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Nieznany autor · Public domainKrzysztof Komeda
Pianist and composer, author of film music and the album Astigmatic, one of the founders of modern Polish jazz.
Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0Tomasz Stańko
Trumpeter with a distinctive, raw tone, one of the most important European musicians on ECM.
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY 4.0Zbigniew Namysłowski
Alto saxophonist and composer, author of Lola, who blended jazz with Polish folk rhythms.
Dorota Koperska · CC BY-SA 4.0Michał Urbaniak
Violinist and saxophonist, a pioneer of Polish fusion, active also on the New York scene.
Wojciech Pędzich · CC BY 4.0Urszula Dudziak
A vocalist who turned the voice into an instrument; a pioneer of electronic vocal processing in 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.
Przemysław Jahr · Public domainJan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
Tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger, one of the most important animators of the Polish jazz scene.
Henryk Kotowski · CC BY 4.0Wojciech Karolak
Pianist and Hammond organist, valued for his swinging, bluesy language and sense of humor.
Zbigniew Seifert
A violinist who brought the energy of John Coltrane's playing to the violin; he died prematurely at the age of 32.
Andrzej Trzaskowski
Pianist and composer, co-founder of the early modern jazz scene in Kraków.
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.
Silar · CC BY-SA 4.0Tymon Tymański
Double bassist, vocalist and ideologue of yass, co-founder of the band Miłość.
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 4.0Adam 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.
Astigmatic
One of the most important albums in the history of European jazz, recorded by the Komeda quintet.
Lola
One of the first Polish jazz albums recorded and released in the West.
Balladyna
Tomasz Stańko's first album for the ECM label, opening his international chapter.
Litania: The Music of Krzysztof Komeda
Tomasz Stańko's tribute to the music of Krzysztof Komeda, recorded for ECM.