Andrzej Trzaskowski

Andrzej Trzaskowski
Andrzej Trzaskowski at the 1965 Jamboree jazz festival.
Andrzej Trzaskowski at the 1965 Jamboree jazz festival.
Background information
Born(1933-03-23)23 March 1933
Kraków, Poland
Died16 September 1998(1998-09-16) (aged 65)
Warsaw, Poland
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
InstrumentPiano

Andrzej Trzaskowski (23 March 1933 – 16 September 1998) was a Polish jazz composer and musicologist.[1] From the mid-1950s onward, he was regarded as an authority on syncopated music.[2]

  1. ^ Poland (10). Polish Interpress Agency: 42. 1968. The composer's genuine jazz temperament is subjected to the rigors of strict intellectual discipline ... It might be added here that Trzaskowski is a musicologist as well and perhaps the best authority on problems of jazz composition.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. ^ Chmura, Bogdan (September 2018). "Andrzej Trzaskowski 1933–1998". Jazz Forum (in Polish).