Zbigniew Namysłowski
b. 9 September 1939, Warsaw, Poland. Namyslowski’s Lola, recorded during his visit to the UK in 1964, caused quite a stir, since few people in Northern Europe were aware of the state of the jazz art in Soviet bloc countries (formerly). However, it was not simply the surprise of Eastern European musicians playing modern, post-bop jazz at all that impressed: Namyslowski was very good indeed, with a hard, emotional tone and considerable facility on the alto saxophone. He had begun his musical studies on piano at the age of six, switching to the cello at 12. He also plays soprano saxophone, flute and trombone. He studied music theory at the Warsaw High School of Music and began his career playing trombone with a trad band and ’cello with a modern group. Concentrating on alto, he set up his quartet in 1963 and toured Europe, Asia and Australasia as well as the USSR.
He plays with the kind of intensely personal passion one associates with Jackie McLean and Mike Osborne, weaving in strong strands of Polish folk music in both his writing and improvising. In the late 70s and early 80s he moved away from the more avant garde side of his style and, without losing his individuality, used rock-fusion elements. There was also an adventurous album, Zbigniew Namyslowski, for orchestra and large jazz group. By the late 80s, he was back in the hard-bop mainstream, sounding a little less dangerous than in his early days, but just as sincere and inventive. He has also worked with Krzysztof Komeda and Air Condition, the fine Polish fusion band that he led in the early 80s.
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Diskografie
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Astigmatic (Polish Jazz)
Krzysztof Komeda, Komeda Quintet, Zbigniew Namysłowski
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 28.04.1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Assymetry
Jazz - Erschienen bei Zbigniew Namyslowski am 01.02.2017
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Kujaviak Goes Funky (Polish Jazz vol. 46)
Zbigniew Namysłowski, Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 26.10.2018
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Polish Jazz - Yes ! (Polish Jazz)
Zbigniew Namysłowski, Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 09.09.2016
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Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet (Polish Jazz)
Zbigniew Namysłowski, Zbigniew Namysłowski Quartet
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 04.11.1966
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Polish Radio Jazz Archives, Vol.36, Zbigniew Namysłowski Radio Sessions 1974-1995
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Polskie Radio am 15.02.2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Zbigniew Namysłowski
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 08.11.2019
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Follow Your Kite
Zbigniew Namysłowski, Air Condition
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 15.11.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Open (Polish Jazz, Vol. 74)
Zbigniew Namysłowski, Zbigniew Namysłowski The Q
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 01.04.1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kujaviak Goes Funky (Polish Jazz vol. 46)
Zbigniew Namysłowski, Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet
Jazz - Erschienen bei WM Poland - WMI am 26.10.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Standards
Jazz - Erschienen bei Zbigniew Namyslowski am 01.02.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo