Jan Wróblewski
Illustration — Wróblewski in 2017 • Illustration — Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski Quartet (2017) • Illustration — Wróblewski in 2013 Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (27 March 1936 – 7 May 2024) was a Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger. He played the tenor and baritone saxophones. Wróblewski began his musical career in 1956 at the first Sopot Jazz Festival in Krzysztof Komeda's group.
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Jan Wróblewski

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- Born
- 1936. · Kalisz.
- Died
- 2024. · Warsaw.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Occupation
- writer, radio personality, composer, conductor, saxophonist, clarinetist and musician.
- Fields
- jazz, music, music composing and conducting.
- Education
- Academy of Music in Kraków and Poznań University of Technology.
- Known for
- Trzy kwadranse jazzu.
- Honours
- Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Złoty Fryderyk, Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Paszport Polityki and honorary doctorate.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Illustration — Wróblewski in 2017 • Illustration — Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski Quartet (2017) • Illustration — Wróblewski in 2013 Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski (27 March 1936 – 7 May 2024) was a Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger. He played the tenor and baritone saxophones. Wróblewski began his musical career in 1956 at the first Sopot Jazz Festival in Krzysztof Komeda's group.
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Jan Wróblewski is recorded with the occupation radio personality. Recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Recorded with the occupation saxophonist. Recorded with the occupation conductor. Recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded with the occupation author. Classed in the genre jazz. Recorded as writer, radio personality, composer, conductor and saxophonist.

Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Muzyczne Studio Polskiego Radia im. Agnieszki Osieckiej, Warszawa 2013.
This photo was taken by Przemysław Jahr Autorem zdjęcia jest Przemysław Jahr Wykorzystując zdjęcie proszę podać jako autora: Przemysław Jahr / Wikimedia Commons This photograph was taken with a Nikon

Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski with honorary statuette (2017) by Jarosław Pijarowski
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1936
Jan Wróblewski was born on 27 March 1936.
2024
Jan Wróblewski died on 7 May 2024.
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In 1958, he became the first Polish jazz musician to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival as a member of the International Youth Band. He toured around the world and for a decade, beginning in 1958, he directed the Polish Radio Jazz Studio. He was associated with Third Stream. Wróblewski also hosted the DJ of Europe's longest running jazz program, broadcast weekly by the Polskie Radio Program III from 1970. Wróblewski died on 7 May 2024, at the age of 88.
Jan Wróblewski studied at Academy of Music in Kraków and Poznań University of Technology. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is jazz, music and music composing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz. Works named in the authority record are Trzy kwadranse jazzu. Distinctions recorded are Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Złoty Fryderyk and Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
• 1956 Sextet Komedy: Festiwal Jazzowy Sopot • 1958 All Stars Swingtet • 1958 Jazz Believers • 1958 Newport International Youth Band • 1960 Quintet Ptaszyna Wróblewskiego • 1960 Jazz Jamboree ’60 • 1961 Jazz Outsiders • 1961 Kwintet Jerzego Miliana + Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski • 1961 Jazz Jamboree ’61 • 1962 Ballet Etudes: The Music of Komeda • 1963 Kwintet Andrzeja Kurylewicza • 1964 Polish Jazz Quartet • 1965 Ptaszyn Wróblewski Quartet • 1965 Jazz Jamboree ’65 • 1969 Studio Jazzowe Polskiego Radia • 1974 Sprzedawcy glonów • 1975 SPPT Chałturnik i Andrzej Rosiewicz • 1976 Skleroptak • 1977 Mainstream • 1977 Kisa Magnusson & Mainstream • 1978 Jam Session w Akwarium 1 • 1978 Flyin' Lady • 1980 Z lotu Ptaka • 1983 New Presentation • 1989 Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski: Polish Jazz • 1993 Czwartet-Live In Hades • 1995 Made in Poland • 1998 Henryk Wars Songs • 2005 Real Jazz • 2007 Supercalifragilistic • 2014 Moi pierwsi mistrzowie – Komeda/Trzaskowski/Kurylewicz (Boogie Production)
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He also worked under the name Ptaszyn. The authorities additionally record the headings Jan Wroblewski, Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski, J. Wróblewski and Ptaszyn. His recorded language was Polish. Wróblewski worked in jazz, music, music composing, conducting and music journalism. He belonged to Polish Jazz Quartet, International Newport Band, Sekstet Komedy and All Stars Swingtet. Wróblewski received Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Złoty Fryderyk, Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Paszport Polityki and honorary doctorate.
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