Trumpeter Tomasz Stanko became legendary in Poland from the 1960s with a free
jazz style influenced by American jazzman Ornette Coleman. Playing with several
groups, his improvisational and melodic technique was hugely influential across
Europe and in the 1990s, recordings released on the ECM label brought him
worldwide acclaim. His 2013 release 'Wislawa' with the New York Quartet went to
number 17 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart and 'December Avenue', also with the
New York Quartet, peaked at number six in 2017.
Born in Rzeszów in the south of Poland and raised during the Co...