Zbigniew Seifert

Zbigniew Seifert (7 June 1946 – 15 February 1979) was a Polish jazz violinist.

Zbigniew Seifert
Born	(1946-06-07)7 June 1946
Origin	Kraków, Poland
Died	15 February 1979(1979-02-15) (aged 32)
Genres	Jazz
Years active	1970–1979
Labels	MPS, EMI, Capitol, Mood
Associated acts	Tomasz Stańko Hans Koller Janusz Muniak Oregon

Seifert was born in Kraków, Poland in 1946. He played alto saxophone early in his career and was strongly influenced by John Coltrane. He devoted himself to jazz violin when he started performing with the Tomasz Stańko Quintet in 1970 and became one of the leading modern jazz violinists before he died of cancer at the age of 32. He is buried at Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow.

Discography

As leader

• Zbigniew Seifert (Capitol, 1977)
• Man of the Light (MPS, 1977)
• Solo Violin (EMI Electrola, 1978)
• Passion (Capitol, 1979)
• Kilimanjaro (PolJazz, 1979)
• We'll Remember Zbiggy (Mood, 1979)
• We'll Remember Komeda (Polonia, 1998)
• Live in Hamburg 1978 (Milo, 2006)
• Nora (GAD, 2010)
• Live in Solothurn (2017)

As sideman

With Tomasz Stanko

• Music for K (Polskie Nagrania, 1970)
• Jazzmessage from Poland (B.Free, 1972)
• Purple Sun (Calig, 1973)
• W Pałacu Prymasowskim (PolJazz, 1983)

With others

• Boogie Pimps, The Music in Me (Superstar, 2005)
• Hans Koller, Kunstkopfindianer (MPS/BASF, 1974)
• Hans Koller, Nome (B.Free, 2017)
• Volker Kriegel, Lift! (MPS/BASF, 1973)
• Joachim Kuhn, Cinemascope (MPS/BASF, 1974)
• Joachim Kuhn, Springfever (Atlantic, 1976)
• Charlie Mariano, Helen 12 Trees (MPS/BASF, 1976)
• Glen Moore, Introducing (Elektra, 1979)
• Oregon, Violin (Vanguard, 1978)
• Jiri Stivin, 5 Ran Do Cepice (Supraphon, 1972)
• Jasper van't Hof, Eye Ball (Keytone, 1974)
• Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski, Sprzedawcy Glonow (Polskie Nagrania, 1973)

References

External links

• Passion - The Zbigniew Seifert Documentary
• "Rare Interview with Zbigniew Seifert". Retrieved 2006-05-19.
• Yanow, Scott. Biography for Zbigniew Seifert at AllMusic. Retrieved 2006-05-19.