MUSICIAN

Tomasz Stańko

1942 - 2018

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Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (Polish: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈstaj̃kɔ]; 11 July 1942 – 29 July 2018) was a Polish trumpeter and composer associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. In 1962, Tomasz Stańko formed his first band, the Jazz Darings, with saxophonist Janusz Muniak, pianist Adam Makowicz, bassist Jacek Ostaszewski, drummer Wiktor Perelmuter. Inspired by Ornette Coleman and the innovations of John Coltrane, Miles Davis and George Russell, the group is often cited by music historians as the first European group to play free jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomasz Stańko has received more than 208,824 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomasz Stańko is the 1,233rd most popular musician (down from 1,132nd in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from Poland (down from 826th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Polish Musician.

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  • 210k

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  • 49.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tomasz Stańko ranks 1,233 out of 3,175. Before him are Mark Isham, Mick Jones, Bob Rock, Chris Barber, Sabine Meyer, and Roger Norrington. After him are Jakub Jan Ryba, Hélène Grimaud, Wynton Kelly, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Noddy Holder, and Tommy Flanagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tomasz Stańko ranks 417. Before him are Beverly Aadland, Guo Boxiong, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Jeffrey Ullman, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, and Lupe Ontiveros. After him are Roger McGuinn, Terenci Moix, Sergey Shakurov, C. J. Cherryh, Richard O'Brien, and Chris Hani. Among people deceased in 2018, Tomasz Stańko ranks 281. Before him are David Douglas Duncan, Ringo Lam, Sergio Pitol, Yurik Vardanyan, Hans Günter Winkler, and Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini. After him are Idrissa Ouédraogo, Thomas S. Monson, Toshiko Fujita, Donald Moffat, Fadil Vokrri, and George Maxwell Richards.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Tomasz Stańko ranks 924 out of 1,694. Before him are Max Berg (1870), Wojciech Bogusławski (1757), Aleksander Skrzyński (1882), Florian Ceynowa (1817), Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886), and Agnieszka Osiecka (1936). After him are Heinz Hopf (1894), Arkadiusz Milik (1994), Gerhard Stöck (1911), Zygmunt Noskowski (1846), Franz Theodor Kugler (1808), and Boris Chertok (1912).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Tomasz Stańko ranks 22. Before him are Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Holger Czukay (1938), Theodor Kullak (1818), Carl Tausig (1841), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), and Szymon Goldberg (1909). After him are Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Bronisław Kaper (1902), Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929), Harry Winter (1914), Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939), and Adam Darski (1977).

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