemned and forbidden from the radio. Musicians learned about jazz by listening to a shortwave radio broadcast of Willis Conover's '' Voice of America Jazz Hour'' or smuggling jazz records from abroad. Liberalisation (Out of the Underground 1958–67) After the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, jazz in Pola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astigmatic (album)
''Astigmatic'' is a studio album by Polish jazz pianist and composer Krzysztof Komeda. It is often considered to be Komeda's masterpiece as well as one of the greatest albums of both Polish jazz, Polish and European jazz. Composition ''Astigmatic'' consists of three long tracks, all written by Komeda. "Kattorna" (meaning "female cats" in Swedish language, Swedish) is based on a motif from Komeda's soundtrack for a The Cats (1965 film), movie of the same name directed by Henning Carlsen.Liner notes by Andrzej Schmidt for ''Astigmatic'' (Power Bros 00125) "Svantetic" is dedicated to Svante Foerster, a Sweden, Swedish poet who was a friend of Komeda. The music combines many disparate elements, including Modal jazz, modal playing, free jazz-inspired Musical improvisation, improvisation, precise Musical form, forms, tone clusters, Aleatoric music, aleatoric structures and Avant-garde music, avant-garde use of Timbre (music), timbre and Articulation (music), articulation, while imbui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sławek Jaskułke
Sławek Jaskułke (born 2 January 1979) is a Polish pianist, composer and bandleader. He is also an arranger, record producer, and a member of Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet. He has composed piano, orchestra, theatre, and film music. Career Jaskułke has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Symphony Hall in Chicago, Munich Philharmonic, and the Moscow International Performing Arts Center, the North Sea Jazz Festival, Berlin Jazz Fest, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Padova Jazz Festival, Garana International Jazz Festival, and the Jazz Jamboree. He has performed in dozens of countries around the world and on almost all continents. In 2006 he represented Poland at the Music Beyond Borders Festival in Hong Kong, which resulted with recording an album ''Jaskułke – Hong Kong''. In September 2010 he appeared at the World Expo in Shanghai, presenting a premiere of ''Jaskułke – Chopin for Five Pianos''. He has worked with Petr Cancura, Furio di Castri, Krzesimir Dębski, Urszula Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Jahr
Marcin Jahr (born March 25, 1969 in Bydgoszcz), Polish jazz drummer. Biography He studied drums at The Music Academy in Katowice, Poland. He finished his studies in 1992 earning a diploma of jazz music (Department of Jazz and Popular Music). Before that, he had taken part in jazz competitions during Jazz Juniors Festival in Cracow, winning prizes and distinguishing rewards. Since the beginning of his musical career (in 1985) he has taken part in festivals in Poland such as Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw, Jazz on the Odra in Wrocław, Poznań Jazz Fair. He also played on the festivals abroad - Pori Jazz Festival’ 88 with Wiesław Pieregorólka Big Band and Istanbul Festiwal’ 93 with Polish - Turkish Ensemble. Every year (since 1991) he teaches the drums at Jazz Workshop in Puławy in Poland, and also he taught at Jazz Workshop in Leichlingen, Germany (1992, 1994). Marcin Jahr played or cooperated with many Polish and foreign musicians like: trumpeters Tomasz Stańko and Piotr Wojta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Grzywacz
Janusz () is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People *Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter *Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician *Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic priest *Janusz Bojarski (born 1956), Polish general *Janusz Bokszczanin (1894–1973), Polish Army colonel *Janusz Christa (1934–2008), Polish author of comic books *Janusz Domaniewski (1891–1954), Polish ornithologist *Janusz Gajos, Polish actor *Janusz Gaudyn (1935–1984), Polish physician, writer and poet *Janusz Głowacki (1938–2017), Polish-American author and screenwriter *Janusz Janowski (born 1965), Polish painter, jazz drummer and art theorist *Janusz Kamiński (born 1959), Polish cinematographer and film director *Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit), Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogist *Janusz Kurtyka (born 1960), Polish historian specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berklee College Of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including rock, hip hop, reggae, salsa, heavy metal and bluegrass. Berklee alumni have won 310 Grammy Awards, more than any other college, and 108 Latin Grammy Awards. Other notable accolades for its alumni include 34 Emmy Awards, 7 Tony Awards, 8 Academy Awards, and 3 Saturn Awards. Since 2012, Berklee College of Music has also operated a campus in Valencia, Spain. In December 2015, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory agreed to a merger. The combined institution is known as Berklee, with the conservatory becoming The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. History Schillinger House (1945–1954) In 1945, pianist, composer, arranger and MIT graduate Lawrence Berk founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Hołownia
