Zbigniew Namyslowski
Encyclopedia
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
alto saxophonist
Alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
, flautist
Flautist
A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...
, cellist, trombonist, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composer born in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, perhaps best-known for appearing on the Krzysztof Komeda
Krzysztof Komeda
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 films Rosemary’s Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Knife in the Water and Cul-de-sac...
album "Astigmatic". He has collaborated in the past with such artists as Leszek Możdżer
Leszek Mozdzer
Leszek Możdżer is a Polish jazz pianist. He is also a music producer and a film music composer.He has graduated from the Academy of Music in Gdansk, Poland...
, Michał Urbaniak and Andrzej Trzaskowski
Andrzej Trzaskowski
Andrzej Trzaskowski was an eminent Polish composer and jazz musician who, between 1959 and 1990, composed the music and/or conducted the score for some thirty films....
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Selected Discography
- Lola (1964; Decca RecordsDecca RecordsDecca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
) - Astigmatic (1996)
- 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)
As featured soloist:
- Reggae for Zbiggy (Laszlo GardonyLaszlo GardonyLaszlo Gardony is an American jazz pianist / composer born in Hungary who has released nine albums and leads his own trio.-Biography:Gardony studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, graduating in 1979....
Quartet) (1984)
External links
- http://zbigniew.namyslowski.com/zneng.html
- Official website