Vladislav Sendecki is a Polish

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...

 jazz

Jazz

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 pianist. In Polish, his name is spelled Władysław Sendecki.

Sendecki studied at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw is located at ulica Okólnik 2 in central Warsaw, Poland...

 and the Academy of Music in Krakow

Academy of Music in Kraków

The Academy of Music in Kraków is a conservatory located in downtown Kraków, Poland.-History:The Academy, until 1945 as a conservatory under the name Cracow Conservatory or Conservatory of the Music Society, was founded in 1888 by the eminent Polish composer Władysław Żeleński thanks to artistic...

. He played with his own groups, Extra Ball and Sunship, as well as alongside Leszek Zadlo and Janusz Stefanski in the Polski Jazz Ensemble, with Zbigniew Namysłowski, and with the Novi Singers. In 1981 he left Poland for political reasons, and settled in Switzerland

Switzerland

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, where he started an international career with the Polski Jazz Ensemble. Since then he has worked with Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...

's Passport

Passport (band)

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, Billy Cobham

Billy Cobham

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, Michael

Michael Brecker

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 and Randy Brecker

Randy Brecker

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, Ray Anderson

Ray Anderson

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, Peter Herbolzheimer

Peter Herbolzheimer

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, Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell

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, Didier Lockwood

Didier Lockwood

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, Michał Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak

Urszula Dudziak

Urszula Bogumiła Dudziak-Urbaniak is a leading Polish jazz vocalist. She has worked with such artists as Krzysztof Komeda, Michał Urbaniak , Gil Evans, Archie Shepp, and Lester Bowie...

, Biréli Lagrène

Biréli Lagrène

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 and Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

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, Charlie Mariano

Charlie Mariano

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 and Vitold Rek

Vitold Rek

Vitold Rek is a double bassist, composer and educator. He studied classical double bass at the Academy of Music in Kraków when Krzysztof Penderecki was rector there...

. Since 1996 he has been the pianist for the NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk

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 Big Band. He also founded the Hamburg Jazz Quartet with Gerry Brown

Gerry Brown

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, Detlev Beier and Ingolf Burkhardt.

Discography

• Recital (1983) (with Michał Urbaniak)
• Men from Wilnau (1988)
• Haunted (1996)
• Seelenlandschaften (1999) (Joachim-Ernst Berendt
  Joachim-Ernst Berendt
  Joachim-Ernst Berendt was a German music journalist, book author and producer specialized on Jazz.-Life:...
  
  , Krzysztof Zgraja, Philip Catherine
  Philip Catherine
  Philip Catherine is a Belgian jazz guitarist.-Biography:He was born in London from an English mother and Belgian father....
  
  )
• Like A Bird (2000)
• A Tribute to Raymond Scott
  Raymond Scott
  Raymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor....
  
  (2005)
• Poetic Jazz - Danzarina (Hamburg 2005, with Lech and Pawel Wieleba and Jan-Peter Klöpfel)
• Electric Treasures with Markus Stockhausen
  Markus Stockhausen
  Markus Pirol Stockhausen is a German trumpeter and composer.-Biography:Born in Cologne, he is the son of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. At age four he appeared as "child at play" in his father's theatre piece Originals. He received his first piano lessons at age six, and at age twelve he began to...
  
  , Arild Andersen
  Arild Andersen
  Arild Andersen is a Norwegian bass player.Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet , with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen...
  
  , Patrice Héral, Vladislav Sendecki (2008)
• Solo Piano at Schloss Elmau (2010)

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