The Polish Encyclopedia Of Jazz Vol 1-3 (2000)

Vol. 1: Nasiona

1. Malpi foxtrott – affentrott Orkiestra Balowa
2. One Step z operetki “Targ na dziewczeta” Orkiestra
3. Valentine (one step) Tanz Orchester
4. Warszawa znow sie bawi (one step) Tadeusz Olsza i Chor Teatru “Perskie Oko”
5. Shimmy z operetki “Bajadera ” Orkiestra smyczkowa
6. Blanka tak Blanka (shimmy) Kapelle Sandor Jozsi
7. Pani jest dzis bez koszulki (shimmy) Kapelle Sandor Jozsi
8. Titina (shimmy) Kapelle Sandor Jozsi
9. Ja sie boje sama spac (shimmy) “Beka” Orkiestra							play						
10. Nie namawiaj bo ulegne (shimmy-foxtrot) “Beka” Orkiestra
11. Gdy zobaczysz ciotke ma (shimmy) Boheme Orchestra
12. Nozki shimmy z operetki “Slodki kawaler” “Orkiestra Martina”
13. Rozowa koszulka (foxtrot) Orkiestra Henryka Golda
14. Dulcinea (slowfox) Marian Rentgen z Okiestra i chorem
15. Zula (charleston) Orkiestra Henryka Golda
16. Moja siostra Zula (foxtrot) Zula Pogorzelska i chor
17. Daj gazu (foxtrot) Orkiestra Henryka Warsa
18. Bez twojej milosci (blues!?) Orkiestra Henryka Golda
19. Yes Sir that my baby (charleston) Orkiestra Taneczna Zygmunta Wiehlera
20. Kiedy znow zakwitna bzy (slowfox) Tadeusz Faliszewski
21. Nie kladz palca (foxtrot) Orkiestra Henryka Golda
22. Abram ja ci zagram (foxtrot) Orkiestra Henryka Golda
23. Dla pani wszystko (foxtrot) Jan Bolesta i Orkiestra J.Ledermana
24. Zimy dran (Juz taki jestem zimny dran) (foxtrot) Eugeniusz Bodo z Orkiestra H.Warsa
25. Barbara (foxtrot – marsz) Adolf Dymsza

Vol. 2: Korzenie

1. Zapomniana uliczka Albert Harris i Panstwowa orkiestra jazzowa ZSRR
2. Symphony (slowfox) Okiestra Mewa
3. In the mood (boogie woogie) Orkiestra Jazzowa Braci Lopatowskich
4. Sentymentalny Joe (slowfox) Orkiestra Mewa
5. Moon Light Serenade (sowfox) Orkiestra Jazzowa Braci Lopatowskich
6. Minut piec (foxtrot) Marta Mirska Orkestra jazzowa R.Naruszewicza
7. Konik polny (swing)Tadeusz Miller Orkiestra Jazzowa Charlesa Bovery
8. Huba – Huba (foxtrot) Orkiestra Jazzowa pod dyr. K.Obrebskiego
9. Wszystko co lubisz Marta Mirska (foxtrot) Orkiestra Taneczna pod dyr. J.Cajmera
10. Bieg z przeszkodami (fox-swing) Zespol Jazzowy Skowronskiego i Gorkiewicza
11. Caravan (foxtrot) Orkiestra Jazzowa Braci Lopatowskich							play
12. Ten nasz maj (foxtrot) Orkiestra Taneczna pod dyr. J.Cajmera
13. Krasnoludek (foxtrot) Orkiestra Jazzowa pod dyr. K.Obrebskiego
14. Tanecznym krokiem Zespol Jazzowy Skowronskiego i Gorkiewicza
15. Ustka (foxtrot) Orkiestra Taneczna pod dyr. J.Cajmera
16. Szkocki urlop (foxtrot) Orkiestra Jazzowa pod dyr. K.Obrebskiego
17. Refleksje (foxtrot) Orkiestra Taneczna pod dyr. J.Cajmera
18. Wypoczynek (fox-swing) Zespol Jazzowy Skowronskiego i Gorkiewicza
19. Tel Aviv (swing) Zespol Jazzowy Charlesa Bovery
20. Luna Park (slowfox) Orkiestra Taneczna PR i Chor Czejanda
21. W cieniu drapaczy chmur (boogie woogie) Orkiestra Jazzowa pod dyr. K.Obrebskiego
22. Slepa uliczka (fox-sing) Zespol Jazzowy Skowronskiego i Gorkiewicza
23. Kowal ( blacksmith blues) Zespol Jazzowy Charlesa Bovery
24. Rudys Boogie (foxtrot) Zespol Jazzowy Charlesa Bovery
25. Slodka Ewunia (swing) Zespol Jazzowy Skowronskiego i Gorkiewicza
26. Signora (swing) Zespol Jazzowy Charlesa Bovery

Vol. 3: Jazz Po Wojnie

1. Organ Grinder’s Swing Jerzy Harald Band
2. Jungle Rhythm Chares Bovery Jazz Orchestra
3. Harlem M.Janicz Jazz Ensamble
4. In The Shadow Of Skyscrapers K.Obrebski Jazz Orchestra
5. Caravan Lopatowscy Bros. Jazz Orchestra
6. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Skowronski and Gorkewicz Jazz Ensemble
7. Chinatown My Chinatown The Czejand’s Choir
8. I’ll Never Say Never Again,Again Melomani
9. On The Sunny Side Of The Street J.Mazurkiewicz Ensemble
10. Oh Bop Sh’bam Be Bop Stefan Buga Ensemble
11. Riff in Si-bemol Jan Walasek Jazz Ensembe
12. Damask Andrzej Kurylewicz Organ Sextet
13. Alexander’s Ragtime Band Waldemar Maciszewski					play
14. Trumpet Rhapsody The Blue Jazz National Music Ensemble
15. Come Back To Virginia Wladyslaw Kowalczyk Quartet
16. St.Louis Blues Leslaw Lic Jazz Ensemble
17. Muskrat Ramble Jerzy Herman Jazz Band
18. The Fives Boogie A.J. Thomas
19. Midnight Sun Andrzej Kurylewicz Organ Sextet
20. Tenderly Jerzy Herman
21. Yesterdays Andrzej Kurylewicz Trio
22. Creole Love Call Charles Bovery Jazz Orchestra

After 1945, like the rest of the Eastern and Central Europe, Poland fell under the dominance of Stalinist Russia—and the Soviets certainly did not dig the swing!! Consequently, only certain musical forms were allowed to flourish, particularly those with folk rhythm, without syncopation. One tempo was prescribed for everybody and army marching bands rose in importance. The process of political and cultural oppression intensified after 1949 and jazz music was outlawed as the music of the enemy. In Stalinist Poland, jazz music was banned along with modern art, decent toilet paper and the right to travel abroad.

Thankfully, not everybody toed the party line. Young people in Poland with no taste for Russian recipes and political doctrines rediscovered jazz. Being banned and sometimes even persecuted, jazz went underground, or, as was said, into “the catacombs.” Jazz could only be played at private homes and private parties. Since the late 1940s, jazz has embraced the spirit of independence, nonconformity and cosmopolitanism in Poland.

One band came to dominate the hidden landscape of the Polish jazz scene. The name of this group was Melomani (”the Music Aficionados”). The ensemble was established in 1947 from among the hippest cats of the day. Many of them were students of the Lodz Film School, famous for establishing one of the leading European film movements and commonly referred to as the “Polish School.” Musicians of the Melomani hung out at the Lodz YMCA, one of the few existing oases for nonconformists and independent thinkers in the Poland of late 1940s.

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