Jan Byrczek

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Jan Byrczek
Born(1936-06-15)15 June 1936
Chelmek, Poland
Died10 November 2019(2019-11-10) (aged 83)
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Jazz musician
Jazz critic
Musicologist
Impresario
Magazine editor
Pioneer of jazz organizations
Banking executive
Emerging market entrepreneur
Instrument(s)Bass
Years active1955–2019
LabelsMuza

Jan A. Byrczek (15 June 1936 – 10 November 2019)

Chelmek, and until the age of 41, worked as a musician in Poland, performing with artists that include the Trio Komeda Quartet Kurylewicz.[2] Due to illness, Byrczek stopped playing. He then managed the Kraków Jazz Club and Polish Jazz Federation. He was a co-founder of the European Jazz Federation in 1956 and founded Jazz Forum in 1964. In 1977, he moved to the United States and was granted citizenship in 1987.[3][4][5]

Selected discography

Recorded 8 June 1959
Andrzej Trzaskowski (piano), Jan Byrczek (bass), pl:Jan Zylber (drums)
  1. "Metamorphosis"
  • Somnabulists, Andrzej Kurylewicz Trio with Wanda Warska,
    OCLC 793458658
Recorded in Warsaw, 23 February 1961
Wanda Warska (vocal), Andrzej Kurylewicz (piano), Jan Byrczek (bass), Andrzej Dąbrowski (drums)
  1. "Moonray"
  2. "Somnambulicy"
  3. "Stompin' at the Savoy"
  4. "Lover Man"
Recorded in Warsaw, 24 February 1961
Add Roman Kurylewicz (trumpet), Wojciech Karolak replaces Andrzej Kurylewicz (piano)
  1. "
    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
    "
  2. "But Not For Me"
  3. "Ballada o straconej gazy"
  4. "Tubby"
Recorded in Warsaw, 9 December 1963
Zbigniew Namyslowski (alto sax), Michal Urbaniak (tenor sax), Wlodzimierz Gulgowski (piano), Jan Byrczek (bass), Czeslaw Bartkowski (drums), Brigitte Petry (vocal)
  1. "What you gonna do"
  2. "I'll try to sing the blues"
  3. "Blues for me"
  4. "O what a wonderful feeling"
Recorded in Warsaw, 4 April 1964
Piotr Pulawski (guitar), added, pl:Marek Tarnowski (vocal), replaces Brigitte Petry
  1. "Powiedz jej tak"
  2. "Tramwaj 24"
  3. "Lubie deszcz"
  4. "Gee baby, ain't I good to you?"


Selected publications

  • Jazzman's reference Book, by Jan Byrczek, Vienna: International Jazz Federation, Inc.
Volume 1 (1974)
OCLC 162863196
Volume 2 (1976)
Volume 3 (1979)
Volume 4 (1982)
Volume 5 (1983)
Volume 6 (1998)

Affiliations

Growing up

From 1952 to 1961, Byrczek studied music at Fryderyk Chopin High School and the Academy of Music in Kraków. From 1955 to 1963, he was a jazz bassist with bands that toured extensively throughout Poland and Europe.

Audio and visual

References

  1. ^ "Jazzman Jan Byrczek, pierwszy redaktor naczelny "Jazz Forum", nie żyje". 2019-11-11.
  2. ^
    OCLC 489857028
  3. ^
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  5. ^ a b "Jan Byrczek – laureatem Grand Prix Jazz Melomani 2015" (in Polish), by Paweł Brodowski (editor-in-chief of Jazz Forum) Jazz Forum (written for Gazeta Łódzka, published as an appendix to Gazeta Wyborcza), June 9, 2016 (retrieved September 27, 2017)