Birth name Jerzy Matuszkiewicz Role Musician Origin Jaslo, Poland Spouse Grazyna Matuszkiewicz | Instruments Saxophone, piano Genres Jazz Name Jerzy Matuszkiewicz | |
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Born 10 April 1928 (age 95) ( 1928-04-10 ) Occupation(s) Composer, instrumentalist, band leader Albums Golden Era of the "Melomani" Group Similar People Andrzej Trzaskowski, Andrzej Kurylewicz, Krzysztof Komeda, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Witold Sobocinski | ||
Music group Melomani (1949 – 1958) | ||
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Jerzy Matuszkiewicz ([ˈjɛʐɨ matuʂˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]) is a Polish jazz musician and composer. He was a pioneer of the post-World War II jazz movement in Poland. Between 1950–58 he was head of the well-known Polish jazz group, Melomani. Throughout 1964 he performed both inside and outside of Poland. In 1965 he began to mainly produce music for movies and commercials. He currently resides in Warsaw, Poland with his wife, Grażyna.
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