Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish
jazz
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alto saxophonist
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,
flautist
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,
cellist,
trombonist
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pianist
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and composer.
Life and career
Namysłowski was born in
Warsaw
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,
Poland
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on 9 September 1939. He performed on the
Krzysztof Komeda
Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film music composer and jazz pianist. Perhaps best known for his work in film scores, Komeda wrote the scores for Roman Polanski’s f ...
album ''
Astigmatic'' recorded in 1965.
He collaborated with such artists as
Janusz Muniak,
Leszek Możdżer
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Life and career
Możdżer was born on 23 March 1971 in Gdańsk. He began to play t ...
,
Vladislav Sendecki
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Since 1996 he has been permanently associated with the NDR Big Band as a composer and pianist.
...
,
Michał Urbaniak
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History
He was born in Warsaw, Poland. U ...
, and
Andrzej Trzaskowski. Namysłowski died on 7 February 2022, at the age of 82.
Zbigniew Namysłowski nie żyje. Legendarny jazzman miał 82 lata. "Planował koncerty w najbliższych tygodniach"
Selected discography
* ''Lola'' (1964; Decca Decca may refer to:
Music
* Decca Records or Decca Music Group, a record label
* Decca Gold, a classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group
* Decca Broadway, a musical theater record label
* Decca Studios, a recording facility in W ...
)
* ''Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet (muza XL0305) recorded 1966 Poland vol 6
* Krzysztof Komeda: '' Astigmatic'' (1966)
* ''Winobranie'' (1973)
* ''Kuyaviak Goes Funky'' (1975)
* ''Zbigniew Namyslowski'' (1977)
* ''Jasmin Lady'' (1978)
* ''Future Talk'' (1979)
* ''Air Condition'' (1981)
* ''Open'' (1987)
* ''Without A Talk'' (1991)
* ''The Last Concert'' (1992)
* ''Secretly & Confidentially'' (1993)
* ''Zbigniew Namysłowski & Zakopane Highlanders'' (1995)
* ''Cy to blues cy nie blues'' (1997)
*'' Dances'' (1997)
* ''3 Nights'' (1998)
* ''Mozart Goes Jazz'' (1998)
* ''Jazz & Folk - Namyslowski Quartet & Górale'' (2000)
* ''Go!'' (2003)
* ''Standards'' (2003)
* ''Assymetry'' (2006)
* ''Live at Kosmos, Berlin 1965'' (2008)
* ''Nice & Easy'' (2009)
Sideman
* Krzysztof Komeda
Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film music composer and jazz pianist. Perhaps best known for his work in film scores, Komeda wrote the scores for Roman Polanski’s f ...
'' Astigmatic'' (1966)
* Laszlo Gardony
Laszlo Gardony (born 1956) is a Hungarian-born American jazz pianist and composer. Gardony performs as a solo artist and leads his own trio, quartet and sextet. He is also a featured sideman with several other groups.
Biography
Gardony studied ...
Quartet ''Reggae for Zbiggy'' (1984)
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070306183150/http://zbigniew.namyslowski.com/zneng.html
Official website
Zbigniew Namysłowski
at Culture.pl
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1939 births
2022 deaths
21st-century saxophonists
Jazz saxophonists
Musicians from Warsaw
Polish jazz musicians
Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
20th-century saxophonists
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