Sing Sing Penelope, Marcin Oles, Jerzy Mazzoll, Grzegorz Daron, Apostolis Anthimos
Tribute to Andrzej Przybielski
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.
Having graduated from the Technic School of Bydgoszcz, Andrzej Przybielski started with traditional jazz, playing with Bogdan Ciesielski and Jacek Bednarek within the "Traditional Jazz group". Until the mid-60s, he played cornet and trumpet, specializing in blues and Dixieland music, his inspiration coming from Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.
In 1968, along with the Gdansk Trio he won the Jazz nad Odrą (Jazz aboard the Oder). In 1969, along with the Modern Music Foundation, he took part in the Jazz Jamboree festival.
He composed for the Warszawa National Theatre, the Performer Theatre in Zamość, and the Witkacy Theatre of Zakopane. He cooperated with such musicians as: Helmut Nadolski, Jacek Bednarek, 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 15, 2011.
On the February 9, 2012, first anniversary of the artist's death, Zdzisław Pająk published his biography Maluj muzykę, bracie. Andrzej Przybielski 1944-2011 (Paint the music, brother. Andrzej Przybielski 1944-2011).
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)
Andrzej Kurylewicz - Music for theater and television. (1970, Muza SXL 0831)
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)
Mazzoll - Muzyka dla supersamów (Music for supermarket) (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 jubilee) (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, Not Two Records MW 761-2)
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)
Sing Sing Penelope et Andrzej Przybielski – Stirli People (2010, Monotype Records 022)
The Ślub – Trzeciak (Third) (2010) - non published
Question Mark – Laboratory (2010)
Andrzej Przybielski/Marcin Oleś/Brat Oleś – De Profundis (2011)
Andrzej Przybielski / Jacek Mazurkiewicz / Paweł Osicki - Tren Żałobny (Mournful train) (2011)
The Ślub – Bella Provincia (2014, ForTune 0024)
Recognition
On 14 February 2011, Andrzej Przybielski was posthumously made a Knight of the Cross of the Order of Rebirth of Poland.
