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Tomasz Stańko

1942 - 2018

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Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (Polish: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈstaj̃kɔ]; 11 July 1942 – 29 July 2018) was a Polish trumpeter and composer associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. In 1962, Tomasz Stańko formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with saxophonist Janusz Muniak, pianist Adam Makowicz, bassist Jacek Ostaszewski, drummer Wiktor Perelmuter. Inspired by Ornette Coleman and the innovations of John Coltrane, Miles Davis and George Russell, the group is often cited by music historians as the first European group to play free jazz. In his later years, he collaborated with pianist Krzysztof Komeda on Komeda's album Astigmatic, recorded in late 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomasz Stańko is the 1,219th most popular musician (up from 1,235th in 2019), the 896th most popular biography from Poland (up from 924th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Polish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tomasz Stańko ranks 1,219 out of 3,175. Before him are Bruce Kulick, Shawn Crahan, Mike Bloomfield, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Ronnie Radke, and Martin Barre. After him are Francis Goya, Grant Green, Johann Peter Salomon, Yuki Kajiura, Hélène Grimaud, and Fletcher Henderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tomasz Stańko ranks 392. Before him are Wu Ma, Sterling Morrison, Egil Olsen, Boubacar Traoré, Rubén Salazar Gómez, and Deirdre McCloskey. After him are Leon Russell, Erika Blanc, Lupe Ontiveros, Svetlana Gannushkina, Charmian Carr, and Rosa von Praunheim. Among people deceased in 2018, Tomasz Stańko ranks 278. Before him are Jerry Van Dyke, Shinobu Hashimoto, Robert Spaemann, Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Levko Lukianenko. After him are Mario Perniola, Marijan Beneš, Verne Troyer, Lucian Pintilie, Elias M. Stein, and Erika Mahringer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Tomasz Stańko ranks 896 out of 1,694. Before him are Henryk Sławik (1894), Max Gerson (1881), Egon Franke (1935), Józef Mehoffer (1869), Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak (1951), and Wilhelm Hemprich (1796). After him are Eva-Maria Hagen (1934), Willibald Alexis (1798), Jędrzej Moraczewski (1870), Jacek Gmoch (1939), Walter Thiel (1910), and Szymon Czechowicz (1689).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Tomasz Stańko ranks 20. Before him are Xaver Scharwenka (1850), Julian Fontana (1810), Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Theodor Kullak (1818), and Holger Czukay (1938). After him are Szymon Goldberg (1909), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Bronisław Kaper (1902), Harry Winter (1914), and Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929).

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