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15.02.2022 21:00
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  • SOUNCHECK: Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet live on Polish Radio
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This week, Tomasz Ferenc pays tribute to a legend of Polish jazz, Zbigniew Namysłowski, who died on February 7.

A pianist and cellist by training, but most widely recognised as a sax player, composer and arranger, he had more than 30 LPs and CDs to his credit, and was among the first group of Polish jazz musicians to perform in Western Europe after World War II.

In the early 1960s, he was a member of The Wreckers, the first Polish group to tour the United States and take part in the Newport Festival.

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