Jan Wróblewski (musician)
Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (born March 27, 1936 in Kalisz ) is a Polish jazz musician , composer , arranger and conductor , as well as journalist and music critic .
The tenor and baritone saxophone player has founded various bands and has hosted radio programs on jazz since the 1970s. Jan Wróblewski is seen as one of the outstanding Polish post-war jazz musicians. As a film composer, he has provided musical accompaniment to films such as Mr. Anatol sucht one Million (“Pan Anatol szuka miliona”) or Long live love (“Niech żyje miłość”); He has also written popular music for artists such as Ewa Bem , Łucja Prus , Maryla Rodowicz and Andrzej Zaucha . He is also a composer of symphonic concert works and has been an honorary citizen of his native Kalisz since 1999.
biography
Jan Wróblewski comes from a family of lawyers and, in addition to his school education, pursued playing the piano and clarinet in the Kalisz Musical Elementary School from an early age. As a teenager he played in a jazz band. Wróblewski completed his studies at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the Technical University in Poznan and later in Cracow at the Academy of Music there . During his studies in Poznań he founded his own band and worked musically with the quintet of the musician Jerzy Milian .
In 1956 Wróblewski was invited to the band Krzysztofs Trzcińskis , later he joined the Komeda sextet as a baritone saxophonist. The appearances with this band, for example at the jazz festivals in Sopot and in television recordings, are considered the basis of his professional work.
The decisive turning point in Wróblewski's career is the prelude to the American jazz promoter George Wein in 1958, who brought Wróblewski an invitation as a musician with the International Newport Band and ultimately made him the first Polish jazz musician to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival with the International Youth Band performed under the direction of Marshall Brown . This appearance is also documented in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day . After this crucial concert, the band performed in many cities in the United States and then in Europe, India, Africa and Asia.
From 1968 to 1978 Wróblewski was the head of the jazz studio of the Polish Radio, where he recorded with musicians such as Zbigniew Namysłowski , Janusz Muniak , Włodzimierz Nahorny , Tomasz Stańko , Bronisław Suchanek and Janusz Stefański . The collaboration with Willis Conover led to the creation of the program 3 kwadranse jazzu , which Wróblewski has moderated continuously since 1970. Wróblewski's name also stands for the support of young, ambitious musicians in numerous workshops in Poland and other countries.
Jan Wróblewski was a member of or founded the following bands during his career:
- Jazz Believers (1958–1959, with Wojciech Karolak and Krzysztof Komeda )
- Kwintet Andrzeja Kurylewicza (1960–1961)
- Polish Jazz Quartet (1963-1966)
- Mainstream (1973-1977)
- SPPT Chałturnik (1970-77)
- Kwartet Ptaszyna Wróblewskiego (1978–1984)
- Made in Poland (since 1993)
Wróblewski is the composer of the following classical works:
- Wariant Warszawski (Concerto for Orchestra)
- Maesteso cobinato (concerto for baritone saxophone and orchestra)
- Czytanki na orkiestrę (Suite)
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| SURNAME | Wróblewski, Jan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wróblewski, Ptaszyn (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish musician and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalisz |