Polish jazz
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Polish jazz has a history that spans periods of both acceptance and political repression.
Polish jazz before Communism
The beginning of jazz in Poland is difficult to determine. As early as of the 1930s clubs in Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów or Poznań would play some jazz. This tended to be swing and some of it was influenced by the traditional classical music. American popular music (particularly of George Gershwin's) was in great demand.[1] Eddie Rosner might be one of the first jazz musicians of significance in Poland. A great many Polish jazz musicians in this era were of Jewish or German origin.
Stalinist repression
After the Communist takeover, jazz was initially repressed. Although groups like Melomani existed, jazz was officially condemned and forbidden from the radio.[2] Musicians learned about jazz by listening to a shortwave radio broadcast of Willis Conover's Voice of America Jazz Hour or smuggling jazz records from abroad.[3]
Liberalisation
After the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, jazz in Poland gained renewed freedom. In 1958 Dave Brubeck visited Poland and the nation's jazz scene became influenced by cool jazz. By the sixties three strands had emerged as dominant; trad jazz, "mainstream", and free jazz. Krzysztof Komeda became the leader of a modern jazz movement that did not copy the American way of playing but developed its own "European" style.[4]
Polish jazz musicians
- Piotr Adamski - pianist
- Grażyna Auguscik - vocalist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Adam Baldych - violinist
- Hanna Banaszak - vocalist
- Piotr Baron - tenor and soprano saxophonist
- Czesław Mały Bartkowski - drummer, percussionist
- Jacek Bednarek - bassist
- Ewa Bem - vocalist
- Les Blachut - vibraphonist, steel pan player (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Marek Bliziński - guitarist
- Adam Buczek - drummer (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Adam Czerwinski - drummer
- Andrzej Dąbrowski - drummer, vocalist
- Krzesimir Dębski - violinist, pianist, composer
- Stanisław Domarski - saxophonist
- Urszula Dudziak - singer
- Artur Dutkiewicz - pianist
- Bronisław Duży - trombonist
- Marek Dykta - guitarist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Roman Gucio Dyląg - bassist
- Maciej Fortuna - trumpeter
- Jerzy Główczewski - saxophonist
- Wojciech Gogolewski - pianist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Mieczysław Górka - drummer
- Antoni Ziut Gralak - trumpeter
- Marcin Grochowina - pianist, composer
- Grzegorz Grzyb - drummer
- Maciek Grzywacz - guitarist, (also classical)
- Janusz Grzywacz - pianist, keyboardist
- Włodzimierz Gulgowski (Vlodek Gulgowski) - pianist, keyboardist (ABBA, New York Big Band, Made in Sweden)
- Krzysztof Herdzin - pianist, composer
- Bogdan Hołownia - pianist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Janusz Yanina Iwański - guitarist
- Andrzej Jagodziński - pianist
- Marcin Jahr - drummer
- Zbigniew Jakubek - pianist
- Paweł Jarzębski - bassist
- Sławek Jaskułke - pianist
- Kazimierz Jonkisz - drummer
- Anna Maria Jopek - vocalist
- Paweł Kaczmarczyk - pianist, composer, (Audiofeeling)
- Wojciech Karolak - Hammond organist, keyboardist, pianist (describes himself as "an American jazz and R&B musician, born by mistake in the middle of Europe.")
