Władysław Jagiełło (musician)

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Władysław Jagiełło (* 1935 in Warsaw ; † February 1, 2009 ) was a Polish jazz musician ( drums , composition ).

Jagiełło appeared in the company big band of the nationalized Philips factory in Warsaw in 1951, and then belonged to the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, with which he also toured abroad. From 1954 he played with Zaduszki Jazzowe , then in the jazz band of Jerzy Herman traditional jazz. He also performed with Zygmunt Wichary at the Sopot Festival. In 1958 he played with Jerzy Matuszkiewicz's quintet on the Jazz Jamboree . He was considered the best Polish drummer in the field of Dixieland and Swing . In 1961 he switched to modern jazz and was a member of the Jazz-Rockers quintet around Zbigniew Namysłowski . Between 1963 and 1969 he worked in Scandinavia.

Back in Poland he was primarily interested in free jazz , briefly returned to Namysłowski's band and jammed with musicians like Tomasz Stańko . In 1971 he was involved in the joint album by Wanda Warska and Czesław Niemen . In the following years he explored experimental jazz together with Andrzej Przybielski , Andrzej Bieżan and Helmut Nadolski in the group Sesja 72 ; the band presented themselves at the Jazz Jamboree in 1973 and also released an album with Iga Cembrzyńska . In 1975 he presented himself at the Jazz Jamboree with a solo concert; he then also performed with Pori Jazz . From the end of the 1970s he led his own combo with which he presented an album with his own compositions. He also appeared in Bohdan Kezik's documentary Polska YMCA 1921-1949 . Most recently Jagiełło played with the reggae musicians Darek Malejonek and Robert Brylewski.

Discographic notes

  • Kurylewicz , Warska, Niemen Muzyka Teatralna I Telewizyjna (Muza, 1971; with Andrzej Przybielski, Jacek Bednarek )
  • Iga Cembrzyńska Session 72 - Four Dialogues with Conscience (Apollo Sound, 1972)
  • Władysław Jagiełło Combo Maryla (Polonia, 1999; with Mariusz "Fazi" Mielczarek, Marek Dutka, Michał Jaros, Jerzy Czekalla)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Records from 1956 on Muza (mx 4860, W-267), also Muza L 0133, Pronit L 0133;
  2. ↑ a b c The Intuitionists
  3. ↑ Photo from the 1979 appearance
personal data
SURNAME Jagiełło, Władysław
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2009