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Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91

Read "Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
February 24, 2026

In post-World War II Poland, jazz served as an act of defiance against the state, a resistance to the cultural restraints imposed on society. With its improvised nature and swinging rhythms, it stood in direct opposition to the rigid structure of socialist society. Where jazz relies on individual improvisation as a form of expression, socialist society ...

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Erozje

By Marek Pedziwiatr

Label: Astigmatic
Released: 2020
Track listing: Kaluze; Mady; Czarnoziemy; Bagna; Czarne Ziemie; Redziny; Bielice; Zieme Zdegradowane Przez Czlowieka; Glina; Gleby Brunatne.

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Discipline Of Sun Ra

By Marek Pedziwiatr

Label: Astigmatic
Released: 2020
Track listing: Brainville; Interstellar Low Ways; The Lady With The Golden Stockings (The Golden Lady); Discipline 27; Neo-Project #2; Trying To Put The Blame On Me; UFO.

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EABS: Discipline Of Sun Ra

Read "Discipline Of Sun Ra" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
December 9, 2020

Poland's future-jazz collective EABS brightened up summer 2020 with Erozje (Astigmatic), made by a breakout quartet going under the name Bloto. Those musicians—keyboardist Marek Pedziwiatr, saxophonist Olaf Wegier, electric bassist Pawel Stachowiak and drummer Marcin Rak--return to the mothership for Discipline Of Sun Ra, EABS' fifth studio album, on which they are joined by trumpeter Jakob ...

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Polska

By Piotr Damasiewicz

Label: Astigmatic
Released: 2019
Track listing: Billy; Kleofas; Polska 1; Polska 11; Psalm For William Parker.

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Piotr Damasiewicz & Power Of The Horns Ensemble: Polska

by Chris May
December 8, 2019

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 ...

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