Zbigniew Seifert

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Zbigniew Seifert
Born(1946-06-07)7 June 1946
OriginKraków, Poland
Died15 February 1979(1979-02-15) (aged 32)
GenresJazz
Years active1970–1979
LabelsMPS, EMI, Capitol, Mood

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

Leader

  • 1969/1970 – Nora – GAD Records (2010) (Zbigniew Seifert Quartet)
  • 1976.01 – Live in Solothurn – Zbigniew Seifert Foundation (2017) (Variospheres)
  • 1976.05 – Solo Violin – EMI Electrola (1978) (2017 – Zbigniew Seifert Foundation)
  • 1976.09 – Man of the Light – MPS (1977) (2007 – Polonia Records)
  • 1977.03 – Zbigniew Seifert – Capitol Records (1977)
  • 1978.11 – Kilimanjaro – PolJazz (1979) (2006 – Anex)
  • 1978.11 – Passion – Capitol Records (1979)
  • 1978 – Live in Hamburg 1978 – Milo Records (2006)
  • 1979 – We'll Remember Zbiggy – Mood Records (1979) (posthumos anthology with recordings from 1974 to 1978)

Sideman

  • 1970.01 Tomasz Stańko, Music for K – Polskie Nagrania Muza (1970) (Tomasz Stańko Quintet)
  • 1972.05 Tomasz Stańko, Jazzmessage from Poland – B.Free (1972) (Tomasz Stańko Quintet)
  • 1972.06 Tomasz Stańko / Zbigniew Seifert / Michał Urbaniak / Urszula Dudziak / Roman Dyląg, We'll Remember Komeda – MPS Records / BASF (1973) (1998 – Polonia Records)
  • 1972 Jiří Stivín, 5 Ran Do Cepice – Supraphon (1972)
  • 1973.02 Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Sprzedawcy Glonów – Polskie Nagrania Muza (1973)
  • 1973.03 Tomasz Stańko, Purple Sun – Calig (1973) (2006 – Milo Records) (Tomasz Stańko Quintet)
  • 1973.08 Volker Kriegel, Lift! – MPS / BASF (1973)
  • 1973.10 Tomasz Stańko, W Pałacu Prymasowskim – PolJazz (1983) (quintet live recordings at Jazz Jamboree '73, side A )
  • 1974.03 Joachim Kühn, Cinemascope – MPS / BASF (1974)
  • 1974.05 Hans Koller, Kunstkopfindianer – MPS / BASF (1974) (Hans Koller Free Sound)
  • 1974.05 Hans Koller, Nome – B.Free (2017) (Hans Koller Free Sound)
  • 1974 Jasper van 't Hof, Eye Ball – Keytone (1974)
  • 1976 Joachim Kühn, Springfever – Atlantic (1976)
  • 1976 Charlie Mariano, Helen 12 Trees – MPS / BASF (1976)
  • 1978 Oregon, Violin – Vanguard (1978)
  • 1979 Glen Moore, Introducing – Elektra (1979)

References

  1. "40 lat temu zmarł Zbigniew Seifert". dzieje.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 2222/3. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.