JAZZ '56
1st Sopot Jazz Festival
I Ogolnopolski Festiwal Muzyki Jazzowej

Label: Polskie Nagrania - Muza , 2006
Catalogue No: PNCD 930A/C
Format: Deluxe Digi-Pack 3-CD boxset (24-bit re-mastered from original master tapes)
Condition: GENUINE, BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED

The first Sopot Jazz Festival, which took place in August 1956 is regarded as the key event in the history of Polish jazz. It represented the culmination of the first, chaotic period in the development of Polish jazz. It marked the full emergence of jazz from the underground and the music's first official recognition on a major scale. It ended the "catacomb era" and launched the "time of frenzy". Jazz came out of the catacombs and immediately became recognized as a symbol of freedom and liberation from boredom and obscurantism, as well as a chance for contact, solidarity and unity with the rest of the world. This was an authentic explosion of energy and joy, often frenetic, that we remember nostalgically even now, at a time when we miss even more the burst of the youthful energy of that generation... (Janusz Szprot)

Tracks:

CD 1 (76:08)
1. Signal and Introduction by master of ceremony Leopold Tyrmand
2. The Champ
3. Love Me or Leave Me
4. Memory of Bach
5. Take the A Train
6. Other One Blues
7. Django
8. Kotek w chmurach (Gladys)
9. Lover Come Back to Me
10. Blues in the Closet
Performed by Komeda Sextet:
Krzysztof Komeda - leader, piano
Jerzy Milian - vibes
Stanislaw Pludra - alto sax
Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski - clarinet, bass clarinet
Jozef Stolarz - bass
Jan Zylber - drums

CD 2 (78:45)
1. Intro by master of ceremony Leopold Tyrmand
2. Basin Street Blues
3. Dallas Blues
4. Moonglow
5. Jump Around the Clock
6. Lullaby
7. Chet Baker Stomp
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. What Am I Here For
10. Intro by anonymous master of ceremony
11. Tenor Madness
12. Line for Lyons
13. Greatest There Is
14. Yesterdays
15. Tea for Two
16. Pamietasz Capri (Do You Remember Capri)
17. Drum Boogie
Tracks 2-9 performed by Melomani:
Jerzy Dudus Matuszkiewicz - leader, tenor sax, clarinet, soprano sax
Jeanne Johnstone - vocal
Andrzej Idon Wojciechowski - trumpet
Alojzy Thomys - alto sax, banjo
Andrzej Trzaskowski - piano
Witold Kujawski - bass
Witold Dentox Sobocinski -drums

Tracks 11-17 performed by Andrzej Kurylewicz Jazz Band:
Andrzej Kurylewicz - leader, piano
Wanda Warska - vocal
Janusz Bednarczyk - trumpet
Zbigniew Gadomski - trombone
Leslaw Lic - clarinet
Jerzy Tatarak - tenor sax, clarinet
Ryszard Garbien - bass
Ryszard Szumlicz - drums

CD 3 (77:34)
1. Intro by master of ceremony Leopold Tyrmand
2. Muskrat Ramble
3. C Jam Blues
4. St. Louis Blues
5. Drum Boogie
6. Zagraj na bandzo (Hey, Mr. Banjo)
7. Be Bop Stomp
8. Kukurydza (Corn)
9. Blue Skies
10. Twelve Street Rag
11. Harlem Nocturne
12. Drum Rhapsody
13. Black and Blue
14. Flamingo
15. Down by the Riverside
16. Swanee River
Tracks 2-3 performed by Drazek i Pieciu:
Drazek Kalwinski - leader, piano
Jerzy Kalinowski - trumpet
Zdzislaw Richter - tenor sax, clarinet
Wlodzimierz Wasio - trombone
Stanislaw Otalega - bass
Wieslaw Schonbrun - drums

Tracks 4-6 performed by Zygmunt Wichary Band:
Zygmunt Wichary - leader, piano
Elizabeth Charles - vocal
Norbert Jarczok - tenor sax, clarinet
Konrad Jargon - trombone
Rudolf Malcherowicz - trumpet
Franciszek Okon - bass, guitar
Bronislaw Gesikowski - guitar, bass
Michal Niemira - drums
Tracks 7-8 performed by Jerzy Grzewinski Band:
Jerzy Grzewinski - leader, trombone
Janusz Hojan - trumpet
Stanislaw Pludra - alto sax
Aleksander Makarewicz - banjo
Krzysztof Trzcinski - piano
Ryszard Czaplicki - bass
Zbigniew Smolarek - drums
Tracks 9-10 performed by Kamil Hala Band:
Kamila Hala - leader, piano
Blanka Klenova - vocal
Vladimir Glozar - alto sax
Slavomir Horak - trumpet
Jaroslaw Kopacek - tenor sax
Miroslav Kozeluch - baritone sax
Franciszek Kryka - baritone sax
Josef Matas - bass
Ivo Kieslich - drums
Tracks 11-12 performed by Pawel Gruenspan Band:
Pawel Gruenspan - leader, piano
Marian Plozinski - alto sax, clarinet
Stanislaw Przybylski - tenor sax, clarinet
Eugeniusz Szymecki - trombone
Jerzy Nowak - trumpet, guitar
Tadeusz Kmite - trombone, bass
Czeslaw Cupak - drums
Tracks 13-14 performed by Pinokio:
Wladyslaw Sosnowski - leader, tenor sax
Bogdan Syczynski - cornet
Ireneusz Szymanowski - clarinet
Simon Geber - guitar, banjo
Rajmund Potyka - bass
Adam Lapinski - drums
Tracks 15-16 performed by The Dave Burman Jazz Group:
Dave Burman - leader, trumpet, cornet, piano
Len Jakob - alto sax, clarinet
Graham Stewart - trombone
Collin Thompson - clarinet
Allan Teulon - piano
Jim Forey - guitar
Pete Rutter - bass
Laurie Chescoe - drums