The Melomani, later known as Hot Club Melomani, were a pioneer Polish jazz band. Formed in Łódź in 1951 by Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, they were the first self-styled...
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Noble (1932) Ambrose (1933) Dave Brubeck (1954) Jackie Gleason (1957) Melomani Jazz Group (1957) Frankie Laine (1958) Sammy Davis Jr. (1965) Rod Levitt...
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Krzysztof Komeda (category Melomani members)
time with the first, postwar, pioneer Polish jazz band, a group called Melomani that was from Kraków and Łódź, whose mainstays were Matuszkiewicz, Trzaskowski...
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granted every year within the Gala Grand Prix Jazz Melomani by TVP Programme 2 and Jazz Melomani Society. 2013: ECHO Jazz Award "International Artist...
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The Cracow Klezmer Band Hagaw Jazz Darings June Kury Light Coorporation Melomani Mikrokolektyw Miłość Niechec Skalpel Tie Break Voo Voo Marcin Olak Trio...
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Andrzej Trzaskowski (category Melomani members)
Kraków, Łódź and Zakopane. In the summer of 1952, he performed in the band Melomani together with Krzysztof Trzciński in Ustronie Morskie. Trzaskowski was...
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Jerzy Matuszkiewicz (category Melomani members)
clarinet and piano. Between 1950 and 1958, he was leader of the jazz group Melomani. From 1965, he focused on composing music for films. He was a pioneer of...
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Witold Sobociński (category Melomani members)
School in Łódź. While in college, he was a member of the pioneer jazz band Melomani, in which he played the drums. After graduation, he worked with Polish...
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Pee Wee Hunt and his orchestra – 1954 (Album "Swingin' Around") Hot Club Melomani – 1957 Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band – 1965 Greatest Hits Jimmy Roselli –...
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2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013. Handzlik, Tomasz. "Encyklopedia, na którą melomani czekali ponad 30 lat". gazeta.pl Krakow (in Polish). Archived from the...
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Culture Mloda Polska Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa Grand prix Grand Prix Jazz Melomani New hope of 2010 2012 Fryderyki Jazz debut Folk Music Competition of the...
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athlete, heart attack. Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician (Melomani), bandleader and film score composer. Jean-Claude Kazembe Musonda, 58,...
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Communist takeover, jazz was initially repressed. Although groups like Melomani existed, jazz was officially condemned and forbidden from the radio. Musicians...
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Jazz Award at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa Festival (2015) Grand Prix Jazz Melomani (2015) Award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2016) Music...
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Academic Media (1980) OCLC 603329856 "Jan Byrczek – laureatem Grand Prix Jazz Melomani 2015" (in Polish), by Paweł Brodowski (editor-in-chief of Jazz Forum) Jazz...
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Album of the Year. In October 2013, the album won the Grand Prix Jazz Melomani award in Łódź, for the Album of the Year. On January 26, 2014, the album...
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Andrzej Kurylewicz (category Melomani members)
Andrzej Roman Kurylewicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈand͡ʐɛj kurɨˈlɛvit͡ʂ]; 24 November 1932 – 12 April 2007), was a Polish composer, pianist, trombonist...
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Miller Orchestra Directed by Ray McKinley (Alto Sax, Clarinet) Hot Club Melomani / American Jazz Groups (1957; Polskie Nagrania Muza – Poland) Lenny Hambro...
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