Zbigniew Namysłowski

Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer.

Namysłowski in 2007

Life and career

Namysłowski was born in Warsaw, Poland,^[1] on 9 September 1939.^[2] He performed on the Krzysztof Komeda album Astigmatic recorded in 1965.^[1] He collaborated with such artists as Janusz Muniak, Leszek Możdżer, Vladislav Sendecki, Michał Urbaniak, and Andrzej Trzaskowski. Namysłowski died on 7 February 2022, at the age of 82.^[3]

Selected discography

• Lola (1964; Decca)
• Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet (muza XL0305) recorded 1966 Poland vol 6
• Krzysztof Komeda: Astigmatic (1966)
• Winobranie (1973)
• Kuyaviak Goes Funky (1975)
• Zbigniew Namyslowski (1977)
• Jasmin Lady (1978)
• Future Talk (1979)
• Air Condition (1981)
• Open (1987)
• Without A Talk (1991)
• The Last Concert (1992)
• Secretly & Confidentially (1993)
• Zbigniew Namysłowski & Zakopane Highlanders (1995)
• Cy to blues cy nie blues (1997)
• Dances (1997)
• 3 Nights (1998)
• Mozart Goes Jazz (1998)
• Jazz & Folk - Namyslowski Quartet & Górale (2000)
• Go! (2003)
• Standards (2003)
• Assymetry (2006)
• Live at Kosmos, Berlin 1965 (2008)
• Nice & Easy (2009)

Sideman

• Krzysztof Komeda Astigmatic (1966)
• Laszlo Gardony Quartet Reggae for Zbiggy (1984)