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Zbigniew Seifert
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Zbigniew Seifert was an outstanding figure in Polish jazz. When he died he was less than 33 years old. Although his legacy is small, its artistic value until today admires.
Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91
by Kevin Poindexter
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 ...
Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91
Label: POLSKIE RADIO
Released: 2025
Track listing: Cats; Wilderness; Stress; Ballad; Lullaby from "Rosemary's Baby";
Wooden Music, pt. 2; Wooden Music, pt. 1; Piece for Diana;
Placebo; Poacher; Stella by Starlight; Countdown; Giant Steps;
Castle of Mist; Bluish; Few Shades of Blue, parts 1-4; First Free
Etude; Second Free Etude; Third Free Etude; Almost Gama I; Now A;
We; Airfield; Magic Time; Euforila II; Asmodeus; Eagle-Owls; Almost
Gama II; Rue de la Tour; The Two First, the Third and a Few Others;
Almost Black; My W.S.B. Friend; Trumpet One; Bass One; Mr DD;
Babylon Samba; Purple Liquor; Hey!; End Jam
Anaïs Drago, un violino solo che non vuole essere solista
by Neri Pollastri
Nata a Biella nel 1993, la violinista, compositrice, improvvisatrice e band leader Anaïs Drago è una delle figure emergenti del jazz italiano: dopo aver vinto il referendum di Musica Jazz come miglior nuovo talento nel 2021 ed essersi dedicata a lungo alla pratica del solo, ha appena pubblicato Relevé Live, un disco in trio con Federico ...
Mateusz Smoczyński: Adam's Apple
by Ian Patterson
Polish violinist Mateusz Smoczyński has long slipped effortlessly between the worlds of jazz and classical music, flitting between his own small jazz combos and contemporary string ensembles. Albums such as Confetti Man (Azica records, 2014) with The Turtle Island Quartet, Penderecki (Universal Music Poland, 2019) with Atom String Quartet, and the duo albums Speaking Sound (ACT ...
Kraków Jazz Week: Seifert Competition & Jazz Juniors
by Martin Longley
Kraków Jazz Week Cricoteka/Hevre Kraków, Poland September 26th-October 3rd 2024 This was the second Kraków Jazz Week, but there is a much deeper history unearthed when studying the roots of this new event. Fundamentally, it involves the amalgamation of two long-running festivals: the Seifert Competition and Jazz ...
Tomasz Stańko: Desperado - An Autobiography
by Angelo Leonardi
Tomasz Stańko: Desperado, An Autobiography Tomas Stańko con Rafał Księżyk 358 Pagine ISBN-13 978 180050 2222 Equinox Publishing 2022 Edito in prima edizione polacca nel 2010, il libro-intervista di Tomasz Stańko è ora pubblicato in lingua inglese dalla britannica Equinox che ha rispettato meticolosamente il testo originale, aggiornando la ...
Greg Byers: Take A Bow
by Ian Patterson
Greg Byers does not like hearing that something is not possible. Or perhaps he does, for the cellist seems to thrive on challenges that others deem impossible or unrealistic. Taking a jazz major in cello? It just isn't done, he was told. Well, ticked that box. Learning Charlie Parker's solos on upright bass? ...
Greg Byers: Dear Zbigniew
by Ian Patterson
Half a decade in the making, Dear Zbigniew is multi-string instrumentalist Greg Byers' musical letter to Zbigniew Seifert, the Polish violinist who made his name in Tomasz Stanko's quintet in the late '60s/early '70s. Byers' appreciation of Seifert--dubbed the John Coltrane of the violin--came with his participation in the 2018 and 2020 editions of the Zbigniew ...
Stefan Braun & Mateusz Smoczynski: Keep On Turnin'
by Ian Patterson
A violin and cello duo might spark thoughts of chamber music, but Polish violinist Mateusz Smoczynski and German cellist Stefan Braun, classically trained though they are, are improvising musicians at heart; with Keep on Turnin' they revisit the jazz, fusion and funk songs that provided the soundtrack in their formative years. Though this is Smoczynski and ...
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