Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (27 March 1936 – 7 May 2024) was a Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger. He played the tenor and baritone saxophones. Wróblewski began his musical career in 1956 at the first

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's group. In 1958, he became the first Polish jazz musician to perform at the

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as a member of the International Youth Band. He toured around the world and for a decade, beginning in 1958, he directed the Polish Radio Jazz Studio. He was associated with

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. Wróblewski also hosted the DJ of Europe's longest running jazz program, broadcast weekly by the

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from 1970. Wróblewski died on 7 May 2024, at the age of 88.

Discography

* 1956 ''Sextet Komedy: Festiwal Jazzowy Sopot'' * 1958 ''All Stars Swingtet'' * 1958 ''Jazz Believers'' * 1958 ''Newport International Youth Band'' * 1960 ''Quintet Ptaszyna Wróblewskiego'' * 1960 ''Jazz Jamboree ’60'' * 1961 ''Jazz Outsiders'' * 1961 ''Kwintet Jerzego Miliana + Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski'' * 1961 ''Jazz Jamboree ’61'' * 1962 ''Ballet Etudes: The Music of Komeda'' * 1963 ''Kwintet Andrzeja Kurylewicza'' * 1964 ''Polish Jazz Quartet'' * 1965 ''Ptaszyn Wróblewski Quartet'' * 1965 ''Jazz Jamboree ’65'' * 1969 ''Studio Jazzowe Polskiego Radia'' * 1974 ''Sprzedawcy glonów'' * 1975 ''SPPT Chałturnik i Andrzej Rosiewicz'' * 1976 ''Skleroptak'' * 1977 ''Mainstream'' * 1977 ''Kisa Magnusson & Mainstream'' * 1978 ''Jam Session w Akwarium 1'' * 1978 ''Flyin' Lady'' * 1980 ''Z lotu Ptaka'' * 1983 ''New Presentation'' * 1989 ''Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski: Polish Jazz'' * 1993 ''Czwartet-Live In Hades'' * 1995 ''Made in Poland'' * 1998 ''Henryk Wars Songs'' * 2005 ''Real Jazz'' * 2007 ''Supercalifragilistic'' * 2014 ''Moi pierwsi mistrzowie –

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/ Trzaskowski/ Kurylewicz'' (Boogie Production)

References

External links

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Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski biography at the Polish Institute of Culture in New York City
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