- Bernard Kawka - vocalist
- Krzysztof Kiljański - vocalist
- Włodzimierz Kiniorski - tenor saxophonist
- Jacek Kochan - drummer, composer
- Krzysztof Komeda - composer, pianist, movie scoring (associated with Roman Polanski)
- Emil Kowalski - clarinetist
- Janusz Kowalski - tenor saxophonist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Robert Kubiszyn - bassist
- Sławomir Kucharski - guitarist and pianist (currently living in Sydney)
- Sławomir Kulpowicz - pianist, composer, (influenced by the music of India and the music of John Coltrane)
- Sławomir Kurkiewicz - bassist
- Stan Lalowski - pianist
- Piotr Lemańczyk - bassist
- Zbigniew Lewandowski - drummer
- Grażyna Łobaszewska - vocalist
- Adam Makowicz - pianist (currently living in Toronto)
- Marcin Małecki - composer and pianist
- Jerzy Małek - trumpeter
- Marcin Masecki - pianist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Bernard Maseli - vibraphonist, MalletKAT player
- Jerzy Dudus Matuszkiewicz - clarinetist, saxophonist
- Jerzy Mazzoll Mazolewski - clarinetist, saxophonist, vocalist
- Wojciech Mazolewski - bassist
- Krzysztof Medyna - tenor saxophonist
- Joachim Mencel - pianist
- Jerzy Milian - vibraphonist, percussionist, trombonist, big-band leader
- Dorota Miśkiewicz - vocalist
- Henryk Miśkiewicz - alto saxophonist
- Michał Miśkiewicz - drummer
- Leszek Możdżer - pianist
- Janusz Muniak - tenor saxophonist
- Grzegorz Nagórski - trombonist (University of Miami graduate)
- Włodzimierz Nahorny - pianist, saxophonist (Fryderyk winner)
- Zbigniew Namysłowski - alto saxophonist
- Marek Napiórkowski - guitarist
- Jacek Niedziela - bassist
- Wojciech Niedziela - pianist
- Bartlomiej Oles - drummer (free improvisation)
- Marcin Oles - bassist (free improvisation)
- Darek Oleszkiewicz - bassist
- Jacek Olter - drummer
- Adam Pierończyk - saxophonist (Folkwang Hochschule graduate)
- Marcin Pospieszalski - bass guitarist
- Mateusz Pospieszalski - alto saxophonist
- Krystyna Prońko - vocalist
- Andrzej Przybielski - trumpeter
- Krzysztof Przybyłowicz - drummer
- Marek Raduli - guitarist
- Przemysław Raminiak - pianist
- Piotr Rodowicz - bassist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Piotr Karol Sawicki - pianist, composer, aranger
- Krzysztof Ścierański - bass guitarist
- Paweł Ścierański - guitarist
- Zbigniew Seifert - violinist, saxophonist, (influenced by the music of John Coltrane)
- Władysław Adzik Sendecki (Vladislav Sendecki) - pianist, composer
- Maciej Sikała - tenor saxophonist
- Jarosław Śmietana (Jarek Smietana) - guitarist
- Mateusz Smoczyński - violinist
- Stanisław Sojka (Stan Soyka) - vocalist, pianist, guitarist, songwriter
- Kuba Stankiewicz - pianist (Berklee College of Music graduate)
- Tomasz Stańko - trumpeter (ECM Records featured artist)
- Wojciech Staroniewicz - tenor saxophonist
- Janusz Stefański - drummer
- Marek Stryszowski - bassoonist, saxophonist, vocalist
- Maciej Strzelczyk - violinist
- Bronisław Suchanek - bassist
- Maciej Suzin - bassist
- Lora Szafran - vocalist
- Witold Szczurek (Vitold Rek) - bassist
- Tomasz Szukalski - tenor and soprano saxophonist
- Alex Tarkowski - flautist
- Szymon Tarkowski - bassist (off – jazz)
- Adam Taubitz - violinist (also classical with the Berlin Philharmonic)
- Michał Tokaj - pianist
- Mikołaj Trzaska - composer, saxophonist, bass clarinetist
- Andrzej Trzaskowski - pianist, composer
- Tymon Tymański - multi-instrumentalist, poet
- Michał Urbaniak - violinist, saxophonist
- Ewa Wanat - vocalist
- Wanda Warska - vocalist
- Marcin Wasilewski - pianist
- Zbigniew Wegehaupt - bassist, composer
- Adam Wendt - tenor saxophonist
- Lech Wieleba - bassist
- Piotr Wojtasik - trumpeter
- Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski - tenor and baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger, (jazz DJ at the Polskie Radio Program III)
- Michał Wróblewski - pianist
- Krzysztof Zawadzki - drummer
- Leszek Ządło - tenor and soprano saxophonist
- Aga Zaryan - vocalist (Blue Note Records recording artist)
- Andrzej Zaucha - vocalist
- Krzysztof Zgraja - flautist
- Dariusz Ziółek - bass guitarist, vocalist
- Łukasz Żyta - drummer
See also
Web sources
External links
Polish-Jazz: polish-jazz.blogspot.com
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