Zbigniew Seifert
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Within Vinony's link graph, Zbigniew Seifert is referenced by 51 other articles, and connects out to Tomasz Stańko, Kraków and jazz.
Vinony files it under 1946 births, 1979 deaths and 20th-century Polish jazz composers.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Poland
- Active from
- 1946-06-06
- Active to
- 1979-02-15
Discography
- Passion
- Kunstkopfindianer1974
- Man of the Light1976
- Kilimanjaro1979
- Solo Violin2017
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- 5,203
- Total plays
- 49,004
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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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Zbigniew+Seifert">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Zbigniew
- Family name
- Seifert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Kraków
- Place of death
- Buffalo
- Occupation
- violinist
- Educated at
- Academy of Music in Kraków
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Genre
- jazz
- Record label
- MPS Records
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- place of burial
- Rakowicki Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1946-06-06
- date of death
- 1979-02-15
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
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