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Piotr Damasiewicz & Power Of The Horns Ensemble: Polska

By Chris May

Poland's jazz tradition is perhaps the deepest rooted in all of Europe. Only Britain can rival it. But unlike British jazz, Polish jazz began in part as a declaration of protest against slavery and repression, as did that of its American parent, and this has given it a special quality. The slavery and repression were occasioned by the USSR, which succeeded Nazi Germany as Poland's colonial master in 1945. The Solidarity Museum in Szcecin gives an idea ...