Jerzy Milian


Jerzy Stanisław Milian was a Polish jazz musician, painter, composer and vibraphonist. At sixteen he graduated from the Secondary School of Music in Poznań. His teachers were Wolfram Heicking and Bogusław Schaeffer.

Career

In the years 1953–1955, Milian formed a quintet with , , and . In the years 1956–1958, he played vibraphone in a sextet with Krzysztof Komeda, and at the turn of 1959 and 1960 in the quintet of Jan [Ptaszyn Wróblewski|Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski]. He was the director and artistic director of the Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television Services Entertainment in Katowice and lecturer at the Academy of Music. [Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań|Poznań Academy of Music]. He participated in many jazz festivals, including the annual Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw.
He was a jury member at the XII Song Festival of Soviet in Zielona Góra in 1976.

Personal life

In the years 1950–1957, he was a member of the ZMP. From 1961, he belonged to the Polish United Workers' Party. Awarded with the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Polish, Gold Cross of Merit and badge for distinguished cultural activists. He died on March 7, 2018, at the age of 82.
In 2004, he was awarded the Commander's Cross.

Selected discography

Singles and EP

Solo albums

Albums with Jerzy Milian