Polish Jazz - Freedom at Last
The Story of Polish Jazz
by Cezary Lerski

Table of Content (click on the chapter's title to read)

Introduction - The Origins of Jazz

Chapter 1
Polish Jazz 1920s-1930s

The rebirth of Poland and the war with Soviet Russia
The beginnings of Jazz life in Poland
Ady Rosner
Polish Jazz at the end of 1930s

Chapter 2
Polish Jazz in 1940s-1950s

The betrayal and stalinization of Poland
Melomani
Willis Conover
Sopot Jazz Festivals (1956-1957)
Beginning of organized Jazz communities in Poland
Dave Brubeck in Poland
Leopold Tyrmand - the guru of Polish Jazz

Chapter 3
Polish Jazz in 1960s

Arts resurgence in Poland in 1960's
Polish Jazz and film
Czeslaw Niemen
Ewa Demarczyk
Polish Dixieland revival
Gold Washboard Traditional Jazz Festival
Henryk Majewski
Jerzy Dudus Matuszkiewicz
Andrzej Trzaskowski
Andrzej Kurylewicz
Krzysztof Komeda
Jazz nad Odra Festival
The Polish Jazz Series by Polskie Nagrania - Muza
Novi Singers
Mieczyslaw Kosz
Wlodzimierz Nahorny
The end of 1960s

Chapter 4
Polish Jazz in 1970s

Gierek Decade
European Jazz Federation, Jazz Forum Magazine, and 'Bialy Kruk Czarnego Krazka'
Jazz Jamboree Festival
Tomasz Stanko
Jan 'Ptaszyn' Wroblewski
Zbigniew Seifert
Wojciech (Wojtek) Karolak
Krzysztof Sadowski
Jerzy Milian
Adam Makowicz
Zbigniew Namyslowski
Michal Urbaniak
Urszula Dudziak
Polish Funk
Laboratorium
Extra Ball
Jarek Smietana
Sun Ship
SBB
Osjan

Chapter 5
Polish Jazz in 1980s

Solidarity movement and beginning of peaceful transitions from Communist rule
Miles Davis live in Poland
Young Power and Krzysztof Popek
Slawomir Kulpowicz
Andrzej Jagodzinski
Leszek Kulakowski
Vitold Rek
Henryk Miskiewicz, Janusz Muniak and Zbigniew Jaremko
Tomasz Szukalski
Andrzej Przybielski

Chapter 6
Polish Jazz in 1990s

Professionalization of jazz business in Poland
Milosc and Yass
Mozg
Tymon Tymanski
Leszek Mozdzer
Mikolaj Trzaska

Chapter 7
Polish Jazz in the 21st century

Tomasz Stanko
Simple Acoustic Trio
Marcin and Barlomiej Oles
Skalpel
Wojciech Staroniewicz
Piotr Baron
Wojtek Konikiewicz
Rafal Gorzycki
Contemporary Noise Sextet
Contemporary Jazz scene in Poland