Zbigniew Seifert Musical artist

Zbigniew Seifert (6 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.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 06, 1946
Date of deathFebruary 15, 1979
Hometown
Kraków
Poland

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Musical artist

Career started1970
Career ended1979
associated musical artist
Hans Koller
Tomasz Stańko
Oregon
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
record label
Capitol Records
MPS Records
EMI

Zbigniew Seifert on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://culture.pl/en
  2. http://culture.pl/en/article/a-foreigners-guide-to-polish-jazz
  3. http://www.jazzfiddlewizard.com/Seifert.htm
  4. http://www.passion-themovie.com