Artist
Krzysztof Komeda
Poznań, Poland · 1931 – 1969
Krzysztof Komeda is a musician from Poznań, Poland, active 1931–1969. Their discography on Gatefold includes 3 records.
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Biography
Polish jazz pianist and composer of film music, by profession a doctor of laryngology (born: April 27, 1931 in Poznań, Poland; died April 23, 1969 in Warsaw, Poland, aged 37). He was married.
A founder of jazz modernism in Poland, Komeda is known for soundtracks for over 60 films, including these by: "Knife In the Water" ("Nóz w wodzie", 1962), "Repulsion" (1965), "The Trap" (1966), and "Rosemary's Baby" (1968). He worked with musicians such as Bernt Rosengren (on the "Knife In the Water" soundtrack), Tomasz Stańko, and Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski (on Komeda's "Astigmatic" album) and Jerzy Milian.
In December 1968, whilst in Los Angeles, Komeda had an accident which led to a haematoma of the brain and died without recovering from a coma after returning to Poland.
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