Jerzy Milian
Jerzy Stanisław Milian was a jazz musician, painter, composer and vibraphonist.
At sixteen he graduated from the Secondary School of Music in Poznan. His teachers were Wolfram Heicking and Bogusław Schaeffer.Career
In the years 1953-1955 formed a quintet with , , and . In the years 1956-1958 he played vibraphone in the sextet Krzysztof Komeda, and at the turn of 1959 and 1960 in the Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski's Quintet. He was the director and artistic director of the Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television Services Entertainment in Katowice and lecturer at the Poznan Academy of Music. He participated in many jazz festivals.
He was a jury member at the Soviet Song Festival in Zielona Gora, The XII Soviet Song Festival, in 1976.Personal life
In the years 1950-1957 he was a member of the ZMP, since 1961 belonged to the Polish United Workers' Party. Awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Polish, Gold Cross of Merit and badge for distinguished cultural activists. He died on March 7, 2018 at the age of 82.
In 2004 he was awarded the Commander's Cross.Selected Discography
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- Instrumental ensemble of Jerzy Milian
- 1961 Quintet Jorge Milian
- 1969 Dance music
- 1969 Baazaar , Jerzy Milian Trio
- 1975 Jerzy Milian Amusement Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Katowice
- 1978 Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television in Katowice Amusement Conductor: Jerzy Milian
- 2003 Ashkhabad Girl
- 2005 Milianalia
- 2012 'When Where Why' '
- 2013 Blues for Prague
- 2013 Stratus Nimbus
- 2015 Semiramide
- 2015 Milian 80
- 2016 Rivalen
Albums with Jerzy Milian
- 1973 Jerzy Milian - Ballet Music and Film