Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish

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, trombonist,

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and composer.

Life and career

Namysłowski was born in

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, on 9 September 1939. He performed on the

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album '' Astigmatic'' recorded in 1965. He collaborated with such artists as Janusz Muniak,

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, 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;

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) * ''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

'' Astigmatic'' (1966) * Laszlo Gardony 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 * * Polish jazz composers 1939 births 2022 deaths 21st-century Polish saxophonists Polish jazz saxophonists Jazz flautists Jazz trombonists Polish jazz pianists Musicians from Warsaw Polish male jazz musicians Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis 20th-century saxophonists {{Jazz-saxophonist-stub