Andrzej Przybielski

Andrzej Przybielski
Andrzej Przybielski in private. Photo by Stanisław Wawro
Background information
Origin	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Trumpet

Andrzej Grzegorz Przybielski (August 9, 1944 – February 9, 2011) in Bydgoszcz (Poland), was a Polish jazz trumpeter associated with the avant-garde jazz and free jazz scenes.

Having graduated from the Technic School of Bydgoszcz, Andrzej Przybielski started with traditional jazz, playing with Bogdan Ciesielski and Jacek Bednarek within the "Traditional Jazz group". Until the mid-60s, he played cornet and trumpet, specializing in blues and Dixieland music, his inspiration coming from Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.

In 1968, along with the Gdansk Trio he won the Jazz nad Odrą (Jazz aboard the Oder). In 1969, along with the Modern Music Foundation, he took part in the Jazz Jamboree festival.

He composed for the Warszawa National Theatre, the Performer Theatre in Zamość, and the Witkacy Theatre of Zakopane. He cooperated with such musicians as: Helmut Nadolski, Jacek Bednarek, Andrzej Kurylewicz, Czesław Niemen, Tomasz Stańko, Stanisław Sojka, Adam Hanuszkiewicz, Wanda Warska, the brothers Marcin and Bartłomiej Oleś, Ryszard Tymon Tymański, Wojciech Konikewicz and Józef Skrzek. He was the co-leader and co-author of the groups Sesja, Big Band Free Cooperation and Acoustic Action.