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Tomasz Stańko

1942 - 2018

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Tomasz Ludwik Stańko (Polish: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈstaɲkɔ]; 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 197,530 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomasz Stańko is the 1,135th most popular musician (down from 1,053rd in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from Poland (down from 756th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Polish Musician.

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  • 17

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  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tomasz Stańko ranks 1,135 out of 2,662Before him are Clark Terry, Harry James, Tom Hamilton, Scott Travis, Glyn Johns, and Bruce Kulick. After him are Timo Tolkki, David Ellefson, Stan Kenton, Denny Laine, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Tomasz Stańko ranks 385Before him are Lupe Ontiveros, Gérard Pirès, Jeffrey Ullman, Gennady Sarafanov, Raymond Depardon, and Glyn Johns. After him are David Proval, Ilija Pantelić, Fernando Vallejo, Carl Douglas, Billy Bremner, and Derek Parfit. Among people deceased in 2018, Tomasz Stańko ranks 251Before him are Claudio Scimone, Inge Borkh, Donald Moffat, Sinan Sakić, Robert Kerman, and George Maxwell Richards. After him are Bradford Dillman, Álvaro Arzú, Dave Holland, Elias M. Stein, Arie den Hartog, and Sabahudin Kurt.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Tomasz Stańko ranks 826 out of 1,454Before him are Małgorzata Braunek (1947), Bolesław Leśmian (1877), Jan Klemens Branicki (1689), Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Józef Bilczewski (1860), and Willibald Alexis (1798). After him are Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503), Kazimierz Sabbat (1913), Abraham Brill (1874), Sawa (1938), Ursula Happe (1926), and Heinz Hopf (1894).

Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Tomasz Stańko ranks 20Before him are Xaver Scharwenka (1850), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Holger Czukay (1938), Theodor Kullak (1818), Carl Tausig (1841), and Ewa Demarczyk (1941). After him are Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Bronisław Kaper (1902), Harry Winter (1914), Adam Darski (1977), Adam Taubitz (1967), and Rafał Blechacz (1985).