Zbigniew Seifert

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

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

• Nora (GAD, 2010; recorded 1969-70)
• Tomasz Stańko Quintet – Music for K (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1970) with Janusz Muniak
• Tomasz Stańko Quintet – Jazzmessage from Poland (JG Records, 1972) with Janusz Muniak
• Jiří Stivín & Co Jazz System - Five Hits In A Row (Supraphon, 1972) with Barre Phillips, Josef Vejvoda, Rudolf Dašek, Milan Vitoch
• Tomasz Stańko Quintet – Purple Sun (Calig/Milo, 2006; recorded 1973) with Janusz Muniak
• We'll Remember Komeda (MPS, 1973) with Tomasz Stańko, Michał Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak, Attila Zoller, Roman Dyląg, Peter Giger, Armen Halburian
• All Stars after Hours – Night Jam Session In Warsaw 1973 Polish Jazz vol. 37 (Muza, recorded 1973) with Zbigniew Namysłowski, Janusz Muniak, Jan Jarczyk, Włodzimierz Nahorny, Andrzej Trzaskowski, Wojciech Karolak, Adam Makowicz, Czesław Bartkowski, Paweł Jarzębski, Tomasz Szukalski
• Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski – Sprzedawcy Glonów (Muza, 1973) with Michał Urbaniak, Marek Bliziński, Włodzimierz Nahorny, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Janusz Muniak, Tomasz Szukalski, Jan Jarczyk, Zdzisław Piernik, Waldemar Kurpiński, Tomasz Stańko, Bronisław Suchanek, Janusz Stefański, Kazimierz Jonkisz, Stanisław Cieślak
• Volker Kriegel – Lift! (MPS, 1973) with Eberhard Weber, Stan Sulzmann, John Marshall, John Taylor
• Kunstkopfindianer (MPS, 1974) with Hans Koller and Wolfgang Dauner
• Jasper van 't Hof – Eye-ball (Keytone, 1974) with John Lee, Gerry Brown
• Joachim Kühn – Cinemascope (MPS, 1974) with John Lee, Gerry Brown, Toto Blanke, Rolf Kühn
• Joachim Kühn – Springfever (Atlantic, 1976) with Philip Catherine, John Lee, Gerry Brown, Curt Cress
• Man of the Light (MPS, 1976) with Joachim Kühn, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart, and Jasper van 't Hof
• Solo Violin (EMI, 1976)
• Charlie Mariano - Helen 12 Trees (MPS, 1976) with Jack Bruce, Jan Hammer, John Marshall, and Nippy Noya
• Zbigniew Seifert (Capitol, 1977)
• Passion (Capitol, 1978) with John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, Richie Beirach, Eddie Gómez, Naná Vasconcelos
• Kilimanjaro (PolJazz, 1978)
• Kilimanjaro Vol. 2 (PolJazz, 1978)
• Violin (Vanguard, 1978) with Oregon: Glen Moore, Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Collin Walcott
• Glen Moore – Introducing Glen Moore (Elektra, 1979) with Jan Hammer and David Darling
• We'll Remember Zbiggy (Mood, 1979) with Richie Beirach, Wolfgang Dauner, Joe Haider, Joachim Kühn, Jan Hammer, Philip Catherine, Albert Mangelsdorff, Charlie Mariano, Leszek Zadlo, Hans Koller, David Darling, Adelhard Roidinger, Glen Moore, Isla Eckinger, Jan Hammer, Joe Nay, Urszula Dudziak, Norddeutscher Rundfunk Studio Band

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.