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polish jazz
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Polish jazz represents a distinctive Eastern European approach to jazz that emerged during the Cold War era, blending American jazz traditions with Slavic melodies, classical music influences, and experimental avant-garde tendencies. The sound often features melancholic harmonies, intricate improvisation, and a cinematic quality that reflects Poland's complex cultural history. It ranges from traditional acoustic quartets to modern electronic-infused ensembles that push boundaries while maintaining a characteristically Polish sense of atmospheric depth.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album | Tags | Other places |
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| 54 |
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1963 | Andrzej Kurylewicz Quintet | Go Right |
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| 74 |
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1964 | Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski | Polish Jazz Quartet |
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| 77 |
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1967-06 | Novi Singers | Bossa Nova |
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| 32 |
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1970 | Krzysztof Sadowski | ... And His Hammond Organ |
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| 68 |
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1971 | Novi Singers | Novi sing Chopin |
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| 72 |
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1972 | Novi Singers | Torpedo |
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| 20 |
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1972 | Henryk Alber & Janusz Strobel | Henryk Alber & Janusz Strobel |
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| 79 |
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1974 | Michał Urbaniak | Fusion |
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| 13 |
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1974 | Jan 'Ptaszyn' Wroblewski, Wojciech Karolak | Mainstream |
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| 16 |
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1975 | SPISEK SZESCIU | Complot of Six |
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| 59 |
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1975 | Wojciech Karolak | Easy ! |
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| 90 |
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1975 | Komeda Quintet | Astigmatic |
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| 78 |
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1975-08-20 | Urszula Dudziak | Urszula Dudziak Super Band Live At Jazz Cafe |
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| 80 |
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1976 | Laboratorium | Modern Pentathlon (Polish Jazz) |
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| 91 |
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1976 | Laboratorium | Modern Pentathlon |
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| 35 |
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1977 | Zbigniew Seifert | zbigniew seifert |
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| 38 |
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1979 | Sun Ship | Follow Us |
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| 82 |
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1979 | Zbigniew Seifert | Kilimanjaro |
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| 88 | 1979 | Laboratorium | Quasimodo |
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| 48 |
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1981 | SBB | Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem |
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| 70 |
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1984 | Tomasz Stańko | Music For K |
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| 31 |
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1986 | Tomasz Szukalski | Tina Kamila |
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| 57 |
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1989 | Novi Singers | Playlist: Compiled By Jazzanova |
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| 41 |
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1989 | Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski | Mainstream, Polish Jazz vol.40 |
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| 28 |
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1992 | Jarek Śmietana | Sounds & Colours |
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| 47 |
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1992 | Jarek Śmietana | Talking Guitar |
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| 17 |
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1993 | Piotr Wojtasik | The Masters of Polish Jazz - Piotr Wojtasik |
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| 83 | 1994 | Tomasz Stańko | A Farewell To Maria |
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| 37 |
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1995 | Tomasz Stańko | Robert Zucco |
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| 65 |
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1995 | Novi Singers | Novi Sings Chopin |
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| 66 |
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1996 | Maestro Trytony | Enoptronia |
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| 96 |
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1996 | Krzysztof Komeda | Astigmatic |
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| 69 |
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1997 | Marek Dyjak | Sznyty |
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| 76 |
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1997 | Urszula Dudziak | Malowany ptak |
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| 7 |
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1998 | Krzysztof Komeda | Nightime, Daytime Requiem |
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| 4 |
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1999 | Wojciech Staroniewicz | Karambola |
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| 10 |
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1999 | Melomani | 1st Sopot Jazz Festival 1956 |
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| 45 |
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1999 | Tomasz Stańko | T.W.E.T. |
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| 43 |
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2000 | Skalpel | polish jazz (ep) |
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| 100 | 2000 | Skalpel | Polish Jazz EP |
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| 33 |
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2001 | Boys Band Trio | Curvatura Grande |
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| 22 |
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2001 | Janusz Zdunek 4 Syfon | Baterie |
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| 34 |
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2001 | Jarek Śmietana | Out of the question |
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| 3 |
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2002 | Oles-Trzaska-Oles | Mikro Muzik |
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| 27 |
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2003 | Marcin Oleś | Ornette on Bass |
