Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Simple acoustic and beyond

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 5/1/2008

Like so much else about culture and the arts in Poland, the story of jazz in that country reflects its complex history and politics. Banned during World War II, jazz was driven underground by the new Communist leaders. Only in 1955, when cultural policy was relaxed, could it flourish, and flourish it did — by the 1960s and 1970s the country had the richest

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