Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Musician · Poland · 1928–2021

jazz

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Achievements

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Medal for Merit to Culture
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Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Country

PL

Born

1928-04-10

Died

2021-07-31

Instruments

saxophone

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: Jerzy Jan Matuszkiewicz

ISNI

0000000078412559

Description

Polish musician (1928-2021)

Extract from Wikipedia

Jerzy "Duduś" Matuszkiewicz was a Polish jazz musician and composer, playing saxophone, 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 the post-World War II jazz movement in Poland, regarded as a "Founding Father" of Polish jazz. He is best known for composing the music for the Polish TV series Janosik.

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