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Polish
Jazz - Freedom at Last
From the catacombs to the free society
- the Story of Polish Jazz
Please explore the story of Polish Jazz by clicking
on the corresponding chapter below:
Introduction
The Origins of Polish Jazz
Chapter 1: 1918-1939
The beginnings of Jazz life in Poland after the World War I, Ady
Rosner, Polish Jazz at the end of 1930's
Chapter 2: 1940's-1950's
Melomani, Willis Conover, Sopot Jazz Festivals (1956-1957),
Beginning of organized Jazz communities in Poland, Dave Brubeck in
Poland, Leopold Tyrmand
Chapter 3: 1960's
Arts resurgence in Poland in 1960's, Polish Film School and Roman
Polanski's 'Knife in the Water', Czeslaw Niemen, Polish Dixieland
revival, Henryk Majewski, Zlota Tarka (Gold Washboard) Traditional
Jazz Festival, Jerzy Dudus Matuszkiewicz, Andrzej Trzaskowski, Andrzej
Kurylewicz, Krzysztof Komeda, Jazz nad Odra Festival, Polskie
Nagrania's "Polish Jazz Series" on vinyl, Novi Singers,
Mieczyslaw Kosz, Wlodzimierz Nahorny
Chapter 4: 1970's
European Jazz Federation & Jazz Forum Magazine, Jazz Jamboree
Festival, Tomasz Stanko, Zbigniew Seifert, Jan 'Ptaszyn' Wroblewski,
Wojciech Karolak, Krzysztof Sadowski, Jerzy Milian, Adam Makowicz,
Zbigniew Namyslowski, Michal Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak,
Laboratorium, Extra Ball and Jarek Smietana, Sun Ship, SBB, Osjan
Chapter 5: 1980's
Miles Davis in Poland, Young Power, Krzysztof Popek, Slawomir
Kulpowicz, Andrzej Jagodzinski, Leszek Kulakowski, Vitold Rek, Tomasz
Szukalski, Voytek Konikiewicz
Chapter 6: 1990's
Yass, Mozg, Milosc
Chapter 7: 2000's
Tomasz Stanko, Contemporary Jazz scene in Poland
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