Jerzy Stanisław Milian (April 10, 1935 – March 7, 2018) was a Polish

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. At sixteen he graduated from the Secondary School of Music in Poznan. His teachers were

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Career

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, and at the turn of 1959 and 1960 in the quintet of Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski. He was the director and artistic director of the Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television Services Entertainment in Katowice and lecturer at the Poznan Academy of Music. He participated in many jazz festivals, including the annual

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in Warsaw. He was a jury member at the Soviet Song Festival in

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, The XII Soviet Song Festival, in 1976.

Personal life

In the years 1950-1957, he was a member of the ZMP. From 1961, he belonged to the

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. Awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Polish,

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and badge for distinguished cultural activists. He died on March 7, 2018 at the age of 82.Zmarł wybitny wibrafonista i kompozytor Jerzy Milian
In 2004, he was awarded the Commander's Cross.

Selected Discography

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* Instrumental ensemble of Jerzy Milian ( Pronit SP 440) * 1961 Quintet Jorge Milian (

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Solo albums

* 1969 ''

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'' (Polish Recordings - Pronit XL, SXL 0791) * 1969 '' Baazaar '', Jerzy Milian Trio (Polskie Nagrania Muza) * 1975 '' Jerzy Milian Amusement Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Katowice '' (Polskie Nagrania Muza SX 1278) * 1978 '' Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television in Katowice Amusement Conductor: Jerzy Milian '' (Polskie Nagrania Muza - Pronit SX 1543) * 2003 '' Ashkhabad Girl '' ( OBUH Records V23) * 2005 '' Milianalia '' (OBUH Records V27, Polskie Nagrania Muza) * 2012 ' When Where Why' '( GAD Records CD 005) * 2013 '' Blues for Prague '' (GAD Records CD 007) * 2013 '' Stratus Nimbus '' (GAD Records CD 009) * 2015 '' Semiramide '' (GAD Records CD 024) * 2015 '' Milian 80 '' (GAD Records CD 026) * 2016 '' Rivalen '' (GAD Records CD 037)

Albums with Jerzy Milian

* 1973 '' Jerzy Milian - Ballet Music and Film '' (Polskie Nagrania Muza SXL 0950)

Bibliography

* http://www.kppg.waw.pl/ * https://www.discogs.com/artist/96804-Jerzy-Milian

References

External links

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