Leszek ¯±d³o - sopran/tenor saxophone
Andrzej Cudzich - double bass
Janusz Stefañski – drums
Leszek ¯±d³o (Leschek Zadlo) is a great Polish jazz musician who has lived in Munich for many years. He was born in 1945, in Cracow. Starting at the age of 7, he sang in the Krakow Philharmonic’s Boys’ Choir, and began playing the saxophone as a 16-year-old, taking up studies in Poland’s first saxophone class, at the level II Music School known as the Cracow Conservatory. In 1966 he traveled to Vienna, invited by the group Storyville Jazz Band, and later studied clarinet at the Vienna Conservatory. His first significant success was a soloist’s award in 1967, at the International Jazz Competition in Vienna, where he was congratulated by Duke Ellington himself! Soon after that, he received a scholarship to the newly opened jazz department at the Academy of Music in Graz where, from 1967 to 1970, he studied jazz and classical music on saxophone, clarinet and flute. In 1970-75, he played in Vienna’s prestigious Radio and Television Big Band (ORF), which at that time also included musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer and Jimmy Woode. While still living in Vienna, in 1972 he started his first group, The Leszek Zadlo Ensemble, with which he recorded his first album in 1973, Inner Silence. In the early 70’s – still playing in Poland quite often – he also initiated a cycle of jazz workshops in Chodzie¿. Years later, the city awarded him a medal for his services.
In his biography, it’s impossible to overlook his years-long association with renowned actress Barbara Kwiatkowska. When they met in 1972, he was smitten, and his move to Munich 3 years later was a result of this affection. They moved in together 4 years later, and lived as partners from then on. In 1979, he chose being with her over a scholarship that many musicians dream of, to Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Throughout this time he played a great deal, with groups like the European Jazz Quintet (Alan Skidmore, Gerd Dudek, Ali Hau....... more
Saksofonista Leszek ¯±d³o – wybitny polski muzyk jazzowy, od lat 70. mieszkaj±cy w Monachium, uwa¿any za jednego z najwa¿niejszych muzyków austriackiej i niemieckiej sceny jazzowej. Gra³ ze znakomitymi muzykami jazzowymi, m.in. Albertem Mangelsdorffem, Joachimem Kühnem, Dexterem Gordonem, Artem Farmerem, Friedrichem Guld±, Rainerem Glasem, Januszem Muniakiem, Zbigniewem Seifertem, Leszkiem Ku³akowskim, Janem Jarczykiem, W³odkiem Pawlikiem, z sekstetem George’a Russella, z Elvin Jones Jazz Machine i wieloma innymi. Za³o¿y³ m.in. The Leszek Zadlo Ensemble (1972), z którym nagra³ w 1973 r. swój debiutancki winyl Inner Silence, Leszek Zadlo Quartett (1974), z którym nagra³ Thoughts, a w czasie stanu wojennego Polski Jazz Ensemble. Wystêpowa³ w ró¿nych konstelacjach bigbandowych na scenach jazzowych ponad 40 krajów ¶wiata, nagra³ – jako lider b±d¼ sideman – ponad 100 p³yt. Do dzisiaj koncertuje z za³o¿onym przez siebie w 2009 r. European Art Ensemble (z Tolkiem Lisieckim, Wojciechem Groborzem, Wies³awem Jamio³em i Augustem Wilhelmem Scheerem). Dzieli³ siê sw± wiedz± i umiejêtno¶ciami wyk³adaj±c na akademiach muzycznych w Würzburgu, Monachium i Krakowie. Interesowa³ siê równie¿ projektami muzyki filmowej i teatralnej. Napisa³ muzykê z Clausem Bantzerem do filmu Petera Lilienthala Das Schweigen des Dichters (Milczenie poety) oraz dla Paw³a Pawlikowskiego do filmu Trumna Charlie’ego Chaplina. Nagra³ te¿ muzykê do filmu krakowskiej Oficyny Filmowej Galicja Czarodzieje Honoratki w re¿. Leopolda Rene Nowaka. Wolna Polska przywróci³a Leszkowi ¯±d³o polski paszport, w 2016 r. MKiDN uhonorowa³o go medalem Zas³u¿ony Kulturze Gloria Artis, a Stowarzyszenie Jazzowe Melomani Oskarem „za ca³okszta³t”. Równie¿ „Solidarno¶æ” przyzna³a mu medal dziêkczynny za dzia³ania na rzecz podziemia (m.in. za wsparcie finansowe, za Festiwal Jazz Solidarno¶æ i programy jazzowe dla Radia Wolna Europa). Projekt Miss B. dedykowany jest polskiej akto....... more