Jerzy Milian


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

Career

In the years 1953-1955 formed a quintet with , , and . In the years 1956-1958 he played vibraphone in the sextet Krzysztof Komeda, and at the turn of 1959 and 1960 in the Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski's Quintet. He was the director and artistic director of the Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television Services Entertainment in Katowice and lecturer at the Poznan Academy of Music. He participated in many jazz festivals.
He was a jury member at the Soviet Song Festival in Zielona Gora, The XII Soviet Song Festival, in 1976.

Personal life

In the years 1950-1957 he was a member of the ZMP, since 1961 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

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