Zbigniew Namysłowski
{{Short description|Polish jazz musician (1939–2022)}}
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Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer.
Life and career
Namysłowski was born in Warsaw, Poland,{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=1791/2}} on 9 September 1939.{{Cite web|url=https://www.polskirock.art.pl/zbigniew-namyslowski,1,648,muzyk.html|title=Zbigniew Namysłowski {{!}} Płyty muzyka w Archiwum Polskiego Rocka 1961 - 2019|website=Zbigniew Namysłowski {{!}} Płyty muzyka w Archiwum Polskiego Rocka 1961 - 2019|language=pl-PL|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323003249/https://www.polskirock.art.pl/zbigniew-namyslowski,1,648,muzyk.html|url-status=dead}} He performed on the Krzysztof Komeda album Astigmatic recorded in 1965. 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.[https://kultura.gazeta.pl/kultura/7,114526,28084847,zbigniew-namyslowski-nie-zyje.html Zbigniew Namysłowski nie żyje. Legendarny jazzman miał 82 lata. "Planował koncerty w najbliższych tygodniach"] {{in lang|pl}}
Selected discography
- 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)
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- Krzysztof Komeda Astigmatic (1966)
- Laszlo Gardony Quartet Reggae for Zbiggy (1984)
References
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070306183150/http://zbigniew.namyslowski.com/zneng.html
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051217063438/http://muzyka.onet.pl/specjalne/namyslowski/ Official website] {{in lang|pl}}
- [http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-music-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/zbigniew-namyslowski Zbigniew Namysłowski] at Culture.pl
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Category:Polish jazz composers
Category:21st-century Polish saxophonists
Category:Polish jazz saxophonists
Category:Musicians from Warsaw
Category:Polish male jazz musicians
Category:Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
Category:20th-century saxophonists
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