Biography by Scott Yanow (allmusic) Zbigniew Seifert * June 6, 1946 ........Kraków, Poland + February 15, 1979....Buffalo, NY A masterful improviser who could have ranked at the top with Adam Makowicz and Michal Urbaniak, Zbigniew Seifert's early death robbed Poland of one of its top jazz artists. Seifert started on the violin when he was six and ten years later started doubling on alto sax. He studied violin at the University of Krakow, but when he started leading his own band in 1964, Seifert mostly played alto, showing off the influence of John Coltrane. When he was a member of Tomasz Stanko's very advanced quintet (1969-73), Seifert switched back to violin and largely gave up playing sax. He moved to Germany in 1973, was with Hans Koller's Free Sound from 1974-75 and freelanced (including with Joachim Kuhn). Seifert played at the Monterey Jazz Festival with John Lewis in 1976 and the following year recorded with Oregon. As a leader Seifert (who was affectionately known as Zbiggy) performed music that ranged from free jazz to fusion. Seifert recorded for Muza in 1969, Mood from 1974-76, MPS in 1976 and Capitol from 1977-78. He died of cancer at the age of 32. "Man of the Light" (MPS Records - 1976) Tracks 1. City Of Spring (6:37) 2. Man Of The Light (9:45) Dedicated to McCoy Tyner 3. Stillness (5:00) Duo Zbigniew, violin - Cecil, bass 4. Turbulent Plover (7:27) 5. Love In The Garden (6:12) Duo Zbigniew, violin / Jasper van't Hof, electric piano and organ 6. Coral (6:54) Dedicated to my violin teacher, Prof. Stanislaw Tawroszewicz (total time 41:55) : All music composed by: Zbigniew Seifert Line-Up: Zbigniew Seifert: violin Joachim Kühn: acoustic piano Cecil McBee: bass Billy Hart: drums Jasper van't Hof: electric piano and organ on 5 Recorded: September 27-30, 1976, Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart, Germany Info: MPS RECORDS, MPS 5C 064-60586(LP) RECORDED: SEPTEMBER 27-30, 1976 RELEASED: 1976, WEST GERMANY Produced by Joachim-Ernst Berendt Engineer: Chips Platen Photos: Reinhard Truckenmüller Cover: Thyrso A. Brisolla Joachim Kühn appears by courtesy of Atlantic Records Uploaded by hlidskjalf (racuch).
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