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Witold Łukaszewski
Witek Łukaszewski, real name Witold Adam Łukaszewski, born 30 November 1956 in Szczecin, Poland – Polish bassist, classical and electric guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, poet and writer. He is the founder and leader of several musical groups, including: Acid Flamenco founded in 1994, considered to be the first Polish band performing flamenco & rock music, Red Pink - performing a mixture of rock and blues, GrandPiano - a formation combining rock, flamenco, classical music and poetry and Morrison Tres - a trio playing progressive rock and jazz with elements of ethnic music. Three times, in the years 1995-1997, he was chosen the best flamenco guitarist in Poland, according to the ranking of the prestigious music magazine "Guitar and Bass". In the years 1984-2001 he organized the legendary International Guitar Festival in Kościan. He is considered the precursor of the flamenco & rock genre in Poland. In 2007 he debuted as a writer, publishing a ''music fiction'' book abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
