Zbigniew Seifert

Zbigniew Seifert (7^[1] June 1946 – 15 February 1979)^[2] was a Polish jazz violinist.

Zbigniew Seifert
Born	(1946-06-07)7 June 1946
Origin	Kraków, Poland
Died	15 February 1979(1979-02-15) (aged 32)
Genres	Jazz
Years active	1970–1979
Labels	MPS, EMI, Capitol, Mood

Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland.^[2] He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane.^[2] He devoted himself to jazz violin when he began performing with the Tomasz Stańko Quintet in 1970,^[2] and became one of the leading modern jazz violinists. Seifert relocated to Germany in 1973, and worked with Hans Koller's Free Sound between 1974 and 1975.^[2] The following year, he performed alongside John Lewis at the Montreux Jazz Festival.^[2] Seifert later recorded with Oregon.^[2]

He died of cancer at the age of 32,^[2] and is buried at Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.

Discography

As leader

• Zbigniew Seifert (Capitol, 1977)
• Man of the Light (MPS, 1977)
• Solo Violin (EMI Electrola, 1978)
• Passion (Capitol, 1979)
• Kilimanjaro (PolJazz, 1979)
• We'll Remember Zbiggy (Mood, 1979)
• We'll Remember Komeda (Polonia, 1998)
• Live in Hamburg 1978 (Milo, 2006)
• Nora (GAD, 2010)
• Live in Solothurn (2017)

As sideman

With Tomasz Stanko

• Music for K (Polskie Nagrania, 1970)
• Jazzmessage from Poland (B.Free, 1972)
• Purple Sun (Calig, 1973)
• W Pałacu Prymasowskim (PolJazz, 1983)

With others

• Boogie Pimps, The Music in Me (Superstar, 2005)
• Hans Koller, Kunstkopfindianer (MPS/BASF, 1974)
• Hans Koller, Nome (B.Free, 2017)
• Volker Kriegel, Lift! (MPS/BASF, 1973)
• Joachim Kühn, Cinemascope (MPS/BASF, 1974)
• Joachim Kühn, Springfever (Atlantic, 1976)
• Charlie Mariano, Helen 12 Trees (MPS/BASF, 1976)
• Glen Moore, Introducing (Elektra, 1979)
• Oregon, Violin (Vanguard, 1978)
• Jiří Stivín, 5 Ran Do Cepice (Supraphon, 1972)
• Jasper van 't Hof, Eye Ball (Keytone, 1974)
• Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Sprzedawcy Glonow (Polskie Nagrania, 1973)