Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0Adam Bałdych
Violinist with virtuosic technique, a continuator of Zbigniew Seifert's line in contemporary jazz.
Marta Orlik · CC BY-SA 3.0Aga Zaryan
Jazz vocalist with a warm timbre, the first Polish woman to record for Blue Note.
Mikolaj.antczak · CC BY-SA 3.0Andrzej Kurylewicz
Pianist, trumpeter and composer, a figure of the turn of the 1950s, who blended jazz with classical and film music.
Andrzej Trzaskowski
Pianist and composer, co-founder of the early modern jazz scene in Kraków.
Przemysław Jahr · Public domainJan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
Tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger, one of the most important animators of the Polish jazz scene.
Nieznany autor · Public domainKrzysztof Komeda
Pianist and composer, author of film music and the album Astigmatic, one of the founders of modern Polish jazz.
Munecakate / Sp5uhe · CC BY 3.0Leszek Możdżer
Pianist with virtuosic technique, one of the most recognizable musicians of contemporary Polish jazz.
Wojciech Migda · CC BY-SA 3.0Marcin Wasilewski
Pianist, leader of the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, longtime collaborator of Tomasz Stańko.
Dorota Koperska · CC BY-SA 4.0Michał Urbaniak
Violinist and saxophonist, a pioneer of Polish fusion, active also on the New York scene.
Vilniaus žydų viešoji biblioteka · CC BY 3.0Mikołaj Trzaska
Saxophonist and clarinetist, co-founder of yass, today a valued improviser and composer of film music.
Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0Tomasz Stańko
Trumpeter with a distinctive, raw tone, one of the most important European musicians on ECM.
Silar · CC BY-SA 4.0Tymon Tymański
Double bassist, vocalist and ideologue of yass, co-founder of the band Miłość.
Wojciech Pędzich · CC BY 4.0Urszula Dudziak
A vocalist who turned the voice into an instrument; a pioneer of electronic vocal processing in jazz.
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY 4.0Wojciech Karolak
Pianist and Hammond organist, valued for his swinging, bluesy language and sense of humor.
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY 4.0Zbigniew Namysłowski
Alto saxophonist and composer, author of Lola, who blended jazz with Polish folk rhythms.
Zbigniew Seifert
A violinist who brought the energy of John Coltrane's playing to the violin; he died prematurely at the age of 32.