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| 92 | 2003 | Pink Freud | Sorry Music Polska |
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| 6 |
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2003 | Sebastian Szymański | The Light of the Hearts |
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| 12 |
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2004 | RGG | Unfinished Story |
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| 21 |
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2004 | jmTrio | Interludium |
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| 29 |
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2004 | New Bone | Something For Now |
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| 40 |
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2004 | Loud Jazz Band | Don' Stop the Train |
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| 63 |
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2004 | YESHE | World Citizen |
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| 86 |
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2004 | 100nka | Zimna Plyta |
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| 94 | 2004-02-02 | Tomasz Stańko Quartet | Suspended Night |
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| 93 | 2004-03 | Skalpel | Skalpel | |||
| 18 | 2005 | Możdżer Danielsson Fresco | The Time |
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| 39 |
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2005 | Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski Quartet | Real Jazz |
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| 56 |
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2005 | Loud Jazz Band | The Way to Salina |
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| 64 |
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2005 | Chromosomos | Phonophobis |
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| 89 |
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2005 | Sing Sing Penelope | Sing Sing Penelope |
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| 98 |
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2005 | Stealpot | Mass Mess.AGE |
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| 71 | 2005-08 | Skalpel | Konfusion |
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| 11 |
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2006 | Krzysztof Herdzin Trio | Live In Tygmont |
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| 25 | 2006 | Czeslaw Bartkowski | Drums Dream |
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| 97 |
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2006-04-28 | Muzykoterapia | Muzykoterapia |
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| 81 | 2006-10-30 | Contemporary Noise Quintet | Pig Inside The Gentleman |
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| 23 |
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2007 | Maciej Tubis | Live in Filharmonia Łódzka |
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| 61 |
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2007 | 100nka | potrawy, sTrawy |
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| 14 |
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2007-05-11 | SBB | The Rock |
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| 73 |
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2007-10-01 | Wojtek Urbanski | 12" New Releases September 2007 |
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| 52 | 2008 | Wojciech Staroniewicz | Alternations |
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| 42 |
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2008 | Mateusz Smoczynski Quintet | Expressions |
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| 75 |
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2008-01-11 | Marcin Wasilewski Trio | January |
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| 87 | 2010-03-16 | Aga Zaryan | Looking Walking Being |
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| 15 |
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2011 | Maciej Fortuna Trio | Solar Ring |
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| 30 |
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2011 | Maciej Obara Quartet | Equilibrium |
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| 36 |
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2011-03-23 | RGG | One |
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| 5 |
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2012 | Paradox | Drifting Feather (Polish Jazz Vol. 26) |
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| 99 |
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2014-11-14 | Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet | Polka |
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| 19 |
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2015 | RGG | Aura |
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| 26 |
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2016 | Dwa Pokoje | To Już. |
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| 2 |
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2017 | Rafal Gorzycki | Trio Poems |
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| 24 |
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2017 | Kuba Wiecek Trio | Another Raindrop (Polish Jazz) |
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| 50 |
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2017-03-31 | Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet | December Avenue |
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| 44 |
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2021 | Krzysztof Komeda | Jazz in Polish Cinema: Out of the Underground 1958-1967 |
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| 85 |
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2021-01-29 | Immortal Onion | Screens |
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| 8 |
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2022 | Atom String Quartet | Fade In |
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| 84 |
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2022-04-01 | Niechęć | Unsubscribe |
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| 55 |
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2022-08 | Tomasz Stańko | Freedom In August |
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| 60 |
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2022-09-16 | Michał Barański | Masovian Mantra |
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| 46 |
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2024-05-22 | Lumbago | lumbago |
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| 58 | Novi Singers | Rien Ne Va Plus |
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| 9 | The Zest Quartet | We Don't Have Crests |
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| 49 | Zbigniew Namyslowski | Winobranie |
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| 51 | Przemek Strączek Trio | Untitled Album |
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| 53 | Przemek Strączek Trio | Earthly Room |
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| 62 | Gabriela Kulka | Between Miss Scylla and a Hard |
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| 67 | Ecstasy Project Trio | Realium |
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| 95 | Mieczysław Kosz | Reminiscence |
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| 1 | Janusz Muniak | Question Mark, Polish Jazz vol.54 |
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