Krzysztof Komeda, Christiane Legrand | en

Michel Jean Legrand, born February 24, 1932 in Paris, France made his fame and fortune from writing for films, but he has done significant work in jazz on an occasional basis. In 1957, he arranged a set of dixieland and swing standards for a French orchestra (recorded on Philips), in 1958 he used three different all-star groups for the classic Legrand Jazz (with such sidemen as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Herbie Mann, Bill Evans, Ben Webster, Art Farmer and others), in 1968 he recorded a strictly jazz set with a trio and Legrand has written for albums led...

The Swiss harpsichordist Christiane Jaccottet (1937 - 1999) came from a musical family and began studying piano at the age of four. She continued her studies at the Conservatory at La-Chaux-de-Fonds and then the Viennese Musical Academy. At the age of 20, she won a competition sponsored by ARD Television in Munich. She developed her approach to performing on period instruments under Gustav Leonhardt. In 1964, she won the Soloist's Prize from the Swiss Music Society, and the following year she won the prize for harpsichord and basso continuo at the First International Music Competition in Bruges. Christiane Jaccottet has...

Krzysztof Komeda Trio is a jazz trio consisting of Krzysztof Komeda (piano), Roman "Gucio" Dyląg (bass) and Rune Carlson (drums). .

Krzysztof Kiljański (born Nov 5th, 1967 in Nowa Sól) is a Polish jazz/pop singer. In 1987 he presented the songs of his own composition for the first time under his own name. In 1993 he won the Grand Prix of Student Song Festival in Wroclaw. He won the competition the International Jazz Vocalists' Meeting in Zamość taking second place. Kiljański received a Gold Record for his album "In the Room". In 2005, on the festival in Opole he was Superjedynka award winner for the song "Prócz Ciebie, Nic". In March 30, 2006 has been awarded Fryderyk in two categories: Vocalist...