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Also known as Tomasz Stanko

Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser (1942–2018)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Poland
Active from
1942-07-11
Active to
2018-07-29
avant-garde jazzfree jazzjazzjazz and blues

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Tomasz Stańko (Rzeszów, Poland, 11 July 1942 - 29 July 2018) was a Polish jazz trumpeter and composer. Often recording for ECM Records, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. Stańko was born in Rzeszów, Poland, on 11th July 1942. He formed the quartet Jazz Darings in 1962 with Adam Makowicz (later replaced by Janusz Muniak); this was one of the first European groups to be influenced by Ornette Coleman. He played with Krzysztof Komeda (1963-1967) and Andrzej Trzaskows

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Lifespan
1942–2018
Nationality
PL, POL
Role / Field
Trumpet players, Jazzmusiker, Jazz musicians, Composers, Trubkari, Jazz
Language
pol
Gender
Male

Recorded by 23 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ludwik
Gender
male
Citizenship
Poland
Place of birth
Rzeszów
Place of death
Warsaw
Languages spoken
Polish
Instrument
trumpet
Official website
www.tomaszstanko.com
Image
Tomasz Stańko Cosmopolite (203750) cropped.jpg
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date of birth
1942-07-11
end of work period
2018-00-00
date of death
2018-07-29
start of work period
1960-00-00
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Tomasz Stańko
name in native language
Tomasz Stańko
birth name
Tomasz Ludwik Stańko
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