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String Connection is the most important Polish jazz band of the ’80s. The group has become a living legend, and has gone down in history as
one of the most interesting combos of the „young power” period. The group was also a polish musical „export product”.
The group was formed in 1981 by three former musicians of a group Warsztat – violinist Krzesimir Dębski, drummer Krzysztof Przybyłowicz
and bass guitarist – Zbigniew Wrombel – who invited a pianist Janusz Skowron to work with them. About a year later the most well-known
line-up of the band was formed, claiming to ...read more
String Connection is the most important Polish jazz band of the ’80s. The group has become a living legend, and has gone down in history as
one of the most interesting combos of the „young power” period. The group was also a polish musical „export product”.
The group was formed in 1981 by three former musicians of a group Warsztat – violinist Krzesimir Dębski, drummer Krzysztof Przybyłowicz
and bass guitarist – Zbigniew Wrombel – who invited a pianist Janusz Skowron to work with them. About a year later the most well-known
line-up of the band was formed, claiming to be the supergroup: K. Dębski, J. Skowron, K. Przybyłowicz, a sax player Andrzej Olejniczak
(former Extra Ball and Sun Ship), and a bass player Krzysztof Ścierański (former Laboratorium and Air Condition). The changes of the line-up
that came later on (e.g. Andrzej Jagodziński – pianist, or Zbigniew Lewandowski – drummer who played with the group) never jeopardised
the strong position of the band, which regularly toured all important jazz festivals in Poland (Jazz Jamboree, Jazz nad Odrą Festival) and
abroad (Norymberg, West Berlin, Leverkusen, Hamburg, Paris, Getxo, Brussels, the Hague, Konsberg, Helsinki, Prague, Bratyslava, Le Mans,
Debreczyn). They played concerts in the USA and Canada, as well as two big tours in the Soviet Union. They recorded nine albums, two of
them in the West. The „Jazz Forum” magazine voted them the best group of the year twice, in 1983 and 1984.
Although the band stopped performing at the end of the 1980s, every few years they got reactivated, usually in the complete line-up, and
played concerts. In 2012 they released an album with new works. Except for Dębski’s compositions there were also pieces by Olejniczak (El
Juguete) and Ścierański (Obsession). « hide |
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