KARIN KROG / ZBIGNIEW NAMYSLOWSKI QUINTET "JAZZ JAMBOREE 75 VOL.2" (POLSKIE NAGRANIA MUZA, 1975)

 

A friend of mine asked me to rip this LP - he was especially keen for Namysłowski's "Schmaltztango".

Zbigniew Namysłowski, alto saxophone
Tomasz Szukalski, tenor saxophone (5)
Wojciech Karolak, fender rhodes
Paweł Jarzębski, double bass
Czesław Bartkowski, drums
Karin Krog, vocals (1-4)

01. How Long Has This Been Going On 5:55
02. Hello Thursday 8:41
03. When Fortune Smiles    5:51
04. Who Cares  4:47
05. Der Schmaltztango 25:29

Recorded live at the Congress Hall Warsaw, October 1975.

Polskie Nagrania Muza – SX 1340
(vinyl rip)

ZBiGNiEW NAMYSŁOWSKi - Lola (Decca 1964)

One for onxidlib - first leader date by then 24 years old Namyslowski and his Polish quartet, and probably also first jazz record with musicians from east Europe, released by western company. From currently unavailable cd reissue. Enjoy.

Zbigniew Namysłowski Modern Jazz Quartet - Lola (Decca 1964)

1. Piekna Lola, kwiat polnocy / Beautiful Lola, Flower Of The North (Namysłowski)  6:37

2. Leszek i Ludwig / Leszek and Ludwig (Gulgowski)  3:36

3. Piatawka / In 5/4 Time (Namysłowski)  8:00

4. Blues Shmues (Namysłowski)  3:50

5. Rozpacz / Despair (Namysłowski)  7:19

6. Tkotkonitkotko (Namysłowski)  4:44

7. Wozny - Najwazniejszy / The Caretaker - The Most Important Man (Gulgowski)  3:54

8. Ol' Man River (Kern, Hammerstein)  6:45

Zbigniew Namysłowski - alto sax

Włodzimierz Gulgowski - piano

Tadeusz Wojcik - bass

Czesław Bartkowski - drums

Recorded August 1964 at Decca Studios, London

GOWI CDG 30 / 1996

ROLF KÜHN QUARTET "SOLARIUS" (AMIGA, 1964)

Another "lost" gem from the GDR - never reissued in Germany.
All compositions provided by one of the Kühn brothers except "Sie gleicht wohl einem Rosenstock" (~ 'she resembles - no doubt - a rose tree'), which originally is a folksong.





ROLF KÜHN QUARTET "SOLARIUS"


Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Michael Urbaniak, soprano & tenor saxophone
Joachim Kühn, piano
Klaus Koch, bass
Czeslaw Bartkowski, drums


1. Minor Impressions (R.Kühn) 07:56
2. Solarius (R.Kühn) 06:15
3. Sie gleicht wohl einem Rosenstock (Volkslied) 06:29
4. Mountain Jump (J.Kühn) 06:35
5. Lady Orsina (R.Kühn) 06:22
6. Soldat Tadeusz (J.Kühn) 06:40

Recorded in Berlin (East), DDR.
Track 2,3,5 and 6 on 29th November, 1964.
Track 1 and 4 on 30th November, 1964


AMIGA 8 50 046 (LP)