Tomasz Stanko was 20 and a graduate of the Cracow Music Academy when he
formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with pianist Adam Makowicz in 1962.
Inspired by early Ornette Coleman and the innovations of Coltrane, Miles Davis
and George Russell, the group is often cited by music historians as the first
European group to play free jazz, but for the trumpeter its importance was
eclipsed by the invitation to join Krzysztof Komeda's quintet the following year.
Stanko has acknowledged that...more
Hello Tomasz, Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends! We've added two blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our page. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too. We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy. Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other. We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large. What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology! ♫♫♫ Thom & Lorry Gambino ♫♫♫ New York, New York
Thank you for adding me Tomasz. I've been listening to your music now for many years-and i'm happy that you've been recording again for ECM.. All my best to yout: health, happiness & continued creativity.. Gary (USA)
