Tomasz Stańko

Tomasz Stańko

tr, *1942 PL, Rzeszów
Musician / Composer of Jazz

Tomasz Stańko (born July 11, 1942) is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM Records, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde.Coming to prominence in the early 1960s alongside pianist Adam Makowicz in the Jazz Darings, Stańko later collaborated with pianist Krzysztof Komeda, notably on Komeda's pivotal 1966 album Astigmatic. In 1968, Stańko formed an acclaimed quintet that included Zbigniew Seifert on violin and alto saxophone, and in 1975 he formed the Tomasz Stańko-Adam Makowicz Unit.

Instruments

Trumpet
Piano
Cornet

Genres

Jazz
Folk
World

Popular Tracks

Take Off And Land on Touchstone For Manu by Manu Katché

Number One on Touchstone For Manu by Manu Katché

Dialogue on Bluish by Tomasz Stańko

Die Weisheit von Le Comte Lautréamont on Leosia by Tomasz Stańko

Morning Heavy Song on Leosia by Tomasz Stańko

Uwaga Uwaga on Uwaga Uwaga by Various Artists

First Song on Balladyna by Tomasz Stańko

Litania (Part One) on From The Green Hill by Tomasz Stańko

Forlorn Walk on Leosia by Tomasz Stańko

If You Look Enough, Pt. 2 on Bluish by Tomasz Stańko

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Polin	Tomasz Stańko	2014	Album
Unfinished Square	Nicolas Simion Feat. Tomasz Stańko & Jamey Haddad	2009	Album
1970 1975 1984 1986 1988	Tomasz Stańko	2008	Album
Levitation	Mark O'Leary / Tomasz Stańko / Billy Hart	2005	Album
Wolność W Sierpniu - Freedom In August	Tomasz Stańko	2005	Album
Selected Recordings	Tomasz Stańko	2004	Compil.
Egzekutor	Tomasz Stańko	2001	Album
Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1987	Tomasz Stańko, Freelectronic	2000	Album
Wojciech Kilar The Best	Wojciech Kilar, Anna Maria Jopek, Tomasz Stańko	2000	Single
From The Green Hill	Tomasz Stańko	1999	Album
Viaggio Imaginario	Nicolas Simion Group Featuring Tomasz Stańko	1999	Album
Live At Palo-Palo	Vlatko Kučan Quartet plus Tomasz Stańko	1998	Album
Leosia	Tomasz Stańko	1997	Album
Amazing Orchestra	Thomas Jäderlund, Tomasz Stańko, Stein Erik Tafjord, Christy Doran, Guy Klucevsek, Svante Henryson, Jonny Axelsson	1997	Album
Gotland	Nils Landgren / Tomasz Stańko	1996	Album
Tribute To Don Cherry	Yá-sou Featuring: Tomasz Stańko, Osjan	1996	Album
Roberto Zucco	Tomasz Stańko	1995	Album
Transylvanian Dance	Nicolas Simion Quartet Featuring Tomasz Stańko, Victor Jones, Ed Schuller	1995	Album
Balladyna	Tomasz Stańko	1994	Album
Bosonossa And Other Ballads	Tomasz Stańko	1993	Album
Suite Talk	Tomasz Stańko, Manfred Bründl, Michael Riessler	1993	Album
Caoma	Tomasz Stańko / Sigi Finkel / Ed Schuller / Bill Elgart	1993	Album
Tales For A Girl, 12, And A Shaky Chica	Tomasz Stańko	1991	Album
Polish Jazz Vol. 8	Tomasz Stańko	1989	Compil.
Chameleon	Tomasz Stańko	1989	Album
The Montreux Performance	Tomasz Stańko / Freelectronic	1987	Album
Korozje	Tomasz Stańko / Andrzej Kurylewicz	1986	Album
Witkacy Peyotl / Freelectronic	Tomasz Stańko	1986	Album
C.O.C.X.	Tomasz Stańko	1985	Album
AiJ	Tomasz Stańko	1985	Album
Music 81	Tomasz Stańko	1984	Album
Lady Go	Tomasz Stańko	1984	Album
W Pałacu Prymasowskim	Tomasz Stańko	1983	Album
Music From Taj Mahal And Karla Caves	Tomasz Stańko	1980	Album
Almost Green	Tomasz Stańko	1979	Album
Balladyna	Tomasz Stańko	1976	Album
TWET	Tomasz Stańko, Tomasz Szukalski, Edward Vesala, Peter Warren	1974	Album
We'll Remember Komeda	Michał Urbaniak - Tomasz Stańko - Attila Zoller - Urszula Dudziak	1973	Album
Fish Face	Tomasz Stańko	1973	Album
Das Weimarer Dreieck des Zeitgenössischen Jazz	Tomasz Stańko, Marc Ducret, Friedhelm Schönfeld Trio, Ekkehard Jost, Zbigniew Namysłowski		Album

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