Valvulado: Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet - Fusion Jazz Funk (Poland)

Zbigniew Namysłowski is a gradute of music schools in Kraków and Warsaw, he learnt there how to play the piano and then the cello. He made debut in 1957 in Student Club Hybrydy and then at the Jazz Music Festival in Sopot. He played the trombone in famous Polish dixieland bands. After, he discovered modern jazz and started playing the alto saxophone. He performed in all European countries and in the USA, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Kuwait and South Africa. He recorded almost 30 author's records. Many of them were published abroad, ex.: Lola (1964) the first Polish record published abroad or Song Of The Pterodactil with famous drummer Tony Williams. Records Winobranie (1973) and Kuyaviak Goes Funky (1975) became super jazz hits in Poland and were voted the best records of all times in Polish jazz.

He debuted as a jazz pianist in 1955 with the Five Brothers band formed at the Hybrydy student club. A year later, he joined Mieczysław Wadecki's amateur Dixieland band as a trombonist, and then transferred to the Modern Dixielanders of pianist Witold Krotochwil. In 1957 he joined Modern Combo, Krzysztof Sadowski's band, as its cellist, appearing with them at the Jazz Festival in Sopot. He returned to the trombone in 1958, collaborating with the band Hot Club Melomani with whom he took part in a historic event - the first ever jazz concert at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. He also took part in the first post-war visit to Western Europe by Polish jazzmen. In subsequent years he collaborated with such well-known formations as the Polish All Stars, Modern Dixielanders, Traditional Jazz Makers, New Orleans Stompers, and Modern Jazz Group.

Alto Saxophone, Composed By – Zbigniew Namysłowski

Bass – Paweł Jarzębski

Drums – Czesław Bartkowski

Electric Piano – Wojciech Karolak

Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Tomasz Szukalski

Recorded in Warsaw, March 1975

Made in Poland

Kujaviak goes funky