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Polish jazz in 60 seconds

Six decades of music in a single scroll. Scroll, or hit play.

1956
The Thaw

Jazz comes out of hiding

After years in the catacombs, the first Jazz Festival opens in Sopot.

1958
Warsaw

Jazz Jamboree

A festival begins that becomes jazz's window to the world from behind the Iron Curtain.

1965
Polskie Nagrania

The Polish Jazz series

The legendary record series launches and goes on to define the canon.

1966
Krzysztof Komeda

Astigmatic

Three pieces that reshaped the sound of European jazz.

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1969
Farewell

Komeda is gone

The brilliant pianist and composer dies at 37. The masterpieces remain.

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1974
Export

Fusion crosses the ocean

Michał Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak conquer the American scene.

1976
Zbigniew Seifert

A violin like a voice

Man of the Light: the violin starts to sing in jazz.

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1995
Tricity

Yass arrives

Miłość and friends blow up the established order of Polish jazz.

1997
Tomasz Stańko

Litania on ECM

A tribute to Komeda opens Polish jazz's global chapter.

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2008
New generation

Marcin Wasilewski Trio

January on ECM: Polish jazz speaks in its own modern voice.

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To be continued

Explore the whole atlas

61 albums, 16 profiles, a map of scenes and a line of influence await.

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