Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer.
Life and career
editNamysłowski was born in Warsaw, Poland,[1] on 9 September 1939.[2] He performed on the Krzysztof Komeda album Astigmatic recorded in 1965.[1] He collaborated with such artists as Janusz Muniak, Leszek Możdżer, Vladislav Sendecki, Michał Urbaniak, and Andrzej Trzaskowski. Namysłowski died on 7 February 2022, at the age of 82.[3]
Selected discography
edit- Lola (1964; Decca)
- Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet (muza XL0305) recorded 1966 Poland vol 6
- Krzysztof Komeda: Astigmatic (1966)
- Winobranie (1973)
- Kuyaviak Goes Funky (1975)
- Zbigniew Namyslowski (1977)
- Jasmin Lady (1978)
- Future Talk (1979)
- Air Condition (1981)
- Open (1987)
- Without A Talk (1991)
- The Last Concert (1992)
- Secretly & Confidentially (1993)
- Zbigniew Namysłowski & Zakopane Highlanders (1995)
- Cy to blues cy nie blues (1997)
- Dances (1997)
- 3 Nights (1998)
- Mozart Goes Jazz (1998)
- Jazz & Folk - Namyslowski Quartet & Górale (2000)
- Go! (2003)
- Standards (2003)
- Assymetry (2006)
- Live at Kosmos, Berlin 1965 (2008)
- Nice & Easy (2009)
Sideman
edit- Krzysztof Komeda Astigmatic (1966)
- Laszlo Gardony Quartet Reggae for Zbiggy (1984)
References
edit- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1791/2. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Zbigniew Namysłowski | Płyty muzyka w Archiwum Polskiego Rocka 1961 - 2019". Zbigniew Namysłowski | Płyty muzyka w Archiwum Polskiego Rocka 1961 - 2019 (in Polish). Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Zbigniew Namysłowski nie żyje. Legendarny jazzman miał 82 lata. "Planował koncerty w najbliższych tygodniach" (in Polish)
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20070306183150/http://zbigniew.namyslowski.com/zneng.html
- Official website (in Polish)
- Zbigniew Namysłowski at Culture.pl
- Zbigniew Namysłowski discography at Discogs
- Zbigniew Namysłowski at IMDb
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