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Zbigniew Namysłowski

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Namysłowski in 2007

Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer.

Life and career

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Namysłowski 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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1791/2. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Zbigniew Namysłowski nie żyje. Legendarny jazzman miał 82 lata. "Planował koncerty w najbliższych tygodniach" (in Polish)
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