Andrzej Przybielski
Encyclopedia
Andrzej Grzegorz Przybielski (August 9, 1944 – February 9, 2011) in Bydgoszcz (Poland
), was a Polish jazz trumpeter associated with the avant-garde jazz
and free jazz
scenes.
). In 1969, along with the Modern Music Foundation, he took part in the Jazz Jamboree
festival.
He composed for the National Theatre, the Performer Theatre in Zamość
, and the Witkacy Theatre of Zakopane
. He cooperated with such musicians as: Helmut Nadolski, Jacek Bednarekał, Andrzej Kurylewicz
, Czesław Niemen, Tomasz Stańko
, Stanisław Sojka, Adam Hanuszkiewicz
, Wanda Warska, the brothers Marcin
and Bartłomiej
Oleś, Ryszard Tymon Tymański, Wojciech Konikewicz and Józef Skrzek
. He was the co-leader and co-author of the groups Sesja, Big Band Free Cooperation and Acoustic Action.
At the beginning of the 1990s, he founded his own group in his home-town of Bydgoszcz and named it Asocjacja Andrzeja Przybielskiego (The Andrzej Przybielski Association). It was made up of the following musicians: Karol Szymanowski
(vibes), Andrzej Kujawa (bass
), Józef Eljasz (percussion). One year later, he formed another group with Grzegorz Nadolny (bass) and Grzegorz Daroń (percussion). The association was the artist's main creative project and remained very active with the same performers until the end of his life, performing many concerts throughout Poland and the rest of Europe.
In addition, he contributed to the Yass
scene. He could be heard in the Mózg club in Bydgoszcz, notably in the company of the groups Sing Sing Penelope and NRD
.
Andrzej Przybielski died on the February 9, 2011. He was buried in the Bydgoszcz Municipal Cemetery on the February 14, 2011.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
), was a Polish jazz trumpeter associated with the avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. Avant-jazz often sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, despite its distinct departure from traditional harmony, it has a predetermined structure over which ...
and free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
scenes.
Career
In 1968, along with the Gdansk Trio he won the Jazz nad Odrą (Jazz aboard the OderOder
The Oder is a river in Central Europe. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder-Neisse line...
). In 1969, along with the Modern Music Foundation, he took part in the Jazz Jamboree
Jazz Jamboree
Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in Warsaw. Organized by .-History:The first Jazz Jamboree was organised by Hot-Club Hybrydy. It was three days long and it was called "Jazz 58". The first three editions of the festival took place in the...
festival.
He composed for the National Theatre, the Performer Theatre in Zamość
Zamosc
Zamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...
, and the Witkacy Theatre of Zakopane
Zakopane
Zakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...
. He cooperated with such musicians as: Helmut Nadolski, Jacek Bednarekał, Andrzej Kurylewicz
Andrzej Kurylewicz
Andrzej Kurylewicz , was a Polish jazz musician, composer, pianist, trombonist and conductor....
, Czesław Niemen, Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
, Stanisław Sojka, Adam Hanuszkiewicz
Adam Hanuszkiewicz
Adam Hanuszkiewicz is a Polish actor and theatre director.-External links:* http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/os_hanuszkiewicz_adam...
, Wanda Warska, the brothers Marcin
Marcin Oles
Marcin Oles is a jazz and free improvisation bass player, composer and record producer. He is the twin brother of Bartlomiej Oles....
and Bartłomiej
Bartlomiej Oles
Bartlomiej Brat Oles is a jazz and free improvisation drummer, composer and record producer. He is the twin brother of Marcin Oles and Art-director of the Polish independent Jazz Label Fenommedia....
Oleś, Ryszard Tymon Tymański, Wojciech Konikewicz and Józef Skrzek
Józef Skrzek
Józef Skrzek – is a Polish multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer, an important figure in Polish rock.-Life:In his early carrier, Skrzek was associated with the groups Ślężanie, Ametysty and Breakout...
. He was the co-leader and co-author of the groups Sesja, Big Band Free Cooperation and Acoustic Action.
At the beginning of the 1990s, he founded his own group in his home-town of Bydgoszcz and named it Asocjacja Andrzeja Przybielskiego (The Andrzej Przybielski Association). It was made up of the following musicians: Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist.-Life:Szymanowski was born into a wealthy land-owning Polish gentry family in Tymoszówka, then in the Russian Empire, now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus'...
(vibes), Andrzej Kujawa (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Józef Eljasz (percussion). One year later, he formed another group with Grzegorz Nadolny (bass) and Grzegorz Daroń (percussion). The association was the artist's main creative project and remained very active with the same performers until the end of his life, performing many concerts throughout Poland and the rest of Europe.
In addition, he contributed to the Yass
Yass (music)
Yass is often defined as a new music style, but it is rather a compilation of many styles, such as jazz, improvised music, techno, punk rock, and folk....
scene. He could be heard in the Mózg club in Bydgoszcz, notably in the company of the groups Sing Sing Penelope and NRD
NRD
NRD could refer to:* Naroda railway station, India; Indian Railways station code NRD.* National Registration Department, Malaysia* National Roller Derby league, United States* Noranda , Canada; Toronto Stock Exchange symbol NRD....
.
Andrzej Przybielski died on the February 9, 2011. He was buried in the Bydgoszcz Municipal Cemetery on the February 14, 2011.
Discography
- Jazz Jamboree 1969 - Andrzej Przybielski Quartet Żeberówka (1969, composition No 2)
- Jazz Jamboree 1970 - Andrzej Kurylewicz Contemporary Music Formation & Wanda Warska (1970, compositions No 3 to 6)
- Czeslaw Niemen – Niemen vol. 2 Marionetki (Puppets) (1973)
- SBB – Sikorki (Chickadees) (1973–1975)
- SBB – Wicher w polu dmie (Noon squall) (1973–1975)
- Niobe – TV show (1975)
- Stanisław Sojka – Sojka Sings Ellington (1982)
- Andrzej Przybielski – W sferze dotyku (In the sphere of touch) (1984)
- Biezan/Dziubak/Mitan/Nadolski/Przybielski – Klub Muzyki Nowej Remont (New Remont Music Club) (1984)
- Przedstawienie Hamleta we wsi Głucha Dolna – TV show (1985)
- Free Cooperation – Taniec Słoni (Elephants dance) (1985)
- Green Revolution – movie soundtrack Na całość (1986)
- Free Cooperation – In the Higher School (1986)
- Tomasz Stańko – Peyotl Witkacy (1988)
- Stanisław Sojka – Radioaktywny (Radioactive) (1989)
- Free Cooperation – Our Master's Voice (1989)
- Variété – Variété (1993)
- Stół Pański – Gadające drzewo (The talkative tree) (1997)
- Mazzoll, Kazik i Arythmic Perfection – Rozmowy s catem (1997)
- Maestro Trytony – Enoptronia (1997)
- Tribute to Miles Orchestra – Live - Akwarium, Warszawa (1998)
- Stanisław Sojka & Andrzej Przybielski – Sztuka błądzenia (The wandering art) (1999–2000)
- Custom Trio – Free Bop (2000)
- The Ślub – Pierwsza (First) (2000)
- Custom Trio (Andrzej Przybielski/Marcin Oleś/Brat Oleś/Janusz Smyk) – Live (2001)
- Andy Lumpp Trio & Andrzej Przybielski – Music From Planet Earth (2000)
- Tymon Tymański & The Waiters – Theatricon Plixx (2001)
- KaPeLa Trio & Andrzej Przybielski – Barwy przestrzeni (The colors of space) (2002) - not published
- The Ślub – Druga (Second) (2002) - not published
- Orkiestra Świętokrzyska (Orchestra of the Holy Cross) – Wykłady z Geometrii Muzyki (Lectures on Geometry of Music) (2003)
- Andy Lumpp Trio & Andrzej Przybielski – Musica Ex Spiritu Sancto (2003)
- Konikiewicz/Przybielski – Antyjubileusz (Anti jubelee) (2003) – not published
- United Power of Fortalicje – Live - Teatr Performer, Zamość (2003) - not published
- Transtechnologic Orchestra (Przybielski, Konikiewicz) 2CD – Live - Teatr Mały, Warszawa (2003) - not published
- Andrzej Przybielski/Marcin Oleś/Brat Oleś – music of theatrical TV show Pasożyt (Parasite) (2003)
- Andrzej Przybielski/Marcin Oleś/Brat Oleś – Abstract (2005)
- Asocjacja Andrzeja Przybielskiego (Andrzej Przybielski Association, with Andrzej Przybielski (trumpet), Yura Ovsiannikow (sax), Grzegorz Nadolny (bass) and Grzegorz Daroń (percussion)) - Sesja Open (2005) - published on August 16, 2011 by the Bydgoszcz Municipal Cultural Office, for the concert tribute to Andrzej Przybielski.
- Green Grass - Blues dla Majki (Blues for Majka) (2007)
- The Ślub – Trzeciak (Third) (2010) - non published
- Sing Sing Penelope et Andrzej Przybielski – Stirli People (2010)
- Question Mark – Laboratory (2010)
- Andrzej Przybielski/Marcin Oleś/Brat Oleś – De Profundis (2011)