Bogdan Hołownia (born October 3, 1957) is a Polish jazz pianist."Bogdan Holownia". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. He first played with Jan Wroblewski. Later in his career he played with Janusz Muniak, Adam Kawończyk, Janusz Kozłowski, Marcin Jahr, Krzysztof Mroz, Bronki Harasiuk, Kazimierz Jonkisz Kazimierz Jonkisz (born 1948 in Wilamowice) is a Polish jazz drummer. Jonkisz's musical education began aged 10 with accordion lessons at his high school. Later on, at the Bielsko-Biała Music high school, he switched to drums. He appeared at th .... References External linksBogdan Hołownia's website 1957 births Living people Polish jazz musicians Polish jazz pianists 21st-century pianists {{jazz-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Fortuna
Maciej Fortuna is a Polish jazz trumpet player, composer and musical educator. He runs the Fortuna Music record label. Jerzy Milian dedicated his composition "Music For Mr. Fortuna" to Maciej Fortuna. Education Maciej graduated from the University of Poznan Law School in 2007 and obtained a master's degree with first class honours from the Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Piotr Wojtasik jazz trumpet class (2010). In 2012 he obtained a doctors degree in performing arts at The Academy of Music in Poznań. Performances He has played with artists from Poland, Europe and the USA. He has won prizes as a soloist and with his bands. Maciej Fortuna is also a session musician for radio or television. He is a lecturer in The Academy of Music in Poznan (Poland), jazz trumpet class. Group membership As a leader: * Maciej Fortuna Solo * Maciej Fortuna Trio * Maciej Fortuna Quartet * Maciej Fortuna Quintet As co-leader: * An On Bast/Maciej Fortuna * Mack Goldsbury Quartet feat. Maciej Fortuna * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Dudziak
Urszula Bogumiła Dudziak-Urbaniak (born 22 October 1943) is a Polish jazz vocalist. She has worked with Krzysztof Komeda, Michał Urbaniak (her ex-husband), Gil Evans, Archie Shepp, and Lester Bowie. In 2007, her 1970s song "Papaya" gained widespread popularity in Asia and Latin America. Career Dudziak was born in the Straconka, now a neighbourhood of Bielsko-Biała, Poland. She studied piano, but began to sing in the late 50s after hearing records by Ella Fitzgerald. Within a few years, she was one of the most popular jazz artists in her native country. She met and later married Michał Urbaniak. In the late 1960s, the couple began to tour overseas and in the 1970s settled in New York City. Dudziak customarily eschews words in favour of wordless vocalising that is far more adventurous than scat. Already gifted with a five-octave vocal range, Dudziak employs electronic devices to extend possibilities of her voice. She has frequently worked with leading contemporary musicians, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzesimir Dębski
Krzesimir Marcin Dębski (; born 26 October 1953 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish composer, conductor and jazz violinist. His music career as a musician has been that of a performer as well as composer of classical music, opera, television and feature films. Professional career Krzesimir Dębski studied composition with Andrzej Koszewski, and conducting with Witold Krzemieński, at the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland. Following graduation, Dębski became interested in jazz. Since 1982, as the leader and violinist of the jazz group ''String Connection'', he has performed in the United States, Canada and over 25 countries in Europe. In 1986 Dębski has cut down on his concert performances and concentrated primarily on composition. He has composed more than 60 symphonic and chamber music pieces, including an opera, 2 symphonies, religious works and 9 instrumental concertos. Since 1986, he has composed the music for over 70 films, received 8 platinum albums and has compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Bliziński
Marek Bliziński (22 March 1947 – 17 March 1989) was a Polish jazz guitarist and composer. He played with Michał Urbaniak, Wojciech Karolak and Zbigniew Namysłowski. Bliziński was the first Polish world-class jazz guitarist. Stylistically, he belonged to the jazz mainstream, continuing the tradition of electric jazz guitar started by Charlie Christian and represented later by musicians such as Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, and John Scofield. Career Bliziński grew up in a family with strong cultural traditions. He got hit first guitar on Christmas 1962 and taught himself how to play. He founded the band Czterech (The Four) in 1966, where he played the music of J.S. Bach transcribed for three guitars and drums. The band won the Igrce Gliwickie competition in 1967; Bliziński won the first prize in the instrumental category. He wrote in one of his letters: I learned a lot while working with this band. I developed my technique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Bednarek
__NOTOC__ Jacek Bednarek (born 27 January 1964 in Rybnik, Śląskie) is a male former racewalker from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (3:51.34) in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988. He set a Polish national record in the 50 km walk. He took part in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul where he was 24th in a 50-kilometer race walk. He was a World Race Walking Cup participant on five occasions. Bednarek was the 1989 Polish champion in the 50 km walk and a bronze medalist in 1984 in the 20 km walk. For most of his career, he was a ROW Rybnik member. International competitions Personal bests * 5 kilometres race walk (indoor) – 19:20,66 (February 21, 1987, Liévin) – 8th result in the history of Polish athletics * 20 kilometres race walk – 1:24:19 (September 13, 1986, Warsaw) * 50 kilometres race walk – 3:51:34 (July 31, 1988, Södertälje) – 13th result in the history of Polish athletics * 50 kilometre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
