Zbigniew Seifert Explained
Zbigniew Seifert (7[1] June 1946 – 15 February 1979)[2] was a Polish jazz violinist.
Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland.[2] He played alto saxophone early in his career and was influenced by John Coltrane.[2] He devoted himself to jazz violin when he began performing with the Tomasz Stańko Quintet in 1970,[2] and became one of the leading modern jazz violinists. Seifert relocated to Germany in 1973, and worked with Hans Koller's Free Sound between 1974 and 1975.[2] The following year, he performed alongside John Lewis at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[2] Seifert later recorded with Oregon.[2]
He died of cancer at the age of 32,[2] and is buried at Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.
Discography
As leader
- Zbigniew Seifert (Capitol, 1977)
- Man of the Light (MPS, 1977)
- Solo Violin (EMI Electrola, 1978)
- Passion (Capitol, 1979)
- Kilimanjaro (PolJazz, 1979)
- We'll Remember Zbiggy (Mood, 1979)
- We'll Remember Komeda (Polonia, 1998)
- Live in Hamburg 1978 (Milo, 2006)
- Nora (GAD, 2010)
- Live in Solothurn (2017)
As sideman
With Tomasz Stanko
- Music for K (Polskie Nagrania, 1970)
- Jazzmessage from Poland (B.Free, 1972)
- Purple Sun (Calig, 1973)
- W Pałacu Prymasowskim (PolJazz, 1983)
With others
- Boogie Pimps, The Music in Me (Superstar, 2005)
- Hans Koller, Kunstkopfindianer (MPS/BASF, 1974)
- Hans Koller, Nome (B.Free, 2017)
- Volker Kriegel, Lift! (MPS/BASF, 1973)
- Joachim Kühn, Cinemascope (MPS/BASF, 1974)
- Joachim Kühn, Springfever (Atlantic, 1976)
- Charlie Mariano, Helen 12 Trees (MPS/BASF, 1976)
- Glen Moore, Introducing (Elektra, 1979)
- Oregon, Violin (Vanguard, 1978)
- Jiří Stivín, 5 Ran Do Cepice (Supraphon, 1972)
- Jasper van 't Hof, Eye Ball (Keytone, 1974)
- Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Sprzedawcy Glonow (Polskie Nagrania, 1973)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 40 lat temu zmarł Zbigniew Seifert . 2022-04-03 . dzieje.pl . pl.
- Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 2222/3.
