Nóż w wodzie (muzyka filmowa)
Komeda's music for Roman Polański's feature debut, an icon of film jazz.
Go Right
An early, energetic album by the Andrzej Kurylewicz quintet, one of the foundations of modern Polish jazz, recorded before the numbered Polish Jazz series began.
Ballet Etudes
Komeda's international quintet recorded in Copenhagen one of the few albums released during the musician's lifetime.
Lola
One of the first Polish jazz albums recorded and released in the West.
Polish Jazz Quartet
The studio debut of the Wróblewski and Karolak quartet, released as the third volume of the Polish Jazz series.
The Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet
The fourth volume of the Polish Jazz series, one of the most important documents of modern Polish jazz, featuring a young Tomasz Stańko.
Astigmatic
One of the most important albums in the history of European jazz, recorded by the Komeda quintet.
Seant
An album by the Trzaskowski sextet with the American trumpeter Ted Curson, one of the most significant achievements of Polish jazz in the 1960s.
10+8 / Ten+Eight
An album by the quintet from the Polish Jazz series, on which Kurylewicz plays the valve trombone and the voice of Wanda Warska appears as a guest.
Rosemary's Baby
The soundtrack to Roman Polański's horror film Rosemary's Baby, known for the hypnotic lullaby that opens the film.
Newborn Light
A bold album by Urszula Dudziak at the meeting point of jazz, voice and electronic music.
Mainstream
A joint album by Wróblewski and Karolak from the Polish Jazz series, on which Karolak plays the Hammond organ.
Winobranie
A cult album from the Polish Jazz series, named in Jazz Forum polls as one of the most outstanding recordings in the history of Polish jazz.
Super Constellation
An early fusion album recorded with the Constellation band, combining electric violin with funk rhythm and Dudziak's vocalizations.
Fusion
One of the albums documenting the American, fusion phase of Michał Urbaniak's career.
Chałturnik
The debut of the playful band SPPT Chałturnik led by Wróblewski, combining craftsmanship with humor.
Easy!
A funk-tinged album by Karolak from the Polish Jazz series, in which his Hammond organ is backed by the cream of Polish soloists.
Atma
Urbaniak's first fully American album, recorded with the Fusion band, refining his electric sound.
Kujaviak Goes Funky
A record combining jazz, funk and Polish folk idioms, one of the most important recordings of the Polish Jazz series.
Urszula
Dudziak's debut solo album released in the USA, combining jazz funk with bold vocal experiments.
Balladyna
Tomasz Stańko's first album for the ECM label, opening his international chapter.
Man of the Light
Zbigniew Seifert's most important album, a manifesto for the violin in modern jazz.
Zbigniew Namysłowski
An album from 1977 combining jazz fusion with Polish folklore, on which Namysłowski is the leader, composer and arranger.
Midnight Rain
The vocalist's second solo album set in the fusion current, featuring leading New York session musicians.
Zbigniew Seifert
A solo studio album set in the jazz fusion current, released by the Capitol label.
Flyin' Lady
An album by the Wróblewski quartet from the Polish Jazz series, made up of the leader's own compositions.
Heritage
An album by the band Michal Urbaniak's Fusion featuring Urszula Dudziak, on which the pianist Kenny Kirkland made his debut.
Solo Violin
A solo violin album revealing in full Seifert's improvisational and virtuosic language.
Future Talk
An album recorded live in New York, focused on Dudziak's solo and multi-voiced vocal experiments.
Passion
Seifert's last album, recorded in New York with leading musicians of the American jazz scene.
Time Killers
A record by the supergroup Time Killers, considered one of the most important Polish jazz recordings of the 1980s.
Urbanator
The debut of the Urbanator project combining jazz with hip hop, featuring guests such as Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller and Michael Brecker.
Miłość
A recording documenting yass, the rebellious current from the Tricity scene of the 1990s.
Asthmatic
A breakthrough album by the band Miłość, whose title alludes to Komeda's Astigmatic and which cemented the position of yass.
Litania: The Music of Krzysztof Komeda
Tomasz Stańko's tribute to the music of Krzysztof Komeda, recorded for ECM.
Leosia
Recorded with a Swedish-British quartet, this record is regarded as one of Stańko's most reflective achievements for ECM.
P.O.L.O.V.I.R.U.S.
An album by the band Kury, awarded a Fryderyk in the category of alternative music album of the year.
From the Green Hill
An international sextet project recorded in Oslo, awarded the German record critics' prize as album of the year.
Talkin' About Life and Death
A joint album by the band Miłość with the American trumpeter Lester Bowie, recorded in Gdańsk in 1997.
Soul of Things
The first album recorded with a young Polish quartet, which brought Stańko a new audience across the Atlantic.
Suspended Night
The second record by the regular Polish quartet, one of the best-received jazz albums of the year in the United States.
Piano
A solo piano album recorded in a former monastery in the Netherlands, showcasing Możdżer's virtuosity and lyricism.
Trio
The debut of the Marcin Wasilewski trio under its own name for the ECM label.
The Time
The debut album of the Możdżer Danielsson Fresco trio, which achieved diamond record status in Poland.
Umiera piękno
Zaryan's first Polish-language album, devoted to poems by Polish poets about the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
January
The trio's debut album as a leader for ECM, on which the band performed for the first time under the name Marcin Wasilewski Trio.
Looking Walking Being
Zaryan's first album released under the Blue Note Records banner, which achieved double platinum status.
Dark House
The soundtrack to Wojciech Smarzowski's film Dom zły, recorded by an improvising ensemble led by Trzaska.
Komeda
A solo interpretation of Krzysztof Komeda's compositions performed by Leszek Możdżer.
A Book of Luminous Things
An album with compositions set to poems selected by Czesław Miłosz, also released in Polish as Księga olśnień.
Faithful
A lyrical album by the trio set in the band's characteristic melodic and spacious ECM aesthetic.
Imaginary Room
Adam Bałdych's debut for the German label ACT, recorded with an international lineup.
Polska
An album by the trio inspired by Polish musical tradition, multi-platinum in Poland.
Trzaska Gra Różę
A live version of the music composed for Wojciech Smarzowski's film Róża, recorded at the Off Festival.
The New Tradition
A record made as a duo with the Israeli pianist Yaron Herman, at the meeting point of jazz and chamber music.
Spark of Life
An album on which the Swedish saxophonist Joakim Milder joins the trio, broadening the band's sound.
Black Bones
A double album by the Ircha clarinet quartet combining free improvisation with a sound inspired by Jewish music.
Bridges
A joint album with the Norwegian Helge Lien Trio, set in a lyrical, Scandinavian sound.
Sacrum Profanum
An album by the Adam Bałdych Quartet developing the violinist's personal language between tradition and the present day.
En attendant
An album recorded at the La Buissonne studio, on which the trio's compositions are set alongside works by Carla Bley, The Doors and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Goats' Ghost
A solo album recorded in a synagogue in Szczebrzeszyn, on which Trzaska layers clarinet and saxophone parts over one another.