Zbigniew Seifert

Zbigniew Seifert (called Zbiggy ) ( born June 6, 1946 in Krakow, † 15 February 1979 in Buffalo ) was a Polish jazz musician. He is regarded as " one of the most impressive and creative European jazz musicians of his time. "

Life and work

Seifert graduated from the State Academy of Music in Krakow in the violin; Moreover, he also played alto saxophone. During his studies he founded as a saxophonist own jazz quartet; He also sought cooperation with Tomasz Stanko, whose quartet he served from 1969 to 1973. He opened his game now more forms free improvisation and moved to the violin. 1973 Seifert moved to West Germany and collaborated with Hans Koller ( artificial head Indians, 1974), with its Freesound he was several times on tour. Next, he worked with Volker Kriegel (lift, 1973), Friedrich Gulda and Jasper van't Hof ( Eyeball, 1974). He also appeared with Joachim Kühn at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1975 and played with Charlie Mariano ( Helen 12 Trees, 1976). In 1976, he took on two separate plates, including a solo album. A year later, the first American LP of him appeared. In Poland, a first plate was taken until 1978. Around the same time he released another album with passion. Most recently, he worked with the band Oregon, with their highly acclaimed album Violin (1978 ) was born. Seifert also wrote a jazz concerto for violin, rhythm and symphony orchestra. A cancer led to his untimely death in early 1979.

Seifert's expressive style and his phrasing on the violin developed musical ideas of John Coltrane on. There was " a chamber music Zbigniew and a Trane -like ," said Joachim Ernst Berendt and quotes himself: " What I play the violin, I listen to the ideas of the saxophone. I admire Coltrane, and I try to play as he would play if he had played violin " He influenced other violinist Jean Luc Ponty as, Krzesimir Dębski and Didier Lockwood, who said: ". No other violinist has moved and affected me more Zbigniew Seifert. "

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Artificial head Indians ( MPS, 1974), with Hans Koller, Wolfgang Dauner, Adel Roidinger, Janusz Stefanski
  • Solo Violin (EMI, 1976)
  • Man of the Light ( MPS, 1976), with Joachim Kühn, Jasper van't Hof, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart
  • Zbigniew Seifert ( Capitol, 1977)
  • Kilimanjaro ( PSJ, 1978), with Jarosław Śmietana, Zbigniew main ways, Mieczyslaw Gorka
  • Passion ( Capitol, 1978), with John Scofield, Richie Beirach, Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette, Naná Vasconcelos
  • We'll Remember Zbiggy ( Mood, 1979), with Koller, Dauner, Kühn, Beirach, Urszula Dudziak, Albert Mangelsdorff, Jan Hammer, among others
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