Jarek Śmietana Explained

Jarek Śmietana
Birth Name:Jarosław Śmietana
Birth Date:29 March 1951
Birth Place:Kraków, Poland
Death Place:Kraków
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar

Jarosław "Jarek" Śmietana (29 March 1951 – 2 September 2013]) was a Polish jazz guitarist, composer, and band leader.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and education

Śmietana was born in Kraków.[4] He studied at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.[5]

Career

Śmietana led the band Extra Ball in 1974. He continued to lead this band until 1981. He was the leader of the Sounds Big Band Symphonic Sound Orchestra,[1] the Polish Jazz Stars Band.[6] He was also a co-leader of the Namysłowski-Śmietana Quartet. He performed at festivals, concert tours, and workshops in the U.S., India, Asia and South America.

During his musical career he played and recorded with Art Farmer,[7] Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Henderson, Vladislav Sendecki, Joe Zawinul, Janusz Muniak, Gary Bartz, Carter Jefferson, Vince Mendoza, John Abercrombie, Hamiet Bluiett, Idris Muhammad, Ronnie Burrage, Harvie Swartz, Mike Stern, Jack Wilkins, Zbigniew Seifert, Cameron Brown, Andy McKee, David Gilmore, Nigel Kennedy,[8] [9] He recorded more than 25 albums as a band leader.[10]

He was the father of violinist Alicja Smietana. He died in 2013. In 2015, a contest, the International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition was initiated in his memory. It was held in Kraków.[11]

Awards and honors

In 1972, with the blues band Hall, he won an award at the Jazz nad Odrą festival. In 1998 he was the winner of the Fryderyk[12] 1998 award for Songs and Other Ballads. He was presented with the President of Cracow Prize for cultural achievement.[13]

Discography

As leader

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Czech Music . 1995. Music Information Center of the Czech Music Foundation.
  2. Book: Jazz Times . 1996. Jazztimes. 81.
  3. http://www.jazzchicago.net/reviews/2009/Ag.html "Agnieszka Iwanska Quartet All That I Am CD Release All Souls Day Jazz Festival '09"
  4. http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/09/rip-jarosaw-jarek-smietana-1951-2013.html "RIP Jarosław (Jarek) Śmietana - 1951-2013"
  5. "Smeitana, Jarek ZdZislaw". Book: The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. 2002. Psychology Press. 978-1-85743-161-2. 473–.
  6. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-13/entertainment/ct-ent-1114-jazz-polish-fest-20121114_1_polish-jazz-polish-musicians-krzysztof-komeda "Polish jazz blossoms at the Chopin Theatre"
  7. http://jazzpages.com/news/Jarek-Smietana-verstorben.html "Polnischer Gitarrist Jarek Smietana an Gehirntumor gestorben"
  8. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-reviews/review-of-nigel-kennedy-in-the-national-concert-hall-30430734.html "Review of Nigel Kennedy in the National Concert Hall"
  9. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nigel-kennedy-still-pulling-the-strings-8095678.html "Nigel Kennedy: Still pulling the strings"
  10. Book: International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. IAJRC Journal. 1996. International Association of Jazz Record Collectors.. 141.
  11. http://www.londonjazznews.com/2015/07/report-int-jarek-smietana-jazz-guitar.html "REPORT: Int. Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Kraków"
  12. http://www.zpav.pl/fryderyk/nominowani/index.php?year=1998 Fryderyki prize 1998
  13. http://www.polskieradio.pl/6/13/Artykul/800423,Gitarzysta-Jarek-Smietana-jest-ciezko-chory-Guz-mozgu "Gitarzysta Jarek Śmietana jest ciężko chory. Guz mózgu - Muzyka"

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