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Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stańko has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 16 July 2018. Tomasz Stańko's music has been featured on 14 episodes.

Tomasz Stańko (Rzeszów, Poland, 11 July 1942 - 29 July 2018) was a Polish jazz trumpeter and composer. Often recording for ECM Records, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde.

Stańko was born in Rzeszów, Poland, on 11th July 1942. He formed the quartet Jazz Darings in 1962 with Adam Makowicz (later replaced by Janusz Muniak); this was one of the first European groups to be influenced by Ornette Coleman.

He played with Krzysztof Komeda (1963-1967) and Andrzej Trzaskowski (mid-1960s), then led the Tomasz Stanko Quintet (1968-1973), which included Muniak and Zbigniew Seifert, and received considerable critical acclaim.

In 1970 Stańko performed with the Globe Unity Orchestra; later he worked with Michal Urbaniak. From 1974 to 1978 he played in a quartet with Edward Vesala, Tomasz Szukalski, Dave Holland, Peter Warren, ("Balladyna" ECM, "TWET" Muza) and ocasionally joined the rockband SBB; thereafter he performed again as a leader, and in 1980 recorded as an unaccompanied soloist in India at the Taj Mahal and the Karla Caves temple.

In addition to occasional solo engagements (from 1978) he played in the group Heavy Life with Chico Freeman, James Spaulding and others (1980), recorded with Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Jan Garbarek, ("Voice From The Past - Paradigm" ECM), performed with Jack DeJohnette and Rufus Reid (both 1983), played with Sławomir Kulpowicz "In Formation", belonged to Cecil Taylor's big band (1984), and formed his own group Freelectronic (1985) featuring Apostolis Anthimos and Vitold Rek.

In the 1990s (after the martial law),Tomasz recorded with Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Tony Oxley, and returned to the prestigious label ECM. Stańko has recorded there three albums with his newest quartet of Marcin Wasilewski, Sławomir Kurkiewicz and Michał Miśkiewicz, all to very high acclaim.

Technically Stańko is highly accomplished; he plays a form of free jazz that displays both European and American influences.

Selected works:

Jazz Jamboree '61 (1961) Astigmatic (1965) Music for K (1970) Balladyna (1975) C.O.C.X. (1983) PEYOTL Witkacy (1984) Music 81 (1984) Bluish (1992) Bosonossa (1993) A Farewell to Maria (1993) Matka Joanna (1995) Leosia (1997) Litania: The Music Of Krzysztof Komeda (1997) From the Green Hill (1999) Soul of things (2002) Suspended night (2004) Lontano (2006) Dark Eyes (2009)

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Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stańko has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 16 July 2018. Tomasz Stańko's music has been featured on 14 episodes.

Tomasz Stańko (Rzeszów, Poland, 11 July 1942 - 29 July 2018) was a Polish jazz trumpeter and composer. Often recording for ECM Records, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde.

Stańko was born in Rzeszów, Poland, on 11th July 1942. He formed the quartet Jazz Darings in 1962 with Adam Makowicz (later replaced by Janusz Muniak); this was one of the first European groups to be influenced by Ornette Coleman.

He played with Krzysztof Komeda (1963-1967) and Andrzej Trzaskowski (mid-1960s), then led the Tomasz Stanko Quintet (1968-1973), which included Muniak and Zbigniew Seifert, and received considerable critical acclaim.

In 1970 Stańko performed with the Globe Unity Orchestra; later he worked with Michal Urbaniak. From 1974 to 1978 he played in a quartet with Edward Vesala, Tomasz Szukalski, Dave Holland, Peter Warren, ("Balladyna" ECM, "TWET" Muza) and ocasionally joined the rockband SBB; thereafter he performed again as a leader, and in 1980 recorded as an unaccompanied soloist in India at the Taj Mahal and the Karla Caves temple.

In addition to occasional solo engagements (from 1978) he played in the group Heavy Life with Chico Freeman, James Spaulding and others (1980), recorded with Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Jan Garbarek, ("Voice From The Past - Paradigm" ECM), performed with Jack DeJohnette and Rufus Reid (both 1983), played with Sławomir Kulpowicz "In Formation", belonged to Cecil Taylor's big band (1984), and formed his own group Freelectronic (1985) featuring Apostolis Anthimos and Vitold Rek.

In the 1990s (after the martial law),Tomasz recorded with Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin and Tony Oxley, and returned to the prestigious label ECM. Stańko has recorded there three albums with his newest quartet of Marcin Wasilewski, Sławomir Kurkiewicz and Michał Miśkiewicz, all to very high acclaim.

Technically Stańko is highly accomplished; he plays a form of free jazz that displays both European and American influences.

Selected works:

Jazz Jamboree '61 (1961) Astigmatic (1965) Music for K (1970) Balladyna (1975) C.O.C.X. (1983) PEYOTL Witkacy (1984) Music 81 (1984) Bluish (1992) Bosonossa (1993) A Farewell to Maria (1993) Matka Joanna (1995) Leosia (1997) Litania: The Music Of Krzysztof Komeda (1997) From the Green Hill (1999) Soul of things (2002) Suspended night (2004) Lontano (2006) Dark Eyes (2009)

Original source: Last.fm

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Ten Sam Wiatr Porusza Dwa Drzewa
Ossian, Tomasz Stańko
Wydawnictwo Anex, Milo Records0
No Lovesong At All
Michał Urbaniak, Tomasz Stańko, Attila Zoller, Urszula Dudziak
MPS Records1984
Svantetic
Komeda, Stańko, Namysłowski, Lenz
Polonia Records1998
Gama
Tomasz Stańko
PolJazz1986
Euforila
Tomasz Stańko
PolJazz1986
Night Peace
Tomasz Stańko
Power Bros Records, Koch Jazz1999
Brace
Tomasz Stanko
ECM Records1997
Gama
Stańko
Pronit, Musicorama1985
Mintuu Maria
Tomasz Stańko, Tomasz Szukalski, Edvard Vesala, Peter Warren
Polskie Nagrania Muza1974
Ahuha
Tomasz Stańko
Polskie Nagrania Muza1984