Janusz Muniak
Janusz Muniak (born June 3, 1941 in Cracow ; † January 31, 2016 there ) was a Polish tenor saxophonist of modern jazz . He played in the free idiom for a long time, while in his later years he used a more traditional style of play.
Live and act
Muniak played from 1960 in Lublin in Witold Miszczak's band. In 1963 Tomasz Stańko brought him to his group Jazz Darings , one of the earliest free jazz formations in Europe. In 1965 he was involved in the legendary album Synopsis by Andrzej Trzaskowski . Then he worked with Krzysztof Komeda ( Moja Ballada ), subsequently also with Don Cherry . In 1985 he performed at the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree with the pianist Hank Jones . He found international recognition early on; in 1978 he was listed in the Down Beat Critics Poll among the talents of his instrument who deserved more attention. He has also performed with the Novi Singers , Ronnie Burrage , George Cables , Don Cherry , Joe Lovano , Ted Curson , Joe Lovano, Hank Jones, Freddie Hubbard , Jasper van't Hof , Eddie Gladden , Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Henderson , Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis , Lyle Mays , Pat Metheny , Hank Mobley , Charlie Ventura , Akira Sakata , Archie Shepp , Charlie Ventura, Yōsuke Yamashita and Polish musicians like Tomasz Stańko, Zbigniew Namysłowski , Zbigniew Seifert and most recently also played with Nigel Kennedy . Muniak appeared in Germany with his own bands (around 2007 at the Leverkusen Jazz Days ), but also with Emil Mangelsdorff . Since 1992 he has been running his own jazz club in the old town of Krakow , in which he occasionally performed himself.
Discographic notes
- Tomasz Stańko Music for K. (1970; with Zbigniew Seifert , Bronisław Suchanek , Janusz Stefański )
- Question Mark (1978)
- Placebo (1983; with Wojciech Puszek, Andrzej Cudzich, Krzysztof Zawadzki )
- Janusz Muniak Quartet Crazy Girl (1986; with Wojciech Puszek, Zbigniew Wegehaupt , George Buckner)
- You know these songs? (Gowi, 1994)
- Not So Fast (Gowi, 1995)
- One and Four (Gowi, 1997)
- Spotkanie (1998)
- Just Friends ( Not Two Records , 2000)
- Annie (Not Two Records, 2002)
- Contemplation (Inspirafon, 2015; with Joachim Mencel , Willem von Hombracht and Harry Tanschek)
Web links
- Janusz Muniak at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait of the Polish Institute (Polish)
- ↑ http://www.radiokrakow.pl/wiadomosci/krakow/nie-zyje-janusz-muniak-saksofonista-i-jedna-z-najbarwniejszych-postaci-polskiego-jazzu/
- ↑ a b Brief portrait (Leverkusener Jazztage) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB)
- ^ Ekkehard Jost European Jazz 1960-80 Frankfurt am Main
- ↑ Jazzclub U Muniaka ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muniak, Janusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2016 |
| Place of death | Krakow , Poland |