Franciszek Walicki
Encyclopedia
Franciszek Walicki is considered the father of Polish
big beat
and rock
.
In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot
. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands:
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...
big beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
.
In 1956 he and Leopold Tyrmand organized the first Jazz Festival in Sopot
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....
. Walicki also founded a number of important Polish bands:
- 1959 - Rhythm and Blues - the first Polish big beatBig beatBig beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
group - 1960 - Czerwono-CzarniCzerwono-CzarniCzerwono-Czarni was one of the most popular rock bands in the history of Polish popular music, and one of the pioneers of Polish rock and beat music. Czerwono-Czarni was the first Polish rock band to last long enough to cut a record...
- 1962 - Niebiesko-CzarniNiebiesko-CzarniNiebiesko-Czarni were one of most popular Polish rock groups of the 1960s and early 1970s. Founded by Franciszek Walicki.Czesław Niemen played in the band for several years....
- 1968 - BreakoutBreakout (band)Breakout is a Polish blues rock band, formed in 1 February 1968.-History:After a few years of playing as Blackout, the first performance of Breakout took place at the Musicorama festival in February 1968. In April the new bass player - Michał Muzolf, joined the group. In June the band toured in the...
- 1974 – SBB
Awards and distinctions
- 1996 – Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia RestitutaPolonia RestitutaThe Order of Polonia Restituta is one of Poland's highest Orders. The Order can be conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, science, sport, culture, art, economics, defense of the country, social work, civil service, or for furthering good relations between countries...
- Righteous among the NationsRighteous Among the NationsRighteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....
medal - 1998 - Grand Prix, National Festival of Polish Song in OpoleNational Festival of Polish Song in OpoleNational Festival of Polish Song in Opole is a yearly music festival in Opole, Poland. Together with Sopot Festival it is the most important music festival in Poland. Opole Festival is meant as a summary of yearly season of achievements of Polish song writers and performers...