1. Andrzej Trzaskowski was a Polish jazz musician, composer and musicologist.
10 Facts About Andrzej Trzaskowski
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Andrzej Trzaskowski was born in Krakow on March 23,1933.
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Andrzej Trzaskowski began playing piano at age four and founded his first jazz band, Rhythm Quartet.
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Andrzej Trzaskowski was eventually admitted to the Department of History and Theory of Music of Jagiellonian University.
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Andrzej Trzaskowski received his master's degree in 1957 after a thesis on the music of American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
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In 1956, Melomani performed at the Jazz Festival of Sopot, and Andrzej Trzaskowski was recognized the same year as the best jazz pianist by a Przekroj poll.
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The band drew inspiration from the music of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and hard bop, while Andrzej Trzaskowski modelled on Horace Silver's pianism.
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The Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet performed at Jamboree 1962, where they presented the song Nihil Novi, later performed at the National Philharmonic with American trumpeter Don Ellis.
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From 1992, Andrzej Trzaskowski lectured at the Jazz Department of the State Music School of Warsaw.
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Andrzej Trzaskowski died in Warsaw on 16 September 1998, aged